Update - Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

[spartacus53]

Update - Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

I have been reading stories on here for just over a year and never had anything worth posting until this weekend. It started on Friday, went to a small public beach in Northern NJ and found a small tin loaded with costume jewelry. At first I thought it was an old discarded tin, but the weight said something different. At first I thought someone filled the tin with sand, but to my delight it was loaded with 60 pieces of costume jewelry.

Some of the pieces look to be of good quality as some of the pearls are knotted. One of the silver-like chains came from Germany and many pieces look rather old. Well it was a great find especially since costume jewelry is making a comeback. I just wonder who buried the tin and why? It looks to have been in the ground for some time and this beach is always hit by MD'ers.

What a 4th of July!! I went to my local lake and found a Rolex! My heart nearly stopped. It seems the stem was broken off and the watch stopped at 10:18am. There is no way to locate the owner as there is nothing engraved to give me any indication. I'll take it to a jeweler this week and see if it is the real thing. I hope the pictures are clear enough and you enjoy them as much I as did posting them.

Update - Well it was too good to be true, alas poor Yurik, the Rolex was a fake! I took the watch to a Rolex retailer who advised that I was holding a watch made in Hong Kong worth about $10.00. When I asked the dealer how he was able to determine that by just a quick look he said, " 25 years of selling them". I was really interested in trying to learn more, but he had no time for me Oh well, I was happy for a week at least.

 

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[Tank69]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a great holiday weekend & 1st post

congrats on your yreasure chest thats a cool little find.....................I'd be willing to say you have a real Rolex my friend it sure looks like the same one I have on right now

 

[civil war hunter]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

I kind of vote banner!

 

[Nana40]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

KEWL!! 8) That tin with the jewelry is terrific!! Love the cross! Congrats on those finds and welcome to Tnet!~

Nana

 

[mlayers]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Nice chest and congs on the rolex....Matt

 

[dfx willy]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

its all real!!!!!!!!!! cool. willy.

 

[rwsnc]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

I'd guess if the Rolex is real then there's a pretty good chance that the pearls might be real too and not costume.

 

[silverfox41]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

wow! thats a cool find.i love the cross and the "rolex" the most. costume jewlery is making a big comeback as me and the wife are collectors. if you need any help id'ing anything just let me know. congrads on such a great find.
"god bless"

 

[deepbeep]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

I, too, question that it is costume jewlery if that is a real Rolex. I kinda wonder if those aren't the treasures of a burglary in the area. Just a thought.

Tim

 

[coin1921]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Congrats, great find. Looking at the watch, it appears that it may be a reproduction, as the bezel does not seem to match the "real deal". I have a stainless model datejust and the bezel is quite different. I hope it turns out to be real, but am a little suspicious.

greg

 

[spartacus53]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

The tin and Rolex were found on 2 different days, and about 60 miles apart, so there is no connection. At first I thought some of the pearls may have been the real thing as some were knotted, the rest you can easily discern were only plastic. I still can't believe that I found this item on a well searched beach. I was getting all types of rings from my Ace 250, but decided to dig and see what it was. I tell you this, from now on I hear a decent beep I will dig!!!

 

[Alnitak]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Cool finds. However, that is a "Rolex" and not a Rolex. Both the face and the bezel are wrong. Close, but wrong.

 

[RUDY2003]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Very Cool finds....Nice.....

 

[spartacus53]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Thanks for the information on the bezel, I appreciate that. I hope to get to a Rolex dealer that is about 90 minutes from me over the weekend and have it checked. It may well be a knock off, but the area I found it in is surrounded by several retirement communites and some of these people have a good amount of money. Anyway, I am keeping my fingers crossed, if real I will be ecstatic. If fake, I will wear it proudly as a "Rolax" It will go well with my car, a Rolls Canardly. Rolls down one hill and can hardly get up the next

 

[bogeymcq]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Love love love love it ALL! Congrats!

But I am especially drawn to the tin with the jewelry . . . do you have any pix of the tin? was there any markings, etchings, etc on the tin?

When I saw the pix of the tin with the jewelry the first thought that came to my mind was some kids were playing pirates with Mama & Gram's jewels

Bogart

 

[Moonshadow]

Re: Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Great stuff! I bet someone buried that tin with the pearls for a real treasure hunt! Ya know, with a map and everything. Seems it didn't get found until you came along! Good job!

Good luck with the Rolex.....Hope it's the real deal. Welcome to T-net and Thanks for sharing your story and goodies!

HH,
Moon

 

[spartacus53]

Re: Update - Arrr pirate chest and a Rolex - great holiday weekend & 1st post

Moonshadow / Bogeymcq thanks for the kind words. I have taken additional pictures of the tin and have posted them. Yes, the inscribed markings are raised and almost remind me of the Greek Key style. I am afraid to clean it up and will leave it as is. I guess you are right, some little pirates took advantage of grandma.