Silver Fox
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Having recuperated from Saturday's outing in Staten Island and the coming weather looking good only for indoor activities, I headed out to the park. Even though the temperature was only 54 it turned out to be a beautiful day. Picking up a quarter here, a dime there, I walked along approached by curious kids who didn't hang around and by also curious adults. I reached the end of the park and was ready to head home when I decided to do a tree with bare ground all around it before I called it quits. But first I headed up a slight incline which I was not going to bother with but did.
The detector didn't find it, my eyes did. A curious sight as I wasn't sure what I was looking at but it looked golden and I thought it might be a whole or part of an earring. Whew! When I grabbed it and pulled it from the earth (it was starting to be held by the vegetation) I couldn't make out what it was but it had to be astounding at the size and weight. I didn't want to draw attention so I did remove a little bit of the dirt and saw what it was. Into the goody bag it went. After I left the park I saw a memorial fountain and it had water from the recent rains. Wanting to see more detail I dunked the crucifix and moved it around hoping the caked-in dirt would loosen. Some of it did but so did the ring where the chain would have held the crucifix. It separated into the two pieces it was constructed of since I could see the solder joint. When I picked up the crucifix out of the water I noticed the missing ring and found the two pieces in the water. The slim or back piece of the ring is where the 10K is found (last photo).
At home I cleaned it under tap water and a toothbrush and now you can see unbelievable 10K gold bling! It weighs a clean one ounce. Can anyone tell me how much one ounce of 10Karat gold is worth?
Bling on the photos!
Oh, yeah, I also found 8 quarters, 5 dimes and some cents.
Silver, Nah, Gold Fox
The detector didn't find it, my eyes did. A curious sight as I wasn't sure what I was looking at but it looked golden and I thought it might be a whole or part of an earring. Whew! When I grabbed it and pulled it from the earth (it was starting to be held by the vegetation) I couldn't make out what it was but it had to be astounding at the size and weight. I didn't want to draw attention so I did remove a little bit of the dirt and saw what it was. Into the goody bag it went. After I left the park I saw a memorial fountain and it had water from the recent rains. Wanting to see more detail I dunked the crucifix and moved it around hoping the caked-in dirt would loosen. Some of it did but so did the ring where the chain would have held the crucifix. It separated into the two pieces it was constructed of since I could see the solder joint. When I picked up the crucifix out of the water I noticed the missing ring and found the two pieces in the water. The slim or back piece of the ring is where the 10K is found (last photo).
At home I cleaned it under tap water and a toothbrush and now you can see unbelievable 10K gold bling! It weighs a clean one ounce. Can anyone tell me how much one ounce of 10Karat gold is worth?
Bling on the photos!
Oh, yeah, I also found 8 quarters, 5 dimes and some cents.
Silver, Nah, Gold Fox
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What detail! Many congrats on a spectacular find, Fox!
