Ring Restored, More Tiny Buttons

[F350Platinum]

I wasn't planning to go detecting today, the landowner had invited me to come see the Masonic ring that I found for him. It was his Great Uncle's ring, he was the Superintendent of the local school system that my wife and I retired from, and he was a Mason. He passed away in the 1940s.

I went up that way and the landowner wasn't home, so I decided to hunt the field that I found all the buttons and bits of Spanish silver in recently, it had been killed but not cultivated, so I went home and grabbed my stuff.

The landowner stopped by later with the ring, he met me in the field, he had it repaired and restored by a local jeweler:

They did a really nice job and only charged him about $350. I told him that was a pittance because the Masons will make this ring for $6,000.

He was very proud of it, and thrilled to have something so valuable and sentimental turn up after so many years. 

He gave me a printout of the man's history, I wish I could post it.

I did pretty good today in the field, I brought the Manticore and the M15 coil with a backup battery in case I ran it down.

@midalake suggested I try one tone hunting in the relic field, but I ended up going back to regular Freestyle due to the one thing one tone doesn't do well, dealing with forged iron.

In my fields you don't want to dig it all, I stopped digging iron after reverting to 5 region all tones. 

I ended up with 19 buttons today, one less than last time. I found two rather modern buttons, the rest were very old. 

An apartment of tombacs and brass, most unusual are the domed buttons with the shanks that I've only found in this field, I have 4 or 5 in varying sizes. Got some Tombac shards, a pewter spoon piece, some sort of brass circular object, and I wish I found all of the spectacular buckle or sash ring, but I'll take what I can get. Even got a D buckle today. 

Of course I have the best for last, I found the smallest piece of Spanish silver I've ever found:

I put it next to the pistareen I found last time, it's really tiny. It was a loud 20 and it took forever to find it. 

I also found a burnt possible cut half real:

It's all bubbled up and not much bigger than the tiny piece.

At one point during the day I went back over a spot that seemed to be a hotspot of buttons, and got a very surprising 77, and dug this nice gilt decorated button:

It's a thick, heavy one-piece button, here's the back: 

Wow. I'm sure glad I backtracked a bit!

🍀

 

[JCR]

All very nice work. The last old coin l found had also been through a hot fire. Just enough detail left to ID it.

[midalake]

26 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

@midalake suggested I try one tone hunting in the relic field, but I ended up going back to regular Freestyle due to the one thing one tone doesn't do well, dealing with forged iron.

Did you try the beach modes? Or another mode? 

[Joe D.]

Great finds day Bob! And the ring turned out amazing! Owner is obviously happy too! This pic is appropriate today!😆🍀👍👍

 

 

[F350Platinum]

10 hours ago, midalake said:

Did you try the beach modes? Or another mode? 

Yes I did, for some reason the iron I was interrogating just wouldn't stop sounding as non-ferrous, I didn't get the double iron tone from any angle. 🤔

I tried beach modes, and then my All Terrain General program with its ferrous limits, until I went back to 5 region all tones I kept getting a non ferrous tone. Then it would sound as iron at least at one angle, sometimes more. 

I'll try it again, I was kinda pressed for time so I went with what worked before.

[NJ Art]

That is a wonderful save, nice hunt.

[midalake]

32 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Yes I did, for some reason the iron I was interrogating just wouldn't stop sounding as non-ferrous, I didn't get the double iron tone from any angle. 🤔

Well......I do not see any cast or forged iron on the beach so maybe this is an issue??? 

Maybe some air testing with the target out of the ground would help? 

 

[ColonelDan]

As I said before, you are living in the epicenter of relic detecting.  Match that up with your dedication and tenacity and the result is continued success!  🫡  Salute!!!!

Outstanding ring restoration.....

[F350Platinum]

46 minutes ago, ColonelDan said:

As I said before, you are living in the epicenter of relic detecting.  Match that up with your dedication and tenacity and the result is continued success!  🫡  Salute!!!!

Outstanding ring restoration.....

Thanks Colonel, 🫡

That jewelry shop is a really good one, they will fix stuff on the spot for me and even use their XRF gun for free. I'm not surprised the ring came out good! And this time they made some money. I sometimes buy my wife something there as well. 🤔

I really thought this little field was wiped out long ago, but greater experience and apparently a "target rich environment" doesn't hurt. 😅

I'm impressed with the Manticore's ability to find small objects for sure. 🙂