Gold Seeker

I haven't seen him on any of the forums lately, he last logged on here June 21, 2021, so almost a year ago, I hope he's doing OK. I'm going to "mention" him in this topic which should notify him if he logs in. @~LARGO~

I'm not sure what you have just looking at the photos....but you can do a hardness test to see if it's close to either one you've mentioned, Lepidolite has a hardness of 2.5 to 3 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it relatively very soft, Kunzite on the other hand is 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs hardness scale, so rather hard, very close to quartz in hardness also most if not all of the Kunzite specimens I have seen have a much clearer/transparent crystal look to them and in various colors lilac/pink/purple as well as from clear to brown, yellow, etc. depending on how much manganese is in it, so just from these points alone I would say it's not Kunzite, whereas the Lepidolite specimens I've seen are not transparent and look more like what's in your photos.

I had watched the first season and 2 or 3 episodes of the second season back when it was on TV, I just watched all 3 seasons in the past 3 evenings on Tubi TV, it's free or at least it never asked me to register or login, etc., also even though it stops for about 1 second around 3 times during each show saying it will continue after a commercial, but no commercial ever appeared, so you only lose about 3 seconds during each show, I'm not sure if the reason for no commercials is due to my "Ad Blocker" or not. Here's a link to season 1, if you want season 2 or 3 just select the last show for season 1 and go to the end of the show and season 2 will show up after it ends, for season 3 do the same with season 2 and then season 3 will show up. All together there's 19 episodes, 6 first season, 7 second season, and 6 for season 3, each episode is approximately 30 minutes long. https://tubitv.com/series/300006335/detectorists?start=true I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 seasons, wished they would start airing it again, I will be looking out for the "Movie" soon to be released, can't wait!!

Congrats on the quarter! Victorian era location and a buckle that locks...hmmmm...latter day chastity belt bucket mayhap? LOL

I've been told by the Invision Techs that they do a backup once a week for all forums, If I recall correctly it's done on Sunday, that was a few years ago so I'm not sure if it's still the current SOP for them.

I have heard/read exactly the opposite for the Eqiunox 800 when the first beach reports were coming in after it was first being sold.

The method I described using the bullet weight and plastic worm (it can also be use with other plastic baits) is called a "Texas Rig", here's a few photos of it rigged up, as stated mostly it's use for bass fishing but it can be use catch other species as well. I guess it's possible that someone had their tackle box dump over and spilled out those weights or they were using them for some purpose.

The "bullet" fishing weights are very common down here, they're mostly used for fresh water fishing, I use them with plastic worms for large mouth bass fishing, the weight allows the "bait/lure" to free flow/float but keeps the bait down towards the bottom and or allows it to sink during a pause in retrieval, you thread the fishing line through the little hole with the pointed end facing forward, the weight also helps to avoid getting snagged when fishing in cover and bottom vegetation because of the pointed end. For salt/beach fishing I generally use the pyramid type fishing weights because the don't roll around so much if at all from the surf/tide flows and thusly keeping your bait in the area you casted too.

You must have stepped back in time on this day in......1936!

That dime is a key date/low mintage and is worth at least couple of hundred bucks even being a dug coin, if it wasn't a dug coin it would be worth around a $1000 or so, I would put it on eBay as is if you are interested is selling it, good find IMHO!

The "crust" on your piece is too thick in IMHO to be "fusion crust" which is usually on about as thick as a fingernail, I think it's slag. But grind a window anyway to be sure.

Some nice find for sure, I really like the model 1911 spur, it's in remarkable condition, never would know it was ever buried!!

Here's a list of the name Tooley who served in the CW from New York, the first name is Ashael J. Tooley and very well could be the presenter shown on the shield, notice he also was in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Rifles. There's no listing of a E. D. Tooley, maybe he was the brother of Ashael, I found another link that says that Ashael was wounded at some point and served approximately 6 months after enlisting and died of his wounds, maybe he made and sent/gave the shield to E. D. sometime during that 6 months or lost it before he could present it. "TOOLEY , ASHAEL J. — Age, 18 years. Enlisted, December 31, 1863, at Amherst; mustered in as private, Co. H , December 31, 1863, to serve three years; wounded, date not stated; died of such wounds, June 30,1864, at Washington, D. C,; veteran." Link of him being wounded. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/cavalry/2ndMtdRiflesCW_Roster.pdf The other 3 Tooleys listed as being in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Rifles could most likely be related, IMHO https://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=ead/names/13775indexT.xml;query=tooley;hit.rank=2

Those are designed for desert use and is why I posted them, sure they're going to add a little warmth but not nearly as hot as wearing nothing in the desert sun.

How about a desert hat with a back flap, something like this, many different styles out there to choose from.

So what does this mean, is this the end of the story?

On a rare occasion I might go to Tybee, but there are numerous beaches over here so no need to go anywhere else when I ever get the time to go to the beach, I work to much and as old as I'm getting I don't have the energy to go on my only day off, A.K.A. Sunday, if I ever retire the beach will see me more often, the last time I went the beach was to try and find a tourist's couple (wife) wedding ring, which she lost 2 days earlier, they found a cheap metal detector somewhere and tried to find it themselves the next day but no luck, I happened to just see the detector in their rental car when I stopped to get gas and started talking to them about detecting and offered to try and find her ring....but unfortunately after 2 days there was no finding it after searching for several hours and not to mention after several tide cycles that had passed since she lost it, but mostly because where they were there are numerous retired detectorists on the beach daily and I'm sure it was long gone and made a retired fellow very happy when it was found. They said it was a 3 carat diamond ring!!

There's truth in venomous snakes in sand dunes down here, I live across the Savannah River in South Carolina, I do work on custom homes here in the Hilton Head area, a couple of years ago I was doing custom cabinets in a new beach house, there was a crew of about 6 guys at the rear of the lot at the start of the sand dunes, they were digging up yucca plants that were in the way of the home's new boardwalk down to the beach being built, I heard a lot of yelling and high pitched voices coming from that way so I went out on the second story deck to see what was happening, I saw 4 of them running in all directions away from the yucca plants and another guy keeping his distance but looking intently at the last guy who was thrashing the ground with a shovel, a few minutes later he used the now broken shovel handle to pick up a battered and clearly dead 5 foot Diamond Back Rattlesnake! Me personally would rather catch the snake and release it later well away from people, in my neighborhood I'm known as the "snakeman", any time my neighbors see a snake in their yard they call me to get rid of it, I haven't killed s snake since I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, and it was the last and only one I killed. I also would much rather confront the snake than to have to dig up a yucca plant, if a yucca plant is 3' to 4' tall it has a 6' to 8' tap root, been there done that and never want to do it again!! The plants they were digging up were about 5' tall and there were numerous plants clustered together in a 8' circle of plants, snakes love yucca plants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Santiam_River

My guess is brass ball, whoever lost it only had one left!

Look again!!!

Even if your spear point is modern it could still be gold in it, have it tested with a spectrometer as you said you were going to, just an FYI spectrometers cost a lot more than a few hundred dollars.

Exactly all you need is to make an simple attachment, but the yabby pump is basically the same as a Gold Sucker tube. I have several gold suckers, some I have made and others I bought and all of them have different size tips/attachments depending on what type/size of material I'm sucking up.

You blokes down under have "yabby pumps" which will work to suck up gold!!

I would think way back then it would of been either a string or strip of leather cord, but I guess there could of been a chain used by some but I would think small chains back then were made by hand and were expensive and mostly made for jewelry out of gold or silver, it also possible they just kept it in a pocket or sewn to their clothing, either way I'm sure losing it would cause them to have an issue moving freely around some areas.