Gold rings #118, #119, #120 and #121 FTY

[OBN]

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Year is just about over but did get in couple hunts this past Weds..11th and Thursday the 12th.

First hunt dug a lot of sinkers with very little trash but did come out with 3 beautiful Golds. The First a Victorian 18k Gold ring with stunning engraving and ruby colored stones, the second a early 1900's signet, and third a inscribed 18k Cigar Band. ...
G.L. to D.F Dec. 16 . 88 (1888) just a few days off from finding it the 16th...........Also dug were two silvers, a Merc and walker half, 1943




Thursday's water hunt was more of recon trip to check out a old beach up a river since the bay front waters were to rough to hunt. Lots of trash here, did dig several bottle caps but came out with a real stained 1953 class ring which cleaned up very nice.






Found right under the pier in chest deep waters.



Been a very Blessed year on Gold...

 

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[OBN]

You have done your homework and found those older swimming areas that yield the beauuuutiful older gold. Congratulations on another great hunt.

For your water hunts do you use a kind of wader or a wetsuit? And what type of gloves do you wear? I usually use a wet suit, but it has been too cold to continue water hunting that way. Any assistance would be appreciated. Keep swingin.

Thank You tnt!
I hate the cold so for me the only way to hunt all year long is go drysuit, Bare Rear Zippered, XXL so I can wear undergarment to keep me warm, for the hands I have a SI Tech dry glove system , the gloves are XXL so I can get 100gr thinsulated gloves under. Boots I cut the neoprene sox's off of the drysuit and installed Muck Arctic Pro's...nothing worse then cold feet. For the face I use a neoprene hood, full cover. That's about it, took me several years to get it where I can go anytime. Good Luck!

 

[Terry Soloman]

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[RW]

Excellent work! 2 or 3 gold rings a week and one could quite easily quit their job and become self employed. Hmmmm............

 

[chatterbait]

Can you post a pic cause thats a seriously cool collection.Your hard work paid off.

 

[OBN]

Kinda off-topic question for OBN (and any others), but have you found any kinds of gloves to be best for cold water hunting? Without knowing better, I apparently (i.e. according to my doc) damaged the blood vessels in my hands after they were repeatedly frozen ice-fishing 50 and more years ago. They are not so much painful as less functional in the cold and embarrassing when I shake someone's hand and they recoil after touching "the hands of ice".

I do have the ones that fit to my drysuit but you could order drysuit wrist seals and put them on the gloves I use...then I wear a 100gr snow glove under for keeping warm.

 

[OBN]

Can you post a pic cause thats a seriously cool collection.Your hard work paid off.

Thank You, Yes a lot of time and effort went into hunting this year...Give me a day and I'll put a picture up of this years rings. Lots of Old Beauties in the collection..

 

[OBN]

Many Thanks for all of the Likes and Kind reply post. I don't expect much more if any. But I do enjoy starting over the beginning of the year...More of a challenge. Good Luck to all and Thanks Again!..

 

[Megalodon]

Thanks OBN,
The water levels can be more favorable here in the winter for fossil hunting along the Cliffs and this could do the trick.

Your pics of dated rings will be a great reference for years to come. Thanks for posting them.

 

[Digger RJ]

Wow!!! Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[OBN]

Wow, 121 anything is impressive. 121 gold rings are beyond fantastic.
BTW, the stones in the 1st ring appear to be Rhodolite Garnets.
Great finds!

Thank you! Been a very Blessed year! And Thank you for the info on the stones, I'm not real good ID-ing them.

I just checked a description of a Rhodolite Garnet..You nailed it! Thank You!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[NZ49er]

Drooling.

 

[washingtonian]

Amazing finds and what a year! I really like the signet ring. Keep up the good work!

 

[tnt-hunter]

Thank You tnt!
I hate the cold so for me the only way to hunt all year long is go drysuit, Bare Rear Zippered, XXL so I can wear undergarment to keep me warm, for the hands I have a SI Tech dry glove system , the gloves are XXL so I can get 100gr thinsulated gloves under. Boots I cut the neoprene sox's off of the drysuit and installed Muck Arctic Pro's...nothing worse then cold feet. For the face I use a neoprene hood, full cover. That's about it, took me several years to get it where I can go anytime. Good Luck!

Thanks for the info that should be very helpful in the future. Keep raking in the good stuff.

 

[Doc Arey]

Wow what a great day!