Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

[Michigan Badger]

Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

We had an unusual extra week of THing weather here in Michigan so I got out as much as possible. I've been doing well on the usual lumber camp relics.

Anyway, last evening I decided to hit my own front yard. In 13 years and 12+ different detectors I've never found anything good in this area. But, since I never hunted it with the Nautilus IIB I thought I'd waste a little time there.

I dug the second half of an old roller skate I had dug last week on the other side of the house. I dug the spoon part of a 1920's ice cream spoon handle I dug last spring some 30-40 feet from this location.

I then got a very small but solid good signal. I dug down 10+ inches and widened the hole. I was hoping my wife wasn't watching! The signal was still in the center of the hole. I took one more shovel full of dirt and I finally got it. I think it's a 1890's style scarf holder. I saw it had 3 fake diamonds in it. Well, I thought they were fake! By the time I got to the house only 1 remained. Somehow I lost 2 stones!

I put the remaining stone under light and almost lost my cool! I went back outside and shoveled the dirt from the spot and put it into a drying area. I'll sift that stuff and see if I can find the other 2.

Man...BE CAREFULL with those finds!

Love & Peace!

Oh, I almost forgot! I dug the sterling silver ring and buff by an old sidewalk in town. Both were less than 5 inches deep.

Badger

 

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[Michigan Badger]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Oh Noooooooo! Go find the stones! Great job on the half finds, wheres the roller skate halves? I hope you let us know on those stones. Have a wonderful time looking!

Okay, here ya go.

They need a little cleaning

 

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[Alchemy]

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Bummer about the 2 lost stones

One way to look at it though, having the one left is better than none.
You can still have it set in a nice ring, subtle one and subtle reminder to be careful
Easy to find a ring mount on the Bay too...then have a jeweler set it...and VIOLA!

If no one walks in the area where you think you lost them...maybe in spring (or if it doesn’t snow soon) on a sunny day (do they have them in MI? lol...j/k) you might see them glisten in the sun one day!


Oh my, them be some crusty skates!
But, they're cool cause I remember having a pair like that (oops! Did I just tell my age?) lol

 

[hollowpointred]

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wow! who would have thought..............diamonds in your back yard! i hope you can find the other two. great digs!

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Bummer about the 2 lost stones

One way to look at it though, having the one left is better than none.
You can still have it set in a nice ring, subtle one and subtle reminder to be careful
Easy to find a ring mount on the Bay too...then have a jeweler set it...and VIOLA!

If no one walks in the area where you think you lost them...maybe in spring (or if it doesn’t snow soon) on a sunny day (do they have them in MI? lol...j/k) you might see them glisten in the sun one day!

Thanks for the ebay tip! I didn't think about that. That sure would be cheaper than having a jeweler make one from scratch.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Nice lookin' stuff MB...Hope the other two stone's show up for you.Lately here I've been hunting the Blue Ridge Mt.'s and have been coming across alot of Lumber camp find's,pretty cool relic's from the past.Good luck and HH!!

Oh boy! The Blue Ridge Mt. Be sure to post some of your digs!

I long for a CW site but I'll always have a place in my heart for lumber camps.

Badger

 

[The Seeker]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Hey Badger..........The weather here in the northeast is still great .......

I am also trying to get out as much as possible now , because we

both know its not going to last! HH Good luck in the future...!

HH

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Hey Badger..........The weather here in the northeast is still great .......

I am also trying to get out as much as possible now , because we

both know its not going to last! HH Good luck in the future...!

HH

Hey, you're one of the big finders on here...is the house next door to you for sale?

Badger

 

[luckysgirl]

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Good lookin stuff ya found there!
I ice cream sccop was great!.....mmmmmm :P..thing I'll go have some.
It's my weakness!

 

[romeo-1]

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Great finds...love the stones!

 

[Boobydoo]

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Hi Badger

Wow, I don't remember you posting many jewelry finds
so I am really happy to see all those shimmers of gold and silver,
Congrats on the beautiful digs.
Going to be a long winter huh, glad you had these great finds this day!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[DigDugNY]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Very cool

 

[dave-enc]

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cool finds badger wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[ringfinder]

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Nice Finds Badger, gotta love those rings, stones or no stones

HH, Ringfinder

 

[Postalrevnant]

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Great finds Badger.

Congratulations,

Postalrevnant

 

[JerV3]

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Nice finds Badger.

Its amazing how things can get missed. Every detector has a different ability.

HH Jer

 

[JerV3]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Great videos,

Makes me wanna move over to the U.k. I'd be hitting every field I could over there. Man I could be a great treasure hunter over there.

You are so right. You can have a few hundred dollar detector and do awesome with it if you find the right locations. Most items are 4 to 6 inches deep. Or even less than that.

Location is everything. Hard to find consistent spots nowadays. But there is still alot of treasure out there to be found. Just takes time patience and know how.

HH Jer

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Great videos,

Makes me wanna move over to the U.k. I'd be hitting every field I could over there. Man I could be a great treasure hunter over there.

You are so right. You can have a few hundred dollar detector and do awesome with it if you find the right locations. Most items are 4 to 6 inches deep. Or even less than that.

Location is everything. Hard to find consistent spots nowadays. But there is still alot of treasure out there to be found. Just takes time patience and know how.

HH Jer

Right on all the way! I deleted the post you're referring to and was going to change it but you covered it nicely in your post.

I also would love to hunt the UK but to be honest I'd be even happier to be able to consistently hunt the hot Civil and Revolutionary War sites.

Best to you.

Badger P.S. Here's my latest little film strip. I left out all the titling and music stuff for this one.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: Hit a diamond piece Buff nickel & other stuff

Was hoping to see some nice iron finds but all you found was some jewelry with diamonds and an old Bufffalo nickle. Maybe next time, LOL, great finds! HH, Mike

 

[Wezzie]

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Gotta love it when you get some goodies in your own yard!
I'd say keep detecting it, you just never know!
WTG!!!

 

[Nana40]

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Badger! You try and stay outta trouble, K? Maybe all that snow will cover up that big 'ole hole in the yard. I do hope you find those diamonds! And I love those video's too! Congrats on your finds...

Nana