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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[herb n surf]

Congratulations on the nice chain ..WTG

 

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[cntrydncr1]

wow!! nice chunk of gold! congrats on the nice find.

 

[trsrseeker]

Congratulations!

 

[timmysys]

Dream find! Congrats!

 

[lorraine]

That is a stunning, beautiful gold chain find, Dr. Prime

Congratulations on recovering that one!

Lorraine

 

[NowandThenTreasures]

Good for You! Great Dig!

 

[thommo59]

That's a great mixed chain of charms

 

[DrJoePrime]

Wow...a nice surprise visit to this old post..almost two years ago. I return to that spot on the beach quite often now and always remember that chain.

Have to tell you about a newbie goof I did. There was at least one charm that I apparently ripped off while pulling the chain from the sand. I could tell from a broken connector on the chain which had indicated something more was missing. Of course when I realized that I went back and searched some more but to no avail. The lesson here is to be extra careful and rescan..and rescan the hole!

 

[lost items recovery]

Wow...a nice surprise visit to this old post..almost two years ago. I return to that spot on the beach quite often now and always remember that chain. Have to tell you about a newbie goof I did. There was at least one charm that I apparently ripped off while pulling the chain from the sand. I could tell from a broken connector on the chain which had indicated something more was missing. Of course when I realized that I went back and searched some more but to no avail. The lesson here is to be extra careful and rescan..and rescan the hole!

I thought that looked familiar!

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