More Rings Than Coins On This Beach Hunt

[Compass]

It had been nearly 5 months since I found my last piece of gold jewelry but I had only hunted a few times due to trips, volunteer work and being sick. My life finally returned to normal and I was able to start detecting again around the 4th of July.
On one hunt, the targets were few and far between in the wet sand and after about 3 hours of detecting I had only found 4 coins. However, the second target I recovered was a ring and 4 more rings followed during the rest of the hunt along with about 20 pieces of trash.
   Most of the hunt was in the early morning darkness so I didn't know if any of the rings I found were any good. More often than not the rings that I find at night are not nearly as good as my imagination expects them to be and this was the case for 3 out of the 5 rings. The last ring of the morning felt heavy and smooth and I was optimistic that it was a  gold comfort band even though tungsten carbide had broken my heart more than a few times. In my car, after the hunt, the warm glow of 18k yellow gold confirmed that my gold drought was over!
As I looked over my finds, one other ring caught my eye as I  recognized the familiar pattern of the Cartier Love Ring "circles". Over the years I have found  many fake Cartier rings and at first I thought that this could be another. This one did seem different and it also had a small diamond that all my fake Cartiers were missing. An 18k acid test at home was positive so confidence is pretty high that this is the real deal - another bucket-lister find for the year! GL&HH!

[matt]

Great hunt and finds! Hope that Cartier is the real deal.

Funny how many fakes are out there. I found one recently and saw it in the scoop. I was really excited until I grabbed it out of the scoop and it was really lightweight.

The Benchmark brand of wedding bands must be popular. The platinum band I found in June was made by them. Until I found it I had never heard of them.

[Compass]

Thank you! I am pretty sure that this is an authentic Cartier since it passed the 18k acid test, has crisp edges and markings and was found at a beach where I have found other high-end jewelry including the Cartier bracelet in my avatar. ?

[CPT_GhostLight]

Congrats on the jewelry and the gold rings, Compass! You're back with a bang, well done! ?

[Compass]

Thanks GhostLight, I had forgotten how great it feels to find something special, especially, when expectations were low.

[Rick N. MI]

Absolutely amazing hunt. Good job!

[King-Of-Bling]

Another EPIC hunt ! And I go out to the same spot before and after with garbage results. Must be your karma. Even though I did an iPhone 15 return , it's not rubbing off on me. Lol

[Compass]

7 hours ago, Rick N. MI said:

Absolutely amazing hunt. Good job!

Thanks Rick, Luck was with me on this hunt. 

[Compass]

7 hours ago, King-Of-Bling said:

Another EPIC hunt ! And I go out to the same spot before and after with garbage results. Must be your karma. Even though I did an iPhone 15 return , it's not rubbing off on me. Lol

Thanks KOB, Back in January you found that gold coin in the area that I was hunting the previous day. Karma is a fickle mistress. ?