7 silvers - first barber dime - first king George dime

[CoinFetcher]

Hello group!

I recently got some saltwater beach low tide hunting experience. I never liked it before, because my at pro doesn’t target ID well, and it doesn’t go deep in the salty wet soil.

I was with a hunting club member and he showed me a few tricks and eaked out a Silver Rosie from a old ferry landing in the Puget Sound.

Low tides in the afternoon all week, and hit a local, unpopular, beach that I heard was a picnic site back in the Olden days. I visited here maybe two times before and got a wheatie or two and a buffalo, so I knew there was potential.

Anyways, yesterday, I was at the perfect line on the beach and all this coinage started poppin up!
A Rosie was first, then the walker. Next think I know I working on Silver number 7!! My first barber dime had me floating on cloud 9 - the huge rotten ring was a treat. I didn’t know my Canadian Silver dime was even a keeper until I got home and started sorting my finds. My girlfriend was curious as to why I was so happy about a little sliver of brown! I saw the king George head, and I see ‘10’ on the reverse. So stoked!!

Thanks for reading folks. gettjng these goodies feel really good! Like a payoff for learning my machine, and always asking people about potential spots.

 

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[digger460]

Sweet finds CF!

 

[Tpmetal]

Very nice!

 

[washingtonian]

You killed it CF! A King George Dime is the #1 coin on my list right now. Keep them coming!

 

[digginNdreamin]

Great group of finds !! congrats on your first barber.. Hope that's a good start to a great year for you..

Scott

 

[pescadore]

Great hunt and congrats on your finds !!

 

[Phishfarmer]

Great group of coin finds! Congrats.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Great salt water hunt.
Your King George is actually an Edward 1902-1910.

 

[CoinFetcher]

Great salt water hunt.
Your King George is actually an Edward 1902-1910.

Thank you, I knew that there was a difference, but I was too lazy to look it up.

 

[Hawks88]

Congrats on all those nice finds.

 

[toddbbq]

you may want to try and clean that ring up as 10k will corrode like that

 

[washingtonian jr]

Nice finds CF! Just found my first and second walker ever in the last month but like my brother said, a king George is at the top of my list! Congrats!

 

[CoinFetcher]

you may want to try and clean that ring up as 10k will corrode like that

I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but I think this is a 10 karat gold ring under the crust is gold. I rubbed it on my stone and acid tested it and Sure enough - 10 karat.

How does one gracefully clean a ring like this?

 

[dirtlooter]

very awesome job at finding the very good stuff. one heck of a hunt for sure and congrats

 

[toddbbq]

I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but I think this is a 10 karat gold ring under the crust is gold. I rubbed it on my stone and acid tested it and Sure enough - 10 karat.

How does one gracefully clean a ring like this?

I would start with a hot hydrogen peroxide soaking and then a gentle brass brushing. it will take some time but would love to see it cleaned up. There are some older posts on the {how to,s}

 

[CoinFetcher]

What do you folks think? I do not want to be the person who things that every orange metal is gold, but I have a feeling I can’t shake that this is low carat gold. Thoughts??

 

[CoinFetcher]

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What do you folks think? I do not want to be the person who things that every orange metal is gold, but I have a feeling I can’t shake that this is low carat gold. Thoughts??

14kt G.E. uncaclad is the stamp...
is this simply what a brass ring look like?

The 10k acid eventually disappears the rubbing on my stone.

I had about 12 hours of thinking this was a gold ri

 

[toddbbq]

Dang heavy gold electroplate. I was hoping it was a good one.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Those are some nice finds, and congrats on your first Barber Dime. I would also think there could be some gold in that ring, because the stone is a "Tigers Eye". My mom and I use to enjoy doing lapidary work, and used Tigers Eye all the time. Not likely that stone is used in a junk metal ring, but could be. I'd try to clean it (or take it to a jeweler) and see what that setting is made of.

 

[Tpmetal]

Those are some nice finds, and congrats on your first Barber Dime. I would also think there could be some gold in that ring, because the stone is a "Tigers Eye". My mom and I use to enjoy doing lapidary work, and used Tigers Eye all the time. Not likely that stone is used in a junk metal ring, but could be. I'd try to clean it (or take it to a jeweler) and see what that setting is made of.

thats weird, I see tigers eye all the time in junk rings. I see them more in silver, but quite a few in plated junk