DrJoePrime
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- Sep 9, 2007
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- XP Deus, White's Surfmaster Dual Field, Tesoro Sand Shark, Garrett ATX
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
A pleasant surprise at my local beach.
I hunt the wet sand with the Surfmaster PI and this location is strange. There's old sand piled up into small 4 foot tall berms and the surf washes the sand away. Usual finds are lots of clad, some on top of the sand. I pulled out a silver chain a few weeks ago and a Silver war nickel.....most of the finds are weird tool items and older clad.
Got this thin ring in dark gray with a missing stone. I knew it was Silver and it felt good in my pocket. It has "STERLING PAT PEND" stamped on it. I wonder if this might be a clue to it's age? It looks really old and not something in fashion for the last 50+ years. Any opinions?
Well finding one such ring (even dark gray) really makes my day. It was hot yesterday, even at the beach (heard it was 99). After an hour and a half I needed a bit of sit down on the dry sand. Ahhhh the sound of the waves breaking. a ten minute breather had me ready to go. As I tuned on the PI i swept the area I was sitting...a signal...there on the surface a bent gray piece of metal. I pick it up...yikes I was sitting on a ring. Now the strange thing is if I didn't stop I'd never had found the ring it was dry sand and I was concentrating on wet.
I cleaned up the rings....Arrrgghhh...bent and broke the sterling one. And the 925 one broke slightly on the design while I tried to straighten it out.
OK..so not the most beautiful rings I've found..but they are Silver and they are interesting. I guess I'll keep them...but are they "case worthy"?
Second photo has the rings placed on one of my little cactus that I'm growing from seed (another of my passions).
HH Joe
I hunt the wet sand with the Surfmaster PI and this location is strange. There's old sand piled up into small 4 foot tall berms and the surf washes the sand away. Usual finds are lots of clad, some on top of the sand. I pulled out a silver chain a few weeks ago and a Silver war nickel.....most of the finds are weird tool items and older clad.
Got this thin ring in dark gray with a missing stone. I knew it was Silver and it felt good in my pocket. It has "STERLING PAT PEND" stamped on it. I wonder if this might be a clue to it's age? It looks really old and not something in fashion for the last 50+ years. Any opinions?
Well finding one such ring (even dark gray) really makes my day. It was hot yesterday, even at the beach (heard it was 99). After an hour and a half I needed a bit of sit down on the dry sand. Ahhhh the sound of the waves breaking. a ten minute breather had me ready to go. As I tuned on the PI i swept the area I was sitting...a signal...there on the surface a bent gray piece of metal. I pick it up...yikes I was sitting on a ring. Now the strange thing is if I didn't stop I'd never had found the ring it was dry sand and I was concentrating on wet.
I cleaned up the rings....Arrrgghhh...bent and broke the sterling one. And the 925 one broke slightly on the design while I tried to straighten it out.
OK..so not the most beautiful rings I've found..but they are Silver and they are interesting. I guess I'll keep them...but are they "case worthy"?
Second photo has the rings placed on one of my little cactus that I'm growing from seed (another of my passions).
HH Joe
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