Some silver weirdness today!!

Dan(NM)

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My day started off with an eyeball find at the post office. I spotted a round object on the ground as I was walking into the post office. I didn't look at it closely until I got into my car. I thought it was some costume jewelry at first until I saw some faint lettering on it. Still, not thinking much of it, I drove 5 miles to hunt a new beach on the lake I've been hunting. I picked a spot and was doing some sampling and not having much luck, very few signals. So, I drove to a new spot and started hunting.

First signal was a penny, a good sign, walked about 20 feet and got a solid 21 signal. I thought for sure I was digging a zinc, much to my surprise I found another piece of turquoise jewelry. It's been a while since I've found a piece of turquoise, here I am today with two! Not much else was coming out other than clad, so, I decided to head home and eat lunch.

After taking a couple of pictures of my finds, I enlarge the pics and darn near fell outta my chair. The 2 pieces of jewelry are silver and they are made by 2 Navajo silversmiths from different states, but, the makers are related to one another. The pieces were found 5 miles apart, the large one in the parking lot and the small one at the lake. That's one of the many things I love about this hobby, you just never know what weirdness is going to turn up.
 

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A couple of nice pieces, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

Thats really crazy but hey cool it is maybe some lady got taken from the parking lot and dumped in the lake and you found the trail lol sorry just a little humor Great finds though those are really cool
 

Beautiful pieces. Never find anything like that around here. Congrats!
 

Thats really crazy but hey cool it is maybe some lady got taken from the parking lot and dumped in the lake and you found the trail lol sorry just a little humor Great finds though those are really cool

Lol...I like your story better than random coincidence!
 

Turquoise and Silver! That's awesome! And what are the odds of two semi-related finds on the same day? Nice finds! :thumbsup:
 

Tommy, you have a way with words! :occasion14:

Thats really crazy but hey cool it is maybe some lady got taken from the parking lot and dumped in the lake and you found the trail lol sorry just a little humor Great finds though those are really cool
 

Nothing better than NA silver jewelry, IMHO! Congratulations on weird and wonderful day, Dan! Sub 8-)
 

Wonderful finds ! The piece with the multiple tiny stones is very typical of the Zuni , not Navajo in character at all ! I like them both !!
 

Thank you guys!
 

Wonderful finds, congrats...
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