My First Summer For Jewelry

[iron_buzz]

This summer was awfully dry in Minnesota, too dry to be digging grass, and the farm fields I like to hunt were in crop, so while I had tinkered a bit with fresh water hunting, I got more serious about it this summer and being new to this group, thought I'd post a few of my better finds here.

This first one was not a water find... this came from a pasture that was used as a small golf course in the 1920s.  It is a 15 gram 14k Yellow Gold Masonic 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Ring.  Others were all fresh water hunts, mostly at old beaches that are now just shoreline.

 

[Valens Legacy]

Looks like you have had some very nice hunts.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Well that looks like an excellent summer! Congrats and well done! 😎

[TampaBayBrad]

Ain't it fun? Seeing a ring in the scoop never get's old and is what keeps us looking for more. You look like you did just fine this year, nice job and welcome to "the other side"!

15 grams?!?!! Wow! Probably worth a bunch more than melt value for that old vintage piece.

[Skull diver]

On 11/21/2023 at 1:37 AM, iron_buzz said:

mostly at old beaches

And it is the cause of so much beauty.

Pieces like these are seen less and less, and to give them away as scrap is sorry, but necessary.

[rvpopeye]

Sounds (and looks) like you found some great beaches to learn on !🌴😎 

The field ring is a hefty old school prize . WTG ! 

[Sinclair]

Now that's a nice collection- congrats!

It all depends on the locations and conditions. I sometimes don't find any gold for many month - after one big storm, I had 4x gold in 2 month..

[Sinclair]

ups - double post

[YumanAndy]

that is one awesome ring and old too !!

[jim tn]

Very nice! HH jim tn