A Little Gold....22.86 Grams of 14 Karat Goodness

[DrJoePrime]

A Little Gold....22.86 Grams of 18 !! Karat Goodness UPDATE

My quest for gold has been frustratingly non-productive...until today's hunt at the beach!

I had a late start and it was cold and threatening rain. I had just spent most of the early afternoon getting a pair of new tires and selling some kombucha scobys to a couple nice college gals.

So it was about 3:15 PM this afternoon and I knew exactly where I was heading. It was cold and I was dressed for summer but I was so happy to get out detecting. As the targets appeared I warmed up nicely. A few coins, some iron were good indications that it was going to be a fun day. Within a half hour I looked into my dug hole and there glittered obvious Gold! I gently tugged on it and out came a nice long Gold chain. No way I could read the markings out there. When I got home a magnifier showed me 583. My first weighing had 24.75 gram but after washing it was only 22.86 .. a lot of sand trapped there.

I was hoping for a Gold ring ... but a Gold chain is not bad either.

After some new photos I discover the clasp actually says 750! Some of the charms are the 583, makes about an extra $200 in melt!

 

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[OBN]

I agree, Not bad at all! ........

 

[hamiddetecting]

Nice chain and pendants..........

 

[mikeinOC1]

Very Nice chain Joe. Gives me hope there is stuff still lurking out there. I was thinking of heading out tomorrow somewhere along the coast after the recent extreme tides. Which detector did you find it with ?

 

[davest]

wonder what the razor blade is for? THat is a great chain, are ya gonna scrap it or wear it?

 

[lost items recovery]

Awesome chain. Love it! Congratulations!

 

[dewcon4414]

Ya that one would be hard to let go for spot melt. Congrats....

Dew

 

[cdv1]

Cool find for sure..... what does that medalion say? Can't quite make it out in the picture.

Cliff

 

[search and recovery]

Very nice find! Congrats again on some serious gold.

 

[bigscoop]

Sweet.

 

[firemac]

nice find, was the eye looking back up at you?

 

[Doc Arey]

So sweet!

 

[kiana7]

WTG Joe,your DF just loves you so happy for you,that is a beauty of a necklace,,HH

 

[DrJoePrime]

The language is either Thai or Cambodian...If anyone knows for certain I'd like to know.

This was found with my Dual Field at about 8" deep in the wet sand.



PS: Discovered 750 on the clasp....that's about $916 melt (vs $710 for 14K)

 

[old digger]

That's an awesome find, Conrgatulations!

 

[Whydah]

Nice one for sure Joe.... save a few goodies for me if I get out that way.... Merry Christmas

 

[Can Slaw]

Very Nice chain Joe. Gives me hope there is stuff still lurking out there. I was thinking of heading out tomorrow somewhere along the coast after the recent extreme tides. Which detector did you find it with ?

The razor blade is for chopping up and making lines of cocaine to snort.
Nice bunch of gold finds!!

 

[tngirl]

Wow, you really know how to end a gold slump! Congratulations!

 

[Chug And Red]

If you want to Break up that piece Red Would Like the Eye Charm!!!! Just let us Know what you want for it HH Chug

 

[cdv1]

The language is either Thai or Cambodian...If anyone knows for certain I'd like to know.

This was found with my Dual Field at about 8" deep in the wet sand.

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PS: Discovered 750 on the clasp....that's about $916 melt (vs $710 for 14K)

No wonder I couldn't make out what it said..... again nice find!

Cliff