First Gold find - only 4 days out

[RCGoodin]

My fourth day and I found gold.........I'm hooked.

Can anyone identify the stone in the ring? It's stamped 14k.................fits a little finger. Any idea on worth?

 

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[pl8man]

Beautiful gold !

 

[Fingerlakes119]

Hey I am glad your starting to get some good finds with your new detector. The stone could be an aquamarine. Its the birth stone for the month of March.

 

[RelicPrime113]

Awesome finds and congrats on your first gold! I agree too, the stone could be aquamarine or even a sapphire.

 

[jcobb]

congrats on your 1st GOLD!

Selling it they will only give you melt value, prob $60-70
Keep it! Having your 1st gold ever is worth more than a few bucks. I regret selling my gold

 

[Old Dude]

Congrats on your first gold. I too believe sentimental value will be more than monetary. Having said that, it belongs to you, and you have control. You might keep it, give it away, attempt to find the original owner or simply sell it. Only you can make this decision. Hope you are comfortable in your decision and happy hunting.

 

[Gfrrt]

NICE!

 

[Lady Pirate]

Sa-Wheat !!! beautiful find !!!

 

[justdon]

Thats sweet.Congrats.

 

[RCGoodin]

Congrats on your first gold. I too believe sentimental value will be more than monetary. Having said that, it belongs to you, and you have control. You might keep it, give it away, attempt to find the original owner or simply sell it. Only you can make this decision. Hope you are comfortable in your decision and happy hunting.

Thanks to all for your responses. And, thank you for making me understand hanging on to my first gold find. I will and my wife seems to have a keen since of ownership also. It cleaned up very nice. I will have it appraised so I can apply it's value to the expense of the detector. Maybe it will cover the cost of the wireless speakers that cam yesterday.

The area I'm currently hunting is a park established in 1994, so no older coins. It has two sand volleyball courts, so I thought about jewelry. I haven't gotten a hit there yet, but I'll keep trying.

I'm excited and thankful you guys are here with a bunch of encouragement. I hope I can return the favor.

Have a great weekend and Happy Hunting.

 

[Fix]

That's a sweet ring!
It's a great feeling finding one like that.
You'll be chasing the high forever now.
Welcome to the most addicting hobby I know.
Congrats!

 

[rlc1940]

I agree with the others...keep it, enjoy it! Sure wish I hadn't sold mine...rings are gone, moneys gone, at my age lucky to have the memories! !

 

[g-olden years]

BIG CONGRATS ON LOVELY GOLD RING! Took me well over 2 years to dig my first gold ring, then second one came just a few months later.

Hope you're on a roll now! HAVE FUN! Andi

 

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[CRUSADER]

I suspect you will now struggle a little

 

[digger27]

Thanks to all for your responses. And, thank you for making me understand hanging on to my first gold find. I will and my wife seems to have a keen since of ownership also. It cleaned up very nice. I will have it appraised so I can apply it's value to the expense of the detector. Maybe it will cover the cost of the wireless speakers that cam yesterday.

The area I'm currently hunting is a park established in 1994, so no older coins. It has two sand volleyball courts, so I thought about jewelry. I haven't gotten a hit there yet, but I'll keep trying.

I'm excited and thankful you guys are here with a bunch of encouragement. I hope I can return the favor.

Have a great weekend and Happy Hunting.

First finds of anything is great, first gold finds are the most awesome so CongratZ!

I specialize in jewelry hunting, gold specifically so if you want to find more this is my advice.
Dig all signals, or at least all the solid clear ones and even the ones that come in at trash.
I have found 23 gold targets and every one came in at places and numbers that are trash for me 99.999% of the time.
Areas like foil and tabs.
I have found a few at the nickel and zinc areas, too, but again not exactly at the same numbers where real nickels or zinc pennies come in but at numbers where trash like can slaw lives.

Many find great jewelry in the sand in those volleyball courts you mentioned but I never have.
On the other hand the area AROUND those courts can hold many great targets and my most favorite and productive area to find gold is also another court...basketball courts.
Think about it...players take off their jewelry and place them in piles with their shirts and other belongings and place them in areas around these court sites...and then many forget that they did so when they pick up their stuff to go this jewelry can and does fall out.
I know this happens because I have found 9 gold rings around basketball courts in just the last year or so since I started targeting these sites.

 

[Mjw38]

Congrats on an awesome find. Which detector are u using?

 

[Goldiver]

Congratulations on your first gold! Now you know what gold fever feels like.

Steve

 

[RCGoodin]

Congrats on an awesome find. Which detector are u using?

I bought a used White's Sprectra V3i on Ebay. I'm still learning. It came with a Garrett Pin Pointer. How does anyone do this without one? What a great tool.

 

[RCGoodin]

First finds of anything is great, first gold finds are the most awesome so CongratZ!

I specialize in jewelry hunting, gold specifically so if you want to find more this is my advice.
Dig all signals, or at least all the solid clear ones and even the ones that come in at trash.
I have found 23 gold targets and every one came in at places and numbers that are trash for me 99.999% of the time.
Areas like foil and tabs.
I have found a few at the nickel and zinc areas, too, but again not exactly at the same numbers where real nickels or zinc pennies come in but at numbers where trash like can slaw lives.

Many find great jewelry in the sand in those volleyball courts you mentioned but I never have.
On the other hand the area AROUND those courts can hold many great targets and my most favorite and productive area to find gold is also another court...basketball courts.
Think about it...players take off their jewelry and place them in piles with their shirts and other belongings and place them in areas around these court sites...and then many forget that they did so when they pick up their stuff to go this jewelry can and does fall out.
I know this happens because I have found 9 gold rings around basketball courts in just the last year or so since I started targeting these sites.

Thanks for the response and thanks for the tip. I'll give you some feedback when I'm successful. I feel like I've been drawn to this hobby for some strange reason. I'm assuming each find will tell me a little more.