Golden Crucifix

[mn90403]

This is a collection of my last two hunts at a local beach.  There really has not been that much to brag about but you just have to stick with it as they say.  Yesterday was better than the previous day with the cheap bracelet, cheap ring and the nice 14k cross (that is how it is marked on the clasp but who knows about the other parts of it).

The swinging was sparse until I got to a culvert that I normally skip over because of the iron wire in it.  Just before I got there I found the coin with a hole in it.  It is a 1959 East Africa 1c coin.  I've never seen one.  That slowed me down with the 3030 and just before I got to the culvert I got the high pitch of a quarter.  As it turned out that was the first of 5 $1 coins.  This was the only good area I could find and I got nearly on top of the culvert and could still hear targets.  I'll go back with the 800 now that it is working again but I need to give it the latest update.

I tired of the gridding near the culvert and I went over to where the day before a grounded sailboat had been removed.  About a month ago I looked out and thought there was a movie shoot going on and it turned out to be a 40 ft sailboat aground.  It looked like it had not been there long and could be pulled out on the high tide.  That didn't happen and over the weeks the mast went down and waves pounded it and then a salvage crew from San Diego just removed it by land yesterday.  The only thing I got from it was the trash on the right side of the items.

After I walked back towards my car I went over the $1 coin area again and found I missed one.  It then 'dried up' and it was time to go but I worked my way out on the line that held the coins.  I got a signal and looked down in the scoop and it reminded me of the screw scrap but ... it wasn't.  Sand was sticking to it and in the top but I knew it was pretty good if real.  It does have good markings.  Nothing was near so I kept the same line and about 300 yards down the beach was the bracelet.  It sounds good but it is cheap. 

Today I used the 800 at a couple of different beaches and found next to nothing.  What a difference.  More about that another time.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

That's a Beautiful Gold Cross! Very Popular I've noticed to sell, would bring way more then melt. A Keeper it would be for me..Very NIce!

[GB_Amateur]

Nice finds!  Seems weird for a clasp to be high quality gold and the remainder be plated/etc.  I'm betting the crucifix is a precious metal.

What is the white (silver?) coin above and slightly to the right of the East Africa coin?

I gotta say you beach & water hunters have it a lot more difficult than we dry land park/school detectorists, in so many ways.  But also seems like you get rewarded more significantly for your efforts.

 

[2Valen]

Saw a cross just like that right before Christmas at Kays jewelers and it was 2 toned gold. The diamonds were a nice touch and I am betting that you have a 14 k cross all the way around.

Great finds keep up the good work and what was the other ring.

[mn90403]

10 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

Saw a cross just like that right before Christmas at Kays jewelers and it was 2 toned gold. The diamonds were a nice touch and I am betting that you have a 14 k cross all the way around.

Great finds keep up the good work and what was the other ring.

I did a reverse image search and didn't come up with a match with the wired area on the top end of the cross.  I didn't have to clean it.  Most religious pieces I find especially Catholic seem to be on the modest gold content.  This one is not solid but I think that makes it more wearable.

The other ring is junk.  It is some type of corroded pot metal with flashy little glass 'stones' with reflectors behind the glass.

[mn90403]

13 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Nice finds!  Seems weird for a clasp to be high quality gold and the remainder be plated/etc.  I'm betting the crucifix is a precious metal.

I think you are right.  I've looked at it closely and it has precious metal and a bit of craftsmanship written on it.

What is the white (silver?) coin above and slightly to the right of the East Africa coin?

That is one of the 5 dollar coins.

I gotta say you beach & water hunters have it a lot more difficult than we dry land park/school detectorists, in so many ways.  But also seems like you get rewarded more significantly for your efforts.

I hunt areas available to me and I live half a mile from the beach.  If I didn't go detecting I might not see the beach!  haha

 

 

[Gerry in Idaho]

Beautiful cross.  Looks to be white gold and yellow gold....what tone was it or ID#?  I've saved a couple gold rings with white and yellow,  a white/yellow money clip and my hunting partner was with me in MX and dug a white gold wristband with yellow gold as well.  The diamonds are way cool too.