Natman
Bronze Member
- Jan 8, 2007
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all,
I went out today until I was chased away by rain
I went to the only school in our district I haven't been to before, but it was too new..all I found was a lost tape measure Things improved however as I stopped by another school on my way home that I had been to many times before. I found loads of quarters in the field there last year and a silver ring. This time I went to the upper part of the field at the top of a hill, where there were 3 or 4 tetherball poles 
Those are always a good sign..I dug a nice silver ring near a tetherball pole at a different school earlier this year.
Anyway as with the other gold rings I've found, this was a solid nickel target. I was elated when I saw the glimmer of gold and I knew it was real by the way it looked..I saw a slight reddish discoloration which made me wonder if it was real for a second, but the hallmark took away any doubt. I researched the company, and this particular ring was indeed made with a hint of coloring as part of the design. It turns out it's a 10K diamond cut ladies' ring, made by the Black Hills Gold Company of South Dakota. The ring's composition is actually made with gold from the Black Hills, and retails for $140.00 It's a small ring, but probably worth more because of where the gold came from and where it was made. I was happy to find this one because although I've found lots of rings (more than 100 since last year), not many of them are gold.
My clad count for this quick hunt was $3.71 (11 pennies, 3 nickels, 7 dimes, 11 quarters). I'm only 8 quarters away from 1000 quarters this year and my total coin count stands at 5,266
Hope you all find a little treasure this week.
Nat
I went out today until I was chased away by rain
I went to the only school in our district I haven't been to before, but it was too new..all I found was a lost tape measure Things improved however as I stopped by another school on my way home that I had been to many times before. I found loads of quarters in the field there last year and a silver ring. This time I went to the upper part of the field at the top of a hill, where there were 3 or 4 tetherball poles Those are always a good sign..I dug a nice silver ring near a tetherball pole at a different school earlier this year.Anyway as with the other gold rings I've found, this was a solid nickel target. I was elated when I saw the glimmer of gold and I knew it was real by the way it looked..I saw a slight reddish discoloration which made me wonder if it was real for a second, but the hallmark took away any doubt. I researched the company, and this particular ring was indeed made with a hint of coloring as part of the design. It turns out it's a 10K diamond cut ladies' ring, made by the Black Hills Gold Company of South Dakota. The ring's composition is actually made with gold from the Black Hills, and retails for $140.00
It's a small ring, but probably worth more because of where the gold came from and where it was made. I was happy to find this one because although I've found lots of rings (more than 100 since last year), not many of them are gold.
My clad count for this quick hunt was $3.71 (11 pennies, 3 nickels, 7 dimes, 11 quarters). I'm only 8 quarters away from 1000 quarters this year and my total coin count stands at 5,266
Hope you all find a little treasure this week.
Nat
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Very nice find Nat aka "The ring machine" 
