Squirrel322
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- Jul 4, 2016
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- E-Trac, Equinox 800, Go-Find 66, ACE 250
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Well, its my first ring and its silver but its TINY and broken.... None the less, its a keeper 
After getting my machine about 4 months ago I have been pounding the tiny half-city-lot our (+100yo) house is on. I cleaned up a lot of junk (and some keepers) before I really had any idea what I was doing. Then I saw someone suggest turning the Ace250 down to 3 bars of sensitivity in a modified coin mode. Suddenly, things came into focus and within a few hunts I knew 90% what was a coin before I dug it.
Now, much more familiar with the machine and signals, I have cranked it back up in all-metal-mode and begun looking for the odd signals that I missed in my own yard. In the past week I have squeezed out a wheat, 1950 Rosie and a cool bear charm. Tonight I revisited a spot I had flagged before and decided to dig it. Found a small "ring" 6 inches down but assumed it was a washer or O-ring. After coming inside I realized it had a pattern on it and then spotted it was marked STERLING inside the band (three times!).
The ring is a hair-larger than the diameter and circumference of a penny. The hallmark repeated X3 tipped me off to the method of fabrication. All four sides of the ring were embellished by passing sterling wire threw a hand mill. This produced a wire that could be cut to size and soldered into a ring.
With my finger I notice a rough spot on the outside edge and with the aid of a 20x loop I saw what is probably the edge of a broken bezel cup... again TEENY (3rd pic). Ill be re-digging the hole tomorrow but I highly doubt the setting is down there because the broken edge looks old.
Anyone know anything about rings like this?
After getting my machine about 4 months ago I have been pounding the tiny half-city-lot our (+100yo) house is on. I cleaned up a lot of junk (and some keepers) before I really had any idea what I was doing. Then I saw someone suggest turning the Ace250 down to 3 bars of sensitivity in a modified coin mode. Suddenly, things came into focus and within a few hunts I knew 90% what was a coin before I dug it.
Now, much more familiar with the machine and signals, I have cranked it back up in all-metal-mode and begun looking for the odd signals that I missed in my own yard. In the past week I have squeezed out a wheat, 1950 Rosie and a cool bear charm. Tonight I revisited a spot I had flagged before and decided to dig it. Found a small "ring" 6 inches down but assumed it was a washer or O-ring. After coming inside I realized it had a pattern on it and then spotted it was marked STERLING inside the band (three times!).
The ring is a hair-larger than the diameter and circumference of a penny. The hallmark repeated X3 tipped me off to the method of fabrication. All four sides of the ring were embellished by passing sterling wire threw a hand mill. This produced a wire that could be cut to size and soldered into a ring.
With my finger I notice a rough spot on the outside edge and with the aid of a 20x loop I saw what is probably the edge of a broken bezel cup... again TEENY (3rd pic). Ill be re-digging the hole tomorrow but I highly doubt the setting is down there because the broken edge looks old.
Anyone know anything about rings like this?
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