gold and silver treasures found in dry sand today

Lorrain.

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Hi,

Worked the wet sand slope for 2 hrs. on this cloudy day today; was finding only a couple of clads, and misc. "junk" so I moved up to the dry sand for the last hour.

Found a 1952 quarter, a 10K class ring ( 1931)....and an ornate religious medallion ( Miraculous Medal) all in dry sand .

Class ring weighs 6.29 gms. no stone..mostly gold . It is marked "L G B"...this stands for "Lloyd Garfield Balfour". LGB was an earlier mark for the Balfour jeweler Co.

The medallion looks to be very old....don't see this style these days, but maybe I just haven't looked in enough places; but it is so heavily tarnished so it is presently being electrolyzed...might or might not be silver ...we'll see later

Here's some pics

Thanks for looking

Lorraine
 

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Goes4ever

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awesome ring!
 

cntrydncr1

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love that old class ring Lorraine. What happened to your screen name???
 

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Lorrain.

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cntrydncr1 said:
love that old class ring Lorraine. What happened to your screen name???

I messed up when I got my new computer the other day; didn't know how to re-log on...and the settings were not accepting my other spelling, :dontknow: so I tried dropping the "E", and it worked out fine, but I wish I had that "E" back. ;D

Lorraine
 

Blind Squirrel

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Congrats on the finds :icon_thumright: and you look just fine without your e :tongue3:
 

Coastie59

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Very nice finds..luv the old class ring, congrats!!!
 

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Nice scoops Lorain (no E) Hope to get back out soon!
 

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Nice finds :icon_thumright:

Have you contacted one of the Mods for help getting your name and post count back ?
 

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Lorrain.

Lorrain.

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Jeep said:
Nice finds :icon_thumright:

Have you contacted one of the Mods for help getting your name and post count back ?

Maybe I'll try that...thank you for the suggestion, Jeep.

Lorraine
 

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Nice finds! Congrats! :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:

Any initials on the class ring?

I especially like the toasty Silver quarter...at something like 30X face value it is especially nice to find.

I agree about contacting the Mods about getting your "e" back.

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Those keepers you found that were quite
crusty, cleaned up nicely LorrainE. Hope
you can get your E back. Gold Nuggets :hello:
 

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Thats one mighty fine hunt there Lorraine, congrats on the gold and silver.. just keep thinking cha ching... woohooo :thumbsup:
 

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Lorrain.

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DrJoePrime said:
Nice finds! Congrats! :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:

Any initials on the class ring?

I especially like the toasty Silver quarter...at something like 30X face value it is especially nice to find.

I agree about contacting the Mods about getting your "e" back.

HH Joe

Yes, there are initials...the owner would be approx. 96 years old; I'm planning on checking the class year book to see if I can locate the owner.


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