dig4gold Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 18 hours ago, Dutchman4 said: My wedding ring was a Nugget Ring. I lost it in the surf near Ocean Beach pier. Some cold water and it slid right off my hand. Ooooh.... Bugger. D4G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 A couple of those first set of 4 pics look like Steve Wandt creations. Specifically the 2nd and 4th in geof_junk's post. He was a master at making gold rings. Also the one on Lucky's finger in his post may also be one from Steve. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Allen in MT Posted November 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2023 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Nice rock ring !? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 “A couple of those first set of 4 pics look like Steve Wandt creations. Specifically the 2nd and 4th in geof_junk's post. He was a master at making gold rings. Also the one on Lucky's finger in his post may also be one from Steve.” Mike, when he was hunting with us he made a dozen or so for our group members, but you had to have found a 1 ounce Nugget. That was the 1 Ounce Club signature reward. You got to design it with your found nuggets and the gottier the better! Rick 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 4:59 PM, Dutchman4 said: My wedding ring was a Nugget Ring. I lost it in the surf near Ocean Beach pier. Some cold water and it slid right off my hand. Sorry to hear of your misfortune but with all those machines on your Profile were you able to recover it? I love water hunting and feel the bigger the ring the faster it falls off. Funny, as I have yet to find a gold nugget ring though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry in Idaho Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Our good buddy Lunk has a gold nugget ring but he only shows it for special occasions. Lunk, give us the story of that hog and most certainly do not take it in the ocean. Speaking of gold jewelry, the only piece I wear on a rare occasion is on a necklace. It was my 1st nugget over a 1/4 ozt. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 10:21 AM, Gerry in Idaho said: Our good buddy Lunk has a gold nugget ring but he only shows it for special occasions. Lunk, give us the story of that hog and most certainly do not take it in the ocean. Speaking of gold jewelry, the only piece I wear on a rare occasion is on a necklace. It was my 1st nugget over a 1/4 ozt. Don’t worry Gerry, I’ll never take that ring into the ocean, as I'm a landlubber. That “hog” of a ring was originally a northern Nevada gold nugget weighing nearly an ounce, the finding of which was chronicled in an issue of the Mining Journal, in an article entitled “The Pothole Patch”. I always admired the unique color of NNV gold, and so decided to have the nugget melted down and forged into a solid band, the color of which is such a bright yellow that, if an 18 karat gold ring is placed alongside of it, that ring looks like copper in comparison; it definitely is a beauty. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman4 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said: Sorry to hear of your misfortune but with all those machines on your Profile were you able to recover it? I love water hunting and feel the bigger the ring the faster it falls off. Funny, as I have yet to find a gold nugget ring though. I lost that ring a good 25 years before I got my first cheap Bounty Hunter metal detector. I do remember it was about knee deep water and the minute it dropped I did not move and started looking for it. I thought for sure I would find it but it vanished. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glenn in CO Posted November 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2023 Wife's wedding ring: My wedding ring: Jeweler placed one of my leaf gold specimens I found in a old ring setting I had: 9 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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