Gold and emerald pendant

Gary Drayton

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Early this morning I had a chance to water hunt with my CTX 3030 in front of a high end South Florida hotel. This emerald pendant is more than likely a piece of Atocha or Spanish 1715 fleet shipwreck jewelry, a raw 4-5 carat emerald in a gold wire bale pendant. I also found a 14K wedding band to add to the scrap pile.
HH Gary
 

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Tnmountains

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Very nice. I saw some of the raw emeralds of the Atocha and they looked like melted coke bottles. Not all the emeralds were solid green like the colombian muzo (sp) mine type. It could be some they sold from the wreck and then lost again and now reclaimed. Neat find and you had a very good hunt.
 

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Gary, what a beutiful green rock.... I'm thinking Atocha or 1715 fleet also... Leaning more towards ATOCHA what are the asking prices for those Emeralds now a days? 10,000. 00 per carot? Now you have inspired me.....
 

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