I’ve been on a long dry spell this summer, but last week I decided to start swinging again along the lakeshore at a local woods I hunt at. There’s been a long drought that exposed a lot of shoreline.
At the start I found a lot of bullets, fishing weights, and lures, not to mention plenty of pull tabs. A little while into the hunt I dug up two barber dimes: 1892 and 1912. I was very happy with these because they were my first silvers in quite a while.
About an hour into the hunt I got a mid range reading on my Ace. I thought it would be another bullet or lead sinker. But two inches of gravel down, and out pops a beautiful signet ring! My first gold after a year in the hobby. I think I’ll be digging pull tab signals for weeks after this
I think the ring seems fairly old because there’s no gold purity mark on it. It looks to be 14 or maybe 18k. There’s an inscription inside that seems to say “Tradit” or Trad+”. Anyone have a guess about the age?
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
At the start I found a lot of bullets, fishing weights, and lures, not to mention plenty of pull tabs. A little while into the hunt I dug up two barber dimes: 1892 and 1912. I was very happy with these because they were my first silvers in quite a while.
About an hour into the hunt I got a mid range reading on my Ace. I thought it would be another bullet or lead sinker. But two inches of gravel down, and out pops a beautiful signet ring! My first gold after a year in the hobby. I think I’ll be digging pull tab signals for weeks after this
I think the ring seems fairly old because there’s no gold purity mark on it. It looks to be 14 or maybe 18k. There’s an inscription inside that seems to say “Tradit” or Trad+”. Anyone have a guess about the age?
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
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