The most valuable find!

[The Urban Prospector]

Everybody is curious as to what the heck us "metal detectorists" are doing. Without fail THE #1 question that I am asked is, "What is the most valuable thing you have ever found?" So.....I thought it would be fun and interesting to ask all of you that very question.

What is the most valuable item you have ever found?

 

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[Louisiana Ken]

My best find was with my E-Trac. It was my uncle's 1949 AAA championship base ball ring that had been lost for 12 years. Valued at $15000 (18k w/ 13 diamonds). Returning that ring to him and watching his reaction was one of the neatest experiences I ever had. I was now hooked on rings so I bought an Excalibur II. A few months ago I found 22k men's ring with a 1ct. diamond valued between $4000-$4500. Hope the pics upload.
Awesome finds everybody!

Liberalism is Americas cancer

 

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[sirlostalot]

Ive had them ask me what was the best thing I found? I respond with "my wife". Then they ask me what was the most expensive thing I found" Again I would respond "my wife".

 

[The Urban Prospector]

Ive had them ask me what was the best thing I found? I respond with "my wife". Then they ask me what was the most expensive thing I found" Again I would respond "my wife".

LOL~so true for so many!

 

[rockyredbaron]

Found day after Christmas 2005. Still have this ring after all these years. Found 4 inches down in the wood chips at an elementary school playground under the swingset, 0.80 TCW. Appraised in January 2006 for $2,850. Probably trade it on on a bigger solitaire for the wife 40 years wedding anniversary coming up. guess its time LOL

Best of Luck to everyone

Rockyredbaron

 

[Muddy Boots]

Wow, this are all very remarkable finds. Unfortunately I haven't been detecting long enough to find anything like you all have. I did however find $10,000.00 cash once. I turned it in and no one claimed it, a few months later a Buncombe county NC sheriff gave it right back!

 

[The Urban Prospector]

Wow, this are all very remarkable finds. Unfortunately I haven't been detecting long enough to find anything like you all have. I did however find $10,000.00 cash once. I turned it in and no one claimed it, a few months later a Buncombe county NC sheriff gave it right back!

WOW!! That is aLOT of money! Congrats on that!! Not to get too personal, but do you mind telling us what you did with all that money?

 

[Capa dirte]

Wow thats incredible!!!!

 

[aquemini_13]

Nice find man!!!
I've been exploring play grounds. No luck yet though.

 

[Ahab8]

My best find was with my E-Trac. It was my uncle's 1949 AAA championship base ball ring that had been lost for 12 years. Valued at $15000 (18k w/ 13 diamonds). Returning that ring to him and watching his reaction was one of the neatest experiences I ever had. I was now hooked on rings so I bought an Excalibur II. A few months ago I found 22k men's ring with a 1ct. diamond valued between $4000-$4500. Hope the pics upload.
Awesome finds everybody!

Liberalism is Americas cancer

Man what an experience that must have been. I wish I could have seen his face. That is the best part of this hobby in my opinion

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Not as eye catching as some of the finds above but I was offered $1000 for this Blacksmith Token. Pretty rare piece.

VPR

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Excellent thread! That 23k+ diamond ring is a killer!

 

[Muddy Boots]

I got caught up on my bills and put the rest in savings.

 

[Hunter1805]

The Pipe

I was told that the value of this pipe is a conservative 4 figures because of its unique styling of symbols (Letters) in addition to its great historic value.

 

[tomnkari]

Small sapphire in 14K white gold. My last find of the year (mid Nov. 2014) before the snow flew and the end of only my 2nd season detecting

 

[huntsman53]

I don't know if this counts but I will post it anyways!

In 1983, I was metal detecting around an old Fort in Key West that was used during the Civil War for target practice, was and (I believe) still is a State Park but has been granted use by the Key West Garden Club. After getting bored from finding hundreds or more flip-tabs, I asked the Security Guard if I could metal detect inside the Fort. I was advised no but I could metal detect the arched entranceway. However, I could not keep anything I found. I did not get a single metal target inside the entranceway but did find that there was a void about 6 feet long and about 4 1/2 to 5 feet wide in the center of the entranceway. This was evident on my' old White's 2000-D Series 1 Metal Detector by the slight signal that I had in my' ear, completely went blank right after a "Vooop" sound made by the metal detector. I had encountered this before and knew what it was which is very similar to when the coil crosses a large piece of completely degraded Iron. I asked the Security Guard if I could dig down in the entranceway to find out what if anything was there. After consulting with the person in charge, he advised that I could not. I then advised him that there is possibly a room, cavern or tunnel underneath the entranceway that should be investigated. About 4 months passed and I ran into the Security Guard and he told me that after 3 months, they had gotten permission from the State to excavate the floor of the entranceway. During the excavation, he stated that they found that the void was an entrance to a room under the Fort which contained 3 cases of (what he believed were) brand new Brown Bess Rifles still packed in packing grease, barrels of gun powder, bullets and other related items. I never got to see any of the rifles or other items, was never even thanked for making the initial discovery and never found out what the rifles and other items were worth. The Security Guard stated that rifles and other items were quickly wisked away under darkness to an unknown location. To this day, I have never heard anymore about them and the find was apparently kept secret between a select few with the exception of (I believe) 3 Brown Bess Rifles were supposedly donated to the State Museum.


Frank

Note: For everyone's information! If you have an older White's or possibly other brand of old metal detector and you have an audible signal in your' ear but the signal goes "Vooop" then disappears completely, this could be a void, cavern or tunnel underneath you or could be a large piece of degraded Iron. It could be a clue to a significant find or not but just don't discount it as nothing until you investigate. You can somewhat map how large the void is by marking where it starts (i.e. the signal goes "Vooop" and signal drops out completely) and marking where the signal comes back. If done correctly, you can get the width and length of the void! It would behove anyone that excavates such a (void) signal to take precautions to insure that you don't fall into a hole of unknown depth or hazards, so be sure to rope yourself off to something sturdy before ever starting to dig.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet ring bud congrats...

 

[sandmartin]

huntsman53; that's a great story! wonder what happened to the rest of those rifles....

 

[oakhunter27]

awesome celt find it with a detector

 

[unearth]

My best find would be this Roman gold coin I found in England three weeks ago.

 

[DiggerinVA]

Most would say that this large, heavy mans gold ring that i found at a homesite last year is my most valuable find. But to me this Silver Medallion dated may 31, 1853 is priceless,,,,,it has the name of the son of one of the original settlers to my area on it and has a huge story that a local can only appreciate. I found it at the site that was once the Bear's home.