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The Urban Prospector

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Sounds like they got to you!! Ha Ha I was hoping I could make it a month without hearing that. But no!!! Now this post comes up. Ha Ha
 

Pine tree shilling in any shape is worth $. Their was a well known cave up that way, where a guy counterfeited pine tree coins. That's to me is a prize. To me, You can get a ring , but you can't replace History and a coin like that. I would hunt that area so slow with a G.P 4500. My friend still has his. I wouldn't miss a thing with this detector ,black sand not problem[real quite]. Only problem is you can dig up to 3 feet deep for a hair pin. I see you also had Hammered silver of this area. I'm from mass. Missing my only [looked like hammered silver] coin. Just wondering what yours looked like.
 

huntsman53 said:
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.
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I was just reading through this thread, and I believe this to be the best one. Imagine the historical value of mint condition Brown Bess Rifles, and by the dozens. God, if only the states weren't so stingy, and greedy.
 

Iron Patch said:
$5,000 and I did it 3 times. (Button in 2001, coin in 2001, and token in 2009) Still looking for the big one!
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YEP......so is my wife. I told her she better be happy with what she has gotten!:laughing7:
 

Not sure of the value of this silver ruby ring...I have found gold rings that may be worth more but this is an "only-one-made" find, unique and original...hand tooled too, no silver mark but I am pretty sure it's authentic... need to have it checked out by a jeweler. Thanks for the view. C9

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My best find was my South Carolina button,squashed flat but I was still suprised
 

I found this in a lake almost 3 years ago.
It has never been appraised, but the diamonds test good.
I think its 3-4 carat.
Its an anniversary ring found right before my 25th anniversary.
My wife wears it everyday.


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18kt gold 2/3 ounce 52 diamonds at 3.5 carats total weight. Retail price online was $12K but marked down for $6K. I was offered $1600 in scrap value a while ago.

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May not be valuable but the history behind it has given me many hours for research and contact with many people.....

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Very pretty, TFS
 

My first valuable find was a class ring also. :) Probably MY most valuable find in that finding it hooked me for life!
TFS
 

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Wow, so did you sell it? That thing is a honker. Liberachi?? TFS
 

Not boring at all. Gold is beautiful, especially nuggets that have never touched another humans hands before. Sweet finds, thanks for sharing!
 

Beautiful!
 

NOBODYS SITTING HOME THATS FOR SURE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

cambria09 said:
Not sure of the value of this silver ruby ring...I have found gold rings that may be worth more but this is an "only-one-made" find, unique and original...hand tooled too, no silver mark but I am pretty sure it's authentic... need to have it checked out by a jeweler. Thanks for the view. C9

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Do you realize that what you have might be a valuble piece of history?
 

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