Popular Post mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2021 Late this afternoon I managed to shirk some of my fatherly responsibilities and go out for a couple hours of hunting. I had gone a couple of days ago to one of my best beaches and was surprised at finding very little. Today was a bit different. I managed to find some beach with a cut but it had been hunted. Whomever hunted it had neatly put their trash back in the holes. I was coming upon them probably 5 hours after they had been dug. Knowing this I didn't stick very close to the cut and worked wetter sand on a lower tide. It wasn't the greatest but I managed a 19 number with the 800/11 and it turned out to be the first ring. The second ring was down in much wetter sand. It gave a weird sound almost like a chain but it is 'open' without a setting or markings. I'll have to clean it a bit and see if it is silver like the first ring. The 3rd ring was a 13. It is junk but still a ring. Just at sunset when I was heading back I got a high (above 30) sound and worked it and dug the ring marked STERLING. It is 11.5 g. So I had a 4 ring hunt to finish the year. I'll take it. Mitchel 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Fantastic hunt you have had for the last day in 2020, I can't wait to see what you come up with in 2021. Thanks for the picture of the sunset as it was beautiful. Good luck, good hunting, and God bless 2021 for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compass Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Thanks for the report Mitchel and congrats on the rings. That big silver one will be awesome when cleaned up! I also got out yesterday- what a beautiful day and sunset! I really enjoyed the hunt even though I didn't do nearly as well as you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Compass said: Thanks for the report Mitchel and congrats on the rings. That big silver one will be awesome when cleaned up! I also got out yesterday- what a beautiful day and sunset! I really enjoyed the hunt even though I didn't do nearly as well as you. Happy New Year Your adventures inspire me. I was hoping for one last gold for the year but it wasn't to be. I think with more time there was one there in my grid pattern. I really had to slow down with the 11 to catch the sounds. For a while during this hunt I felt 'naked' without the 15 because the target stays under the coil longer so I can hear it. The 11 can punch deep. The last ring was down in the wet sand 10 inches or so. It is been a while since I saw the word 'sterling' in a ring. Is that any age indication? There is no .925 mark on the ring. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Crunch Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Congrats on a beautiful last hunt! FWIW— Wife thinks the "open" ring is a Ear Cuff. She also thinks she recognizes the maker of big ring. She claims that they use synthetic opals. Didn't stop her from buying three of their rings... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 hours ago, mn90403 said: It is been a while since I saw the word 'sterling' in a ring. Is that any age indication? There is no .925 mark on the ring. Thats funny you ask because I've often wondered the same...most of the older silver jewelry I find (old home sites/ towns/resorts) almost always says sterling on it. Thats a nice honker silver ring you got there post a pic of when you clean it up. strick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 56 minutes ago, Johnny Crunch said: Congrats on a beautiful last hunt! FWIW— Wife thinks the "open" ring is a Ear Cuff. She also thinks she recognizes the maker of big ring. She claims that they use synthetic opals. Didn't stop her from buying three of their rings... LOL Thanks for the info. There are a couple of maker marks. I'll try to get a picture before I clean it. I thought this material looks like synthetic turquoise. It looked much better wet because that hid some of the scratches. As to the ear cuff, I'd never heard that term before and I looked it up. I'll give some thought to it but it might be too heavy itself. That piece weighs 9.4 grams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Here is a picture of the makers marks with my new phone! I could never do this with the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Johnny Crunch said: Wife thinks the "open" ring is a Ear Cuff. The wife is right! What do I know. haha Written inside of the ring it says 925 but it also has the word cuff which I can't make come out clearly with a photo. You can bend the open end ring closed and make it tighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 And now for the other ring. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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