A Little Gold....22.86 Grams of 14 Karat Goodness

DrJoePrime

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A Little Gold....22.86 Grams of 18 !! Karat Goodness UPDATE

My quest for gold has been frustratingly non-productive...until today's hunt at the beach!

I had a late start and it was cold and threatening rain. I had just spent most of the early afternoon getting a pair of new tires and selling some kombucha scobys to a couple nice college gals.

So it was about 3:15 PM this afternoon and I knew exactly where I was heading. It was cold and I was dressed for summer but I was so happy to get out detecting. As the targets appeared I warmed up nicely. A few coins, some iron were good indications that it was going to be a fun day. Within a half hour I looked into my dug hole and there glittered obvious Gold! I gently tugged on it and out came a nice long Gold chain. No way I could read the markings out there. When I got home a magnifier showed me 583. My first weighing had 24.75 gram but after washing it was only 22.86 .. a lot of sand trapped there.

I was hoping for a Gold ring ... but a Gold chain is not bad either.

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After some new photos I discover the clasp actually says 750! Some of the charms are the 583, makes about an extra $200 in melt!

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OBN

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I agree, Not bad at all! ........:thumbsup:
 

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Nice chain and pendants..........:icon_thumleft::icon_thumright:
 

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Very Nice chain Joe. Gives me hope there is stuff still lurking out there. I was thinking of heading out tomorrow somewhere along the coast after the recent extreme tides. Which detector did you find it with ?
 

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Ya that one would be hard to let go for spot melt. Congrats....

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Cool find for sure..... what does that medalion say? Can't quite make it out in the picture.

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Very nice find! Congrats again on some serious gold.
 

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:icon_thumleft:WTG Joe,your DF just loves you so happy for you,that is a beauty of a necklace,,HH
 

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DrJoePrime

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The language is either Thai or Cambodian...If anyone knows for certain I'd like to know.

This was found with my Dual Field at about 8" deep in the wet sand.

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PS: Discovered 750 on the clasp....that's about $916 melt (vs $710 for 14K)
 

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Nice one for sure Joe.... save a few goodies for me if I get out that way.... Merry Christmas
 

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Very Nice chain Joe. Gives me hope there is stuff still lurking out there. I was thinking of heading out tomorrow somewhere along the coast after the recent extreme tides. Which detector did you find it with ?

The razor blade is for chopping up and making lines of cocaine to snort.
Nice bunch of gold finds!!
 

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Wow, you really know how to end a gold slump! Congratulations!
 

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If you want to Break up that piece Red Would Like the Eye Charm!!!! Just let us Know what you want for it HH Chug
 

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