1.5 years detecting, first gold with a bonus.

[kladdhunden]

Started off detecting about 1.5 years ago, only beaches in sweden and according to my theory i dig it all except strong clear iron signals.
The first year i started was the worse summer in 20 years with 2-3 days sun so it did not yield that much + i was learning.
Second start of the year has been good and i have found alot of silver but i have just pulled up 2 gold plated rings and never any real gold.
started wondering if finding gold was a myth when i dug this solid pulltab signal.
Also found the engagement ring in silver the same day as a small bonus.
Blacked out part of the name as the ring sits at the swedish police according to swedish law waiting for the owner to pick it up within 3 months or i become the new owner.
If the owner picks it up i will get 10% of the value as a finders reward.

 

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[sandy shoes]

congrats nice finds thx for sharing

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Great finds !!!

I couldn't read the markings inside the ring in question - to your delight, I hope it is yours....

None the less, you'd earn a reward. Keep digging

 

[Beach Papa]

Both rings are AWESOME. You are on a roll and obviously you are doing something right. HH, Beach Papa

 

[doc-d]

Nice finds and thanks for sharing.....God bless, ejd

 

[kladdhunden]

ty all, how does it work in ur countrys btw if finding anything of value? finders keepers? or u have to give it up to someone?

 

[mercury1]

Great finds cladhunden! I was curious about the other silver finds you mentioned. Any coins?

 

[mercury1]

ty all, how does it work in ur countrys btw if finding anything of value? finders keepers? or u have to give it up to someone?

In the US, it's generally finders keepers but most will attempt to return something if it has information like a name or something. High school class rings are often reunited with their long lost owners. At least I've seen a few post on here where that happened.

 

[kladdhunden]

Great finds cladhunden! I was curious about the other silver finds you mentioned. Any coins?

yeah i have seen some returns of class rings on the forum too,tnx for that info.

A few swedish silvercoins from 1930-1950ish but not a whole lot.
no foreign silver coins.
I can show u a part of this years clad coins and silver jewelery. (thrown in 2 fake gold earrings too haha)
Then a special ring that was totally red when found,cleaned it up abit. i think its plated as it has no marks but it looks special.
not been out much ,maybe a few hours once a week ,some weeks more some less but im starting to go out more now that i have more time for it.

 

[sponge]

Nice finds keep it ringing and blinging

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

ty all, how does it work in ur countrys btw if finding anything of value? finders keepers? or u have to give it up to someone?

Under the law, in the United States, a lost ring remains the property of the owner.
This law is a holdover from the frontier, when cattle were free to roam, but remained the property of the owner even if lost and
if able and standing had to be returned. The cattle were branded to prove who the owner was.

I am not aware of any holding period after which a ring which has been turned in is returned to the finder if the owner does not claim it.
Nor am I aware of a fixed finders fee such as 10%.

As a result, I suspect most detectionists follow a finders keepers rule - unless the owner can positively identified: E.G. initials on ring, accurate description of found ring before it is shown to owner, police report, notified of location of ring by owner, etc.

Other than for good will, I doubt that many ring finders could afford to drop everything they are doing to travel at their own expense to assist an individual
who lost his or her ring through carelessness. Even though many such detectionists are retired, their first obligation should be to providing for their family.

 

[mercury1]

yeah i have seen some returns of class rings on the forum too,tnx for that info.

A few swedish silvercoins from 1930-1950ish but not a whole lot.
no foreign silver coins.
I can show u a part of this years clad coins and silver jewelery. (thrown in 2 fake gold earrings too haha)
Then a special ring that was totally red when found,cleaned it up abit. i think its plated as it has no marks but it looks special.
not been out much ,maybe a few hours once a week ,some weeks more some less but im starting to go out more now that i have more time for it.
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Thanks for the pics. What was the last year they made silver coins in your country?

 

[kladdhunden]

Thanks for the pics. What was the last year they made silver coins in your country?

i think the last year was 1971, 5 kronor (five crowns) and they contain something like 40% silver i belive.
there are earlier ones containing 75% silver aswell.
They stopped making the other lower value coins abit earlier around 1960ish but there is alot of diffrent coins containing silver 1971 and before for example 10 öre,50 öre,1 crown,5 crown,10 crown,2 crown. you can often find the small silver coins like 10 öre and 50 öre, the others are abit more rare but also show up every now and then in the ground.
got most of the coins, can snap a few pictures tomorrow as its 01:00 here.

 

[AC1955]

Nice finds! Thanks for posting the pictures.

Anita

 

[tnt-k9]

Nice find! I recently was stopped by a woman from Sweden who was on vacation and asked me what I was doing. I told her and she replied that it was illegal in her country. Here where I'm at it's "finders keepers". Of course the ethical thing is to return those finds that can be returned.

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[Les West Central Fl]

Nice finds. Hope the owner doesn't show . When I was in Denmark a few years ago I detected my brother in law's potato garden in Aero and found a 1772 1/2 Skylling and a 1886 10 silver ore which has no value but was a thrill to find.

 

[kladdhunden]

Nice find! I recently was stopped by a woman from Sweden who was on vacation and asked me what I was doing. I told her and she replied that it was illegal in her country. Here where I'm at it's "finders keepers". Of course the ethical thing is to return those finds that can be returned.

haha, well its not illegal in sweden. you just have to mark the area u want to detect on a map and apply for permission even in ur own garden.
the laws are strict and hard, if there is anything known in the area that are 150 years + or older you will never get permission.
one example is a beach i have permission on, in the water 500 meters out is a wreck, then they denied permission on a large area of the beach as stuff may "float" onto land.
the archaeologists don't have money to dig most of the older stuff but they are extremly hard on ppl detecting claiming many are "looters" selling older stuff on the internet.
They even wrote in the paper not long ago about ppl "training on the beach" to loot items of value in older sites with no facts at all behind it.
Most are rubish and the laws are stupid in my eyes as the law that u need permission will only make it harder for honest ppl. (for private land i understand u need the owners permission and thats fine but for public land its stupid)
the looters that exist don't care about laws anyway and will do whatever they want just like poachers don't care when hunting etc.
anything old found needs to be sent to the musem and u get 10% finders reward of the metal value.

 

[kladdhunden]

Nice finds. Hope the owner doesn't show . When I was in Denmark a few years ago I detected my brother in law's potato garden in Aero and found a 1772 1/2 Skylling and a 1886 10 silver ore which has no value but was a thrill to find.

yea thats very nice.
many from sweden go to denmark to detect too due to sweden having extremly hard rules because of the fear of "looters" digging up history and stealing it.
I have thought about going to denmark as it seems they have abit looser rules and they seem to be lightyears ahead with their history compared to sweden for example.
they seem to see detectorists more of an asset to finding older stuff then thiefs and outlaws.
This may not be true but thats just what ive heard.

 

[Diggin Dave]

Nice finds KH, I hope you get to be the rings new owner!