Diamond ring found: updated pics

[cntrydncr1]

Last Sunday I headed down to to the beach to detect while Hurricane Bill was passing up the coast. I met up with Bootybay and Boobird and a few other treasure hunters were also on the beach. there were huge cuts in the sand and I was hunting about 3 feet down, mostly in the wet sand.

I met a guy named Dan who is in my South Jersey club and we chatted a bit. I said to him, " I don't know why I'm hunting here...I have never found anything good here yet." He went on his way...and not 5 minutes later I found this ring.

I assumed it was fake as it had no markings and was so large. In a magnifier I couldn't find any flaws in it either. Well today I took it to the jeweler and he said..."THE DIAMOND IS REAL!!!!!" I started shaking. He said it is a cushion cut...1-1 1/4 carats maybe as high as 1 1/2 carats. He did not test the band...he said "what does it matter? the value is in the stone!" He estimated $4,000 if the smaller size and as much as $10,000 if it is 1 1/2 carats.

 

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[TheDane]

That ring is WILD !!!

 

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[weldermark]

very nice find,congrats !!

Mark

 

[Tnmountains]

Beautiful Banner find and congratulations. Did you get an age of the ring? Nice rocks for sure I bet they are an eye clear no inclusions. Way to go.

TnMountains

 

[time4me]

Oh my gosh!!! That rock is huge!!!!!! The authorities would have been fishing me out of the surf if I had scooped up that thing.

Congratulations on a beautiful ring, and on making the banner!!!!

Jim

 

[geo4472]

WTG that is one nice ring!

 

[kdismuke1]

SUPER FINE.

 

[finderzzs]

OMG!!! So that's where it went. A super congrats to you. That is Beautiful.

 

[pepperj]

Sweet looking bling

 

[River Rat]

Holy crap Debby! Way to represent us GAL detectorists! Big congrats on your banner.......Good for you girl!!

HH,
Moon

I totally agree with Moon! I know Bootybay & Boobay are tickled pink for being with you when you found the ring. I love the ring, looks good on your finger too, just be careful that someone doesn't bonk you over the head to steal it off your hand.

Congrats again!!

RR

 

[PAUL2006]

COOL FIND

 

[rockyredbaron]

Sure would love to see the video of your happy dance !!!

 

[cntrydncr1]

Thanks everyone! I'm still on cloud 9. I want to take it to my club meeting this week and then I'll get a written appraisal.

 

[Cappy Z.]

My aunt Bee lost her family heirloom and it looks exactly like that one you found. And she lost it at the same stretch of beach!

I can't wait to tell her you found it!

You're a great girl!

 

[Nana40]

OMG! That ring is CRAZY beautiful!!!! I am SOOOO proud for you!! I know you're still reeling over that find for sure!!!

MANY congrats to ya!!!!!!

Nana

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Yes, I would have had a heart seizure and died on the spot. Glad you did not. LOL

Wow, what a wonderful, find of a lifetime, ring. Many congratulations to you. Excellent find.

Ray S

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice find - a true once in a lifetime!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Mental Granny]

WOW! Debbie that is a super find of a life I am really glad it is on Banner! Please be careful when you take it for anyone to look at DO NOT let them take it out of your sight for even a moment. I told some ont to please not and they dropped the whole try of small stones on the floor and when I had taken them in a couple of years before when they were still in the ring they said they weren't real. They were miner cut from my grandmothers ring.

 

[Wasabi]

Woah... Sweet Nellie. (I think that is an old southern term, since I am from the south.)

That is a really remarkable find!!! Bet your radar system (belief system) is going to be working quite differently now that you found that ring with your detector.

Hope you find more.

HH
Rob

 

[TheTreasureAddict]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

So bright its blinding me! Great find! A day youll never forget for sure! What did it read on what machine?

Crackbadger

 

[kc10bull]

Holy Smokes!!!! I must put on my sun glasses to look at that rock!!!! Well why oh why do women wear their jewlery to the beach. Well there are two reasons I know of. 1. I have had so many women tell me in the past 10 years of beach detecting that No Sir! This ring will never slip off it's tight on my finger or fingers. 2. I have to be seen wearing my bling blings they go everywhere I go! Oh and yes on several occasions, they have actually tapped me on the shoulder or approached me a little while later asking me to recover their lost ring. You know the beach people go there put a ton of sun tan lotion / oil on themselves, bake in the sun for 2 or 3 hours, rush out into the water to cool off, fingers shrink a little and while they are frolicking in the surf off slides the ring! Thus their jewelry is officially deposited into the surf bank for recovery at a later date!