gold and silver treasures found in dry sand today

[Lorrain.]

Hi,

Worked the wet sand slope for 2 hrs. on this cloudy day today; was finding only a couple of clads, and misc. "junk" so I moved up to the dry sand for the last hour.

Found a 1952 quarter, a 10K class ring ( 1931)....and an ornate religious medallion ( Miraculous Medal) all in dry sand .

Class ring weighs 6.29 gms. no stone..mostly gold . It is marked "L G B"...this stands for "Lloyd Garfield Balfour". LGB was an earlier mark for the Balfour jeweler Co.

The medallion looks to be very old....don't see this style these days, but maybe I just haven't looked in enough places; but it is so heavily tarnished so it is presently being electrolyzed...might or might not be silver ...we'll see later

Here's some pics

Thanks for looking

Lorraine

 

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[DewGuru]

Excellent Job - WTG!!

 

[Goes4ever]

awesome ring!

 

[Les West Central Fl]

You did real good. Old class ring.

 

[cntrydncr1]

love that old class ring Lorraine. What happened to your screen name

 

[Lorrain.]

love that old class ring Lorraine. What happened to your screen name

I messed up when I got my new computer the other day; didn't know how to re-log on...and the settings were not accepting my other spelling, so I tried dropping the "E", and it worked out fine, but I wish I had that "E" back.

Lorraine

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Congrats on the finds and you look just fine without your e

 

[Coastie59]

Very nice finds..luv the old class ring, congrats!!!

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

Nice scoops Lorain (no E) Hope to get back out soon!

 

[Jeep]

Nice finds

Have you contacted one of the Mods for help getting your name and post count back ?

 

[Lorrain.]

Nice finds

Have you contacted one of the Mods for help getting your name and post count back ?

Maybe I'll try that...thank you for the suggestion, Jeep.

Lorraine

 

[DrJoePrime]

Nice finds! Congrats!

Any initials on the class ring?

I especially like the toasty Silver quarter...at something like 30X face value it is especially nice to find.

I agree about contacting the Mods about getting your "e" back.

HH Joe

 

[gold nuggets]

Those keepers you found that were quite
crusty, cleaned up nicely LorrainE. Hope
you can get your E back. Gold Nuggets

 

[bootybay]

Thats one mighty fine hunt there Lorraine, congrats on the gold and silver.. just keep thinking cha ching... woohooo

 

[Lorrain.]

Nice finds! Congrats!

Any initials on the class ring?

I especially like the toasty Silver quarter...at something like 30X face value it is especially nice to find.

I agree about contacting the Mods about getting your "e" back.

HH Joe

Yes, there are initials...the owner would be approx. 96 years old; I'm planning on checking the class year book to see if I can locate the owner.


L

 

[tnt-k9]

Very nice finds. That ring is awesome