Gold Coin, Gold ring, Gold Coin Ring. YAY!

Ammoman

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Today, is a day I won’t soon forget and what makes it even more special is the fact that I specifically went to the park with one thing in mind. I was there to FIND GOLD! Yes, I knew in my gut that today was going to be the day! I don’t know, sometimes you get a feeling and you go with it but never in my wildest dreams did I really expect it to happen.

Anyhow, after about an hour of hitting an area that I have cherry picked in the past, I got a very odd signal. At one angle the vdi was a solid low 60s number, at another angle it was a steady low 50s and then another angle gave me high 40s. I considered leaving it alone but the tones were too good to walk away from. So I did what any curious detectorist does. I dug it up!

When it first came out of the ground, i was not sure what i had. I knew it was a ring and i was hoping it was gold but it didn't have the shine i have seen in the past and i have been fooled before by Gold plate junk rings.
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But, Just in case, I took a picture of it at a different angle and then put it in my pocket for later.
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Finally, after a little more detecting, i called it quits for the day and headed to the car. It was then that i wiped off the top and saw the design. I was like...Cool a panda ring!
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And then, much to my surprise, after cleaning it up i found the panda was in fact a GOLD coin mounted in a Gold ring!
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The coin is actually a Chinese bullion coin 1/20th of an ounce. YAY! i will take a gold coin any way i can!
The mount is 14k gold
 

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pepperj

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Homerun! Congrats on the gold coin/ring! Think that would pretty impressive up on that ledge of Banner finds.
 

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Ammoman

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Thanks, I was hoping it was gold but i have been fooled before so it was not a big deal when i was at the park. LOL Just another junk ring.
 

smokeythecat

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Awesome! This is the first one I can remember being dug!
 

BigWaveDave

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I’ve seen Panda rings like that before, but never as beautifully dirty as yours!
Awesome intuition you had.... big Congrats!
 

Ogre1190

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Score! Great work!!! 🙌
 

DeepseekerADS

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Hey, you finally had your day, and you certainly finally earned it!

I voted BANNER my friend!
 

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Ammoman

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Hey, you finally had your day, and you certainly finally earned it!

I voted BANNER my friend!

Thanks, the last time i found a gold ring was in the 1980s and of course i have never found a gold coin at all so this makes up for them both!
 

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Argentium

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Excellent find ! I dream of finding a U.S. gold coin ring , or a British or Canadian gold coin ring ,preferably of Queen Victoria .
 

can_slaw

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Big congrats. Banner vote from me as well!!
 

Tpmetal

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Awesome find!
 

Terry Soloman

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SWEET GOLD!!!! :occasion14::headbang::hello2::icon_thumleft:
 

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Beautiful ring
Congrats
 

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