Epic Sparkler And Gold Chain

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30 minutes ago, Hardtimehermit said:

Yes Sir, i do mean 1 carat plus, chips aren't worth much. 

Can't tell how big the stones are in that ring but it's a beauty and my wife would wear it! 

[okara gold]

On 10/26/2023 at 12:47 AM, mn90403 said:

The Karma is still with me!  Now it has really come in with an epic hunt.  I have two all time bests in one hunt.

It started last night in a somewhat normal fashion.  I went to my local beach that I know so well and began using the 800/11.  The wave energy push had subsided so it was time to see if I had missed anything deeper.  After about 30 minutes I could tell that not much was on this beach.  A bit ahead of me I could see a couple of detectorists coming so it was time to leave.  I have to really thank them for coming along and pushing me off the beach before it got too late.

There was enough time to go to another beach about 10 miles away and try my Karma there.  It was with me but I almost didn't give it time.

I had been near this part of the beach a couple of nights before but I just ran out of time to hit this stretch.  When I got there the tide was still going out a bit and NO ONE had detected it.  It can produce under the right circumstances about 1 out of 10 times or so.  It was stingy at first with long stretches of nothing and just 4-5 coins in an area that could give up more.  I was trying to find a line, a patch ... a something.  I actually turned around with the idea that I was going to leave when I heard a low, deep, near negative hit.

When I got down 10 inches and could still hear it and the number was coming up closer to 15, I was getting disappointed because we all know that is a bottle cap.  This one was also chattering to me big time.  A couple of more scoops down in the hole and it was out.  Now it was in my scoop, and I was shining my light into the scoop, and it SPARKLED!

Shock and awwwwwwwwwwww!  I was ready to leave, and I got lucky and found this.  It is not marked but I have had it analyzed and it is 10K, 7.3 grams with 15 stones that are very white.  It fits me and is one of the best rings I've ever found.

I looked around and circled the area looking for more, but I thought, this must be it.  This is what I was meant to find.  Then I went back to my starting area and hunted the cuts and slopes a bit just trying to get a 'hook' into the beach and telling myself that I'm not done here.  I might be able to find another score ... maybe even better if I just don't go home yet.

I found a pattern with a few coins with long distances between, but it kept me at the beach.  I got another quarter hit and when I got it out it was my second ring of the night.

It is a silver 5.5 gram ring.  It kept me in the game saying that this might really be a jewelry beach after all.  Let me keep going.

A bit later I got a little hit and looked in my scoop and there was a little silver earring.  It is the one on the right.  The one on the left is one that I found a couple of nights before over 10 miles away!

Now I was really locked in and covering all of the ground in a parallel to the beach.  I could see a pattern between, above and below my dig holes.  I was going along and I heard a 2!  That is normally one of the round, plastic bottle caps or something.  I gave a couple of scoops and in the cloud lit beach I could see a chain.  I turned on my flashlight and BAM!  My session just went 'epic' if it was real.

I've never found a chain like this one.  It seemed a little bit light but I didn't know.  It is marked in two places as 14k but we've all seen fakes before.  I had to take it to be analyzed and I was told the chain is 14k and the crucifix read as 11k but they needed to scratch it to know for sure.  Since I'm not selling I said I was satisfied with what I was told.  It is 24 inches and over 33 grams, so I have just made the ouncer club with a piece of gold jewelry!

I was blown away but I wasn't quite done.  I found one more silver crucifix that weighs 6.2 grams before I finally had enough.

Here are the valuables on one sheet.

And here is everything including the trash.

I didn't get much sleep but I'm going to try it again!

Thanks for getting to the end of this post.

 

Your photos are really distinct. What are you using for a camera to get those close ups? Thanks

[mn90403]

55 minutes ago, okara gold said:

Your photos are really distinct. What are you using for a camera to get those close ups? Thanks

Thanks. 

This is the phone I use:  BLU F92e - Full phone specifications (gsmarena.com)  

I've used Blu phones for a few years.

The lighting was from a dining room light and I zoomed in a bit.  The black contrast helps get depth of field.  Years ago I had a lightbox setup and that would take good pictures with a Canon digital but I haven't used it in years.

The last picture of the ladies ring is lacking in quality and depth.  I need to retake it because the ring shows in person a bit better than that picture.