Saturday hunt - Gold ring, gold blob, silver ring - UPDATE ON GOLD BLOB

[time4me]

My hunting partner and I hit a beach Saturday morning that gave up four pieces of gold. We were hunting out knee to waist deep. I got a men's 14K wedding band and a strange piece of smashed gold that I almost gave up trying to find among the rocks and shells in my scoop. I Finally had to dump the scoop out on the beach, and pick through the rocks to find what was giving me the signal. The blob of gold weighs in at 5 grams and tested as 14K. Another signal turned out to be a smashed bottle cap, but when I scooped it up, I found a small old bottle in my scoop that says Burnett, Boston on the bottom. Research dates the bottle to mid to late 1800's. I also found a silver ring on this hunt. My hunting partner found a very old men's 14K wedding band, and the case of an antique 14K Hamilton woman's watch with 4 small diamonds.

Here are Saturday morning's finds...

Here is the smashed 5 gram gold blob...

UPDATE: I was just looking at this gold blob that I found last week - 5 grams of 14K gold that looks like it has been smashed, and it just dawned on me that it looks melted more than smashed.

Do you suppose it could have been a wedding band on someone who was cremated, that melted during the cremation process, and ended up in the urn of ashes? Many people take their loved ones ashes to the ocean and scatter them in the water - this could have been in among the ashes that were scattered.

I guess it is a possible theory. I'd love to hear other thoughts and opinions.

Happy Hunting

Jim

 

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[Higgy]

I'm going with the campfire theory. If you look at the gold, it has a lot of crap in it. it looks like it was sitting in ashes and took a long time to cool, thusly gaining that crinkled look on the top. The bottom also looks like it was sitting on something flat, like a flat stone or brick perhaps? In my minds eye, I see a wedding band lost while adding a stick to the campfire, and the big buildup of coals melted it.

 

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[TooManyHobbies]

The blob almost looks mushroomed, like a lead round ball fired from a muzzleloader. Maybe someone made a roundball from a loved one's ring and fired it?

 

[jyt2017]

prolly bon fire...some booze and either a breakup or just an accident. who knows. i found a gold blob once. turned out not to be gold lol -Joe

My hunting partner and I hit a beach Saturday morning that gave up four pieces of gold. We were hunting out knee to waist deep. I got a men's 14K wedding band and a strange piece of smashed gold that I almost gave up trying to find among the rocks and shells in my scoop. I Finally had to dump the scoop out on the beach, and pick through the rocks to find what was giving me the signal. The blob of gold weighs in at 5 grams and tested as 14K. Another signal turned out to be a smashed bottle cap, but when I scooped it up, I found a small old bottle in my scoop that says Burnett, Boston on the bottom. Research dates the bottle to mid to late 1800's. I also found a silver ring on this hunt. My hunting partner found a very old men's 14K wedding band, and the case of an antique 14K Hamilton woman's watch with 4 small diamonds.

Here are Saturday morning's finds...

Here is the smashed 5 gram gold blob...

UPDATE: I was just looking at this gold blob that I found last week - 5 grams of 14K gold that looks like it has been smashed, and it just dawned on me that it looks melted more than smashed.

Do you suppose it could have been a wedding band on someone who was cremated, that melted during the cremation process, and ended up in the urn of ashes? Many people take their loved ones ashes to the ocean and scatter them in the water - this could have been in among the ashes that were scattered.

I guess it is a possible theory. I'd love to hear other thoughts and opinions.

Happy Hunting

Jim

 

[slider66]

My hunting partner and I hit a beach Saturday morning that gave up four pieces of gold. We were hunting out knee to waist deep. I got a men's 14K wedding band and a strange piece of smashed gold that I almost gave up trying to find among the rocks and shells in my scoop. I Finally had to dump the scoop out on the beach, and pick through the rocks to find what was giving me the signal. The blob of gold weighs in at 5 grams and tested as 14K. Another signal turned out to be a smashed bottle cap, but when I scooped it up, I found a small old bottle in my scoop that says Burnett, Boston on the bottom. Research dates the bottle to mid to late 1800's. I also found a silver ring on this hunt. My hunting partner found a very old men's 14K wedding band, and the case of an antique 14K Hamilton woman's watch with 4 small diamonds.

Here are Saturday morning's finds...

Here is the smashed 5 gram gold blob...

UPDATE: I was just looking at this gold blob that I found last week - 5 grams of 14K gold that looks like it has been smashed, and it just dawned on me that it looks melted more than smashed.

Do you suppose it could have been a wedding band on someone who was cremated, that melted during the cremation process, and ended up in the urn of ashes? Many people take their loved ones ashes to the ocean and scatter them in the water - this could have been in among the ashes that were scattered.

I guess it is a possible theory. I'd love to hear other thoughts and opinions.

Happy Hunting

Jim

I found an urn in the water in Jensen Beach fl and then a week later went back and found the top in the water. What are the odds of that? Really nice finds! Congrats!

 

[WaterWalker]

Since yellow 14K gold melts at 1525 to 1605 degrees F and cremation is done at 2000 +/- 100 or so, it is possible the blob IS from cremation.
A body is cremated for some 1-3 hours, the ashes are cooled, melted metal parts removed and the ashes ground. The precious metals are disposed of per relative's or deceased person's wishes. That could be to leave the blob in the ashes when they are put into an urn.

My vote is for the honest grim reaper. Beach Bum Beer Blunder, no way. A wood fire would have a hard time getting above 1000 degrees F, not high enough to melt 14K gold. Aluminum beer cans, yes; gold, no.

 

[meMiner]

Thanks for a great mystery. You can have a jeweler prove it is 18K with a quick test in their shop. That said, I suspect it might be from an old crematorium ashes. The processes described above are how things are done now. Maybe years ago, they were not so careful. I have found human teeth detecting in the water (from the silver fillings) in Jamaica. These were not crushed up, nor melted.