schoolofhardNox

You want mayhem? Go onto a southern RI beach after the beach season is over 😄

That 1870 is a nice date. Looks like some fun hunts.

Oh no! That is very sad. Some of the highly talented people, born before my time are slowly passing away. They paved the way for me to enjoy a life long hobby. I have a deep respect for any of them regardless of which brand they called home. Thoughts and prayers to his family.

The gift that keeps on giving 😄 Nice cut Spanish silver.

Congrats on a stunning find. I would have automatically assumed junk ring 😄 But the real thing shines so nice, it has to be real. There is no better hunt than when you realize enough sand is gone for you to dig target after target. Even then, nice rings don't usually show up. Your good for a while at home 😇

How very sad Doc. Prayers for you and your family.

In New England, one could only dream of finding one of those coins. Early US silver coins are extremely hard to find. Some people are lucky enough to find Draped Bust silver. The next level up from that would be to find Pine, Oak or Willow tree coinage. But to find any of the New England III, VI, XII coinage, is extremely rare. It may not look like much, but it is rare enough to commend a high price. There aren't enough of them to satisfy world collectors. If I found one, I would not believe I did 😄

What does the back side look like? It may be part of a wax seal. It does look old, but no one can tell unless they are familiar with your culture, especially ancient culture.

Welcome aboard from western MA.

Come on Bob.... milk that site dry of all targets. 😄 You know we are all chanting - go in deeper!!!! That's where the gold is. Again a nice amount of older coins. When you V's outnumber your Buffalos, you are on to something.

Do me a favor, Keep that flag up for a bit, I may be a while before it goes up again. 😏. I was content having pulled the silver from there. Never thought of gold. Only my second gold ring from there. Your tired of looking and I'm tired from digging.😯 Cleaning for a living, I'm pretty acquainted with the "Hoover" effect. 😅 I'm sure when I found the ring I was thinking - good it's silver. Throw it in the jar and keep going. Keep going,there has to be gold here somewhere. 🤔

That's the kind of beach hunting I like 😍. Looks like you hit the early wheat days, with plenty of Barber and V's still in circulation. I wonder what's still in the water. Prime gold ring area if you cared to get wet. Great hunt!!

Beach hunt # 5 is two days after the last hunt and back to the beach I was just at. This time I brought the GPX to get some depth over the Manticore. I just had a hunch that this was the best spot on this beach, and I should (hopefully) get some silver. I worked my way from the car to that spot, digging some small aluminum targets in the process. Finally, I reached that saturated muck section. It was target rich like I hoped, and my anticipation was rising after finding a couple of the early (1962/63) pull tabs. All the rest were the 1970’s, early 80’s tabs. The modern tabs were found elsewhere. Soon the coins started to show up and many were severely degraded. But so far no silver. Finally, a small silver earring, followed by a couple of silver dimes and tons of nickels. I remember bitchin’ - wondering how many nickels do I have to dig before I get a gold ring??….. Apparently a lot of them. 🙄 After a while I got a blaring signal and down about an inch or two, I got a black colored ring. Nice, another piece of silver (or so I thought). A silver dime or two and more clad and I was done for the day. I was happy to get all of that and prove to myself that I was right to think the pulse machine should find a lot more here than the other day. Walking back to the car, I heard the unforgettable sound of the shaft snapping in two on my machine. It snapped right where the holes for adjusting the length of the machine are. A weak point for sure - thin carbon fiber. 🤬 Oh well. As usual, when I got home I rinsed off my good finds container and looked over the dimes for dates and other items I kept in that container. I also cleaned up that dark black ring and noticed a hint of gold under that black film. That black muck sand really colors some of the items black. It just took a slight rubbing to expose the true nature of the ring. 10K gold on that fairly old looking signet ring. I got gold and didn’t even know it. 😅 Apologies to all you true gold hunters on my ignorance. When you only see gold in your dreams, you tend to not recognize it 🫣 A way better day than I had hoped for.

OOOHHH, is that plum gold?? Nice! There are still some nice targets even though they are far and few between. I bet you worked hard for that one. Are the other ones Tungsten or Titanium? Don't say Stainless 😬

Well, what do you know....It has the LV on the bottom and also says Louis Vuitton on the small flat section on the top of the V (not on the face of the V, but looking down on the top of the V). I did way better than the person that bought it 😄 I payed nothing for it, but someone was willing to pay a ridiculous amount for a gold plated over copper "V" on a bit of leather. 😝 Thanks for the info on it. Let me know how it goes. 😉 But if you find gold then neither of us will ever rest again. Thanks Jim. I wish the newbie would go there before me and save me the trouble. 🙂 I wish I liver closer to the coast. I dread the drive home.