cuniagau

What an absolutely awesome day metal detecting on one of my beaches Thursday.  I didn’t find much with my metal detector but saw the best treasure ever.  There was a pod of migrating gray whales that were spyhopping, spouting and breaching for about 20 minutes just offshore and down the beach from my viewpoint.  I believe that there were at least 5.  Spyhopping is when they go vertical and “stand on their tail”, come straight up with their head and look around at the landscape for landmarks so that they know where they are on the migration trek.  I think that maybe an older whale was teaching a younger one how to spyhop as I saw this amazing feat 8-10 times.  They also breached in the normal way of just coming up and spouting and slapping their fins.  One almost came completely out of the water. And I am talking about 40-50 feet long whales.  They were just massive!  It is just a marvel of nature.  And they have been doing the migration for hundreds of years if not thousands. 

After the whales were out of sight a pod of 20-30 dolphins came from the other direction, breaching completely out of the water playing their way south.  It almost looked like they were in a feeding frensy except they were moving way to fast.

Not all of the treasure I find at the beach is 14K.  LOL  Have a great day!!!

Cuniagau

3 hours ago, TampaBayBrad said:

That's a tough one. I looked for a while and couldn't find anything like what you drew. Found some wolf heads, but not like that.

Beautiful 18k find. I bet your eyeballs jumped out when you saw that in the scoop!

TampaBayBrad,

It did raise my eyebrows a bit. LOL  It was one of eight rings that hunt so it was nice to see color in the scoop and know without looking that it was gold.  I think that this is my first gold ring with hallmarks on the outside.  And the drawing is pretty rough depiction but also pretty accurate.  It is an angry looking wolf with its mouth open as it is ready to chomp down on it's prey.  My first thought for the SA was South Africa but who knows. (someone knows) LOL

There is always someone on this forum that has the correct answer so here goes...

I dug this ring on the beach on Monday afternoon.  It is marked 750 and a has a hallmark that appears to be a wolf head facing left to the right of it.  Over the wolf is SA and under it is MRM with the R about half a space lower than the M M.  The attached is a facsimile that is about as good as I could come up with.  The "wolf head" is to small to photograph with my smartphone but I could make it out with a 60X loupe.  The 750 and wolf head are stamped on the outside of the ring too.  No hallmarks on the inside of the ring at all.  It has 37 tiny diamonds mounted on it.  It is a pretty little thing.  It weighs 2.85g and is size 6.  

Does anyone have any idea of a Maker or even a country of origin?  

Thanks,

Joe

3 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:

Ear Wax removal tool, usually part of a set.

https://www.miniinthebox.com/en/p/leather-suit-ear-pick-set-ear-pick-portable-ear-pick-ear-picker-earwax-adult-ear-pick_p9438142.html?currency=USD&litb_from=bing_shopping&sku=2_123827&country_code=us&utm_source=bingshopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=bingshopping&msclkid=01fd42746bb41d1f860c26506d26be55

I never knew such a kit existed!  You learn something new every day!  Thank you, Gold Seeker!  Much appreciated.  

11 minutes ago, schoolofhardNox said:

Almost looks like an antenna from something.  Weird stuff we find 😄

My first thought was a very tiny cleaning rod for a very tiny pistol. 😁

This is another one of those, "What the heck is this?".  It is 3 1/4 inches and jumps to a magnet and rings up a solid, LOUD -54 on the Manticore.  Those are not threads on the end and appears to be a hard rubber type covering on the handle end.  I am used to finding fingernail and or makeup type tools on my beaches, but this doesn't look like anything that could be used in that way.  It is fairly heavy for its size also.  

Can anyone enlighten me?  Also, show it to your spouse as they may know what it is.

Thanks,

Joe

16 hours ago, King-Of-Bling said:

The weed wacker is kinda a joke as I filmed him once when we hunted. For educational purposes....lol

I seem to recall being somewhat distracted by the scenery on that beach!

1 hour ago, rvpopeye said:

I never put that together !🙄😄

I love putting it together!!! LOL

6 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Wow, I never knew that your name was Rosie!

Great hunt and a nice ring, always like gold and silver.

Good luck on your next outing.

The picture of the "cent", "nickel", "silver", and "gold". = cuniagau from the periodic chart of elements.  

This makes 10 gold rings and 14 total gold with the Manticore since my first hunt on Jan 15.  It is size 4 and weighs 1.38 grams.  I also found a 1964 Rosie.  Nice to detect my name.  LOL  I do believe that I am getting the hang of this machine.  

Compass,

Welcome to the club who has returned Texas A&M University rings back to their owners.  Dan (NM) and I both returned rings last year and I think I watched two YouTubers who also returned A&M rings to their owners.  Mine was a 2006 ring that belonged to a college professor who received his ring upon completion of his Doctrine.  I received a really nice handwritten full-page letter of gratitude from him.  (Suitable for framing when I get the chance) 

Kudos on your return!

Joe

19 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Try to do a rubbing of it to enhance the words on it.

I would think that it is a token of some sort, but I can't make out the words on it.

