Local swimming hole lands two rings.

[Ammoman]

A few weeks ago my son landed a permission that was scheduled to happen this morning. Unfortunately, he got a text last Thursday letting him know the hunt had to be rescheduled. So, as a backup we talked about hitting a local swimming hole this weekend.

As it turns out, my son made alternate plans to get his car bumper painted today so I was pretty much on my own.

First stop…1 hour at a pounded vacant lot.

One Crazy ugly 1931-S Dime plus a few other clad.



Second stop…local swimming hole. Since I don’t have a submersible detector (yet) I concentrated in a small area just shy of the water line.

After about 3 hours of digging I walked away with a handful of clad, 2 silver rings, (any info on how to clean the rings and how old they might be would be greatly appreciated) one junk religious pendent and an ear ring. At least i think its an ear ring...it is pretty big and pin is on a swivel of some sort.


My son will join me with his Nox 800 tomorrow. I have feeling he is gonna be the ring king by the end of the day as he will be going into the water.

Stay tuned and happy hunting

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice Job!

 

[washingtonian]

Great day with several silvers. Awesome!

 

[Racso]

Congrats all the nice silver. I clean my silver rings by lining a small bowl with aluminum foil. Throw some baking soda and salt in the bowl and put the rings in. Boil some water and pour in enough in the bowl to cover the rings. Repeat the process till they are clean. Good luck

 

[Whyme]

Very cool I have to look for swimming holes in my area!

 

[Hawks88]

Nice variety of finds. The rings are going to clean up nicely. Congrats and good luck with the nox 800.

 

[sprailroad]

On some silver rings I've made a baking soda / water mix, like a soft paste, and put the ring in it for a little while, then rub it with my fingers, cleans up nice, rinse in water of course, and yes, looks to be an ear ring to me.

 

[neodetectorist]

I have always heard backing soda and boiling water for silver. I never tried it though.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on a Sterling Day

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on the sweet finds!

-- Jeff --

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your silvers. Like Spailroad, I use a water / Baking soda paste mix and just rub it on the jewelry until it cleans up. I never use this method on silver coins though. I leave my silver coins exactly as they come out of the ground. I just like to remember them as found, and not all clean and shiny. Rings are different for me, I don't mind cleaning them.

 

[Ammoman]

Thanks for the advice on how to clean the rings. They turned out great!

 

[Doc Arey]

They look good cleaned up!

 

[sprailroad]

Thanks for the advice on how to clean the rings. They turned out great!
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They did turn out great, nice looking rings there I'll tell you what.