Black Onyx updated Aug 2

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mchamby

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Got invited to hunt a school where they had a forth of July Celebration. I don't very often get to hunt with someone so I jumped at the chance. It was a nice day, not to warm 75 and a nice breeze. I got a late start on the others by a half hour but made up for it in the long haul. I got all modern clad only a couple of quarters were surface finds everything else was 3 to 4 inches deep. I got 8 quarters, 13 dimes, 3 Nickels, 6 pennies, 2 silver beads that rang in as dimes. I also dug one clothes snap, 3 smashed soda cans, 2 pop tops, one gold hoop earring (electroplated), one kleat off soccer shoe and one very nice flattened black onyx and sterling silver ring. I like the ring and will try to find a silversmith to fix it for me. I was very lucky to find the ring, the others had decided to get out of the sun so I went to another ballfield but after 15 mins realized my Oxygen was almost out so I made a swing and started heading toward my car to get another tank. I got excited when it beeped I knew I had something silver, sure enough and it will look nice with my other silver and turquoise jewelry.
On the way home I notice a out of state car at a house I have had my eye on so I turned around and went back to see if they would let me come back some time and hunt, they said sure why not. Since it was a ways out of town for me I pressed my luck a little farther and asked if they needed to be there when I detected and they said come anytime. After a long conversation they are from North Carolina but went to High School in the area and the wife was in school with my mother. All together it was a great day, no complaints. HH
Mchamby
 

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Sounds Great Mchamby.

Nice amount of Finds & RING Too.

Congrats !
 

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MC,

nice finds, congrat on the ring; hope you
can set it straight.

have a good un...........
 

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real nice mchamby! onyx is my favorite.
 

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well thats a healthy pile of clad you got there. Nice ring to. Keep it up
 

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Congratulations a nice ring and a place to detect whenever you like. :)
 

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mchamby said:
Got invited to hunt a school where they had a forth of July Celebration. I don't very often get to hunt with someone so I jumped at the chance. It was a nice day, not to warm 75 and a nice breeze. I got a late start on the others by a half hour but made up for it in the long haul. I got all modern clad only a couple of quarters were surface finds everything else was 3 to 4 inches deep. I got 8 quarters, 13 dimes, 3 Nickels, 6 pennies, 2 silver beads that rang in as dimes. I also dug one clothes snap, 3 smashed soda cans, 2 pop tops, one gold hoop earring (electroplated), one kleat off soccer shoe and one very nice flattened black onyx and sterling silver ring. I like the ring and will try to find a silversmith to fix it for me. I was very lucky to find the ring, the others had decided to get out of the sun so I went to another ballfield but after 15 mins realized my Oxygen was almost out so I made a swing and started heading toward my car to get another tank. I got excited when it beeped I knew I had something silver, sure enough and it will look nice with my other silver and turquoise jewelry. HH
Mchamby
I took the ring to a Jewelers today and this is how it looks all fixed up. :D Thought you all might like to see it since it's too hot to detect right now. lower humidity is coming.
Mchamby
 

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Boobydoo

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Now that's a sweet ring, ready to wear now, congrats
on that and all your great digs! Keep em coming!

Smiles!
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Beautiful Maria!!! And it looks like it fits perfectly!!! Good luck on your new site too!

Nana ;)
 

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Excellent !!! Nice finds, and it will feel good when those temps start to drop a little! HH Seeker
 

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Holy smokes....I just found a ring that looks just like that, mine was way smashed though. Sweet1
 

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