The rubbing wasn't any better than the token. (good thought though)

This seems to be slightly familiar but not enough for me to recognize what it is.  It is 41.1mm and weighs 8.6g vs 22.45 of the Ike Dollar.   It appears to be well worn but no real corrosion on it.  From the weight I would say it is aluminum and it rang up a solid 93 on the Manticore.  It was on a freshly sanded in beach.   This beach replenishes with a lot of greenies on a daily basis this time of the year, so I detect it often.   The winged side is symmetrical, but the triangle side is not.  The edges are smooth and not reeded.  Anyone know what I have found?  Please enlighten me.  

Thanks,

Joe

Back in the 1990's an old detectorist from the club pulled me aside one night at the club meeting and said, "There are two things I want you to remember, One is that it's a numbers game.  You dig a thousand pull tabs (beavertails in that time period) and you get a gold ring, you dig two thousand pull tabs, and you get two gold rings-a numbers game.  And number Two is, If you are digging nickels, you ain't missing much gold."

Sage advice that I have always remembered.  He hunted at that time with a Fisher CZ 5.  The CZs in the beginning, were analog with a needle and different zones on the dial.  On the faceplate on the CZs in one of the zones was 5 cents, a gold ring and a pull tab grouped together and were assigned the same tone.  If you are digging nickels, you ain't missing much gold!!!  And it is a numbers game.  

That advice has served me well over the years and I have passed it on many times since.  All of the above advice given will serve you well.  Little nuggets of information taken from each response if remembered, will help you become a successful detectorist.  

Re-read all the posts on this thread. Re-read it again.  And now go back and re-read it again.  Knowledge is paramount to being successful, but you have to make it second nature.  Now go back and re-read each response.  

9 hours ago, Compass said:

Thanks Joe, Yes, shortly after I took that picture I was hunting below that cut and got sucker punched a few times. You know it's bad when you glance around and say to yourself, "I hope nobody saw that!" Pretty scary at times but exciting as well!

I hear ya on looking around.  LOL At 70, I still get that exciting feeling but just hope my wife never sees it happening.  I don't think she "gets" it, she just "gets" another band-aid!!!  

Compass

Congrats on all the goodies.  I had to laugh at the first picture.  I know that wave personally.  In fact I met that same wave about three times last week.  Once on a sanded out rocky beach.  It bounced me around on the rocks like a ping pong ball. I am still wearing five bandaids on one leg.  LOL (at least I only had a cuff break and not a shaft)  It is fun to find those "pockets" of crusty old coins because you know that gold and silver are in there too!  KOB is always prepared for the unexpected for sure!  Congrats again on the New Year start.   And keep facing the surf!  

Joe

Having "Gold" taste on a "silver" budget!!!  I find a lot of gold plated .925 jewelry on my beaches.  Some I acid test it and it test positive for .925, but for the most part my Equinox rings up high so I usually know that it is at least ringing up as silver even though it has the look of gold.  

Great perspective and a really well written article from that perspective.  I got more from this than any YouTuber has put out there.  I almost felt like I was on the hunt with you and really understood what you were describing.  I am on a couple of "buyer list" but don't think that I will see anything until spring from the pace Minelab is producing and distributing this machine.  They are a corporation that has many many working parts and the Manticore is just a fly on their a$$ in the big scheme of things.  But it does sound, from your description, to be one that will be a daily detector and the Equinox and 3030 will be assigned to backup roles. (the 3030 being my backup to the Equinox already).  Thanks again for the non-biased, experienced detectorist view of this new machine in your type of water detecting.  

Simply a stunning piece of history!  Love the simplicity of the band and the beautiful calligraphy inscribed inside.  Having a date as well as initials is priceless.  Great dig!!!

2 hours ago, strick said:

Thats a really cool ring with lots of intricate engraving... not your everyday find. That would be a favorite.

type in:  horse with wings and a long tail like a mermaid  (hippocampus) 

type in: seahorse with wings

(seahorses have tiny wings)

strick 

strick,

Folks, I think we have a winner of "what the heck is this BEAST on this ring?".  

Thanks strick,

cuniagau

HIPPOCAMPE and HIPPOCAMPUS (Hippokampê and Hippokampos), the mythical sea-horse, which, according to the description of Pausanias (ii. 1), was a horse, but the part of its body down from the breast was that of a sea monster or fish. The horse appears even in the Homeric poems as the symbol of Poseidon, whose chariot was drawn over the surface of the sea by swift horses. The later poets and artists conceived and represented the horses of Poseidon and other marine divinities as a combination of a horse and a fish.

6 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

I tried too. I figured it looked like something Egyptian, but didn't get any images that looked like that kind of horse. Maybe a Pegasus? Beautiful ring though.

 

Maybe a cross-bred between a Pegasus and a serpent.  LOL  Hey, they're mythical aren't they.  Maybe a Pegaserpent.  The brother of the BEAST.

It does fit my pinky!

3 hours ago, jim tn said:

What a great looking and unique piece of silver. Looks a tad hefty, too. HH Jim Tn

8.8 grams

7 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Well seriously, that's really cool, too bad it's too small. I searched for it and got nothing, might be unique. 🏆 Any marks in it?

925 is all that is on it.

12 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Wow, now that's a silver ring! Great find.

I can't resist...

Could it be a Manticore? 🤔

My first thought but that is a lion's body, scorpion tail and man's head.  But a BEAST non the less. LOL😃