I went metal detecting yesterday.

[BigWaveDave]

So a year or so ago, I asked a guy about the empty lot next to his house...he said he owns it, no I can't. Yesterday, same guy was having a yard sale, but he was no where to be found, his wife and her girlfriends were running the show, so I asked the lady in charge...Yes! Haha sweet.

First target, I find hundred year old dime, that didn't have my initial on it...I would prove it by showing a pic of the reverse, but I scratched it, and you all would rank on me...

Slow going for a few hours, oddball crap and trash, then I got on the coin....wheats and memorials mostly....then a deep mess, 3 cents piled on each other....is that a...yes! Indian!
1905.... pretty smoked, but I'll take it.

I call "last target".... Which took a while, the trash pouring out of the ground wasn't acceptable.
Finally, a deep quarter I was feeling good about was my ticket out of there.....WOW!!!

This ain't a quarter! The root of the matter...it's a beauty!


The treasures...


And my other stuff...

I can't wait to get this ring cleaned up, and sized for my wife....I'm thinking this is old, like art-deco 1920's.....
This is my best ring find ever.


Thanks for looking!

 

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[treblehunter]

Cool finds Dave, congrats!

 

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[ajaj]

Amen. Again, great finds!

aj

I'm sorry for not disclosing the full details of the permission, the point was to show my finds....
As it turns out, the woman told me that a guy in Germany owns the lot, hadn't seen him in years....and also, that if I found a lost horseshoe, and her lost Pandora bracelet, to let her know. Once that was agreed upon, I was good to go.
She told me that they mow it, and look after it....so I wasn't gonna write a guy in Germany for the ok.
Thanks for your concern.

 

[RustyGold]

Why, were you gone?

Congratulations on the permission and the sterling silver Navajo ring.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Yes.....when I first found it, I thought it was on a chain....I stopped, and slowly excavated the ring, like an Archie.....
When I realized it was root bound, I cut it off like a champ with my Lesche....

WHAAAT!?!?! You mean you deprived that plant of one of it's roots!?!?! And didn't just cut the ring to save it all that aggravation!?

 

[FLORIDA KEYS PIRATE]

Very cool ring !

 

[ShovelinDave]

Awsome finds. Tough decision on to separate or not. Some of my best finds have been around roots. I get to digging and see roots. That magical smile automaticaly appears. Was the bottle in one piece?

 

[BigWaveDave]

Yes, I don't find many intact, but she was good to display...didn't even scratch her.