24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Boobydoo

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24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Hey to everyone!! :D

Happy Labor day to those in the States!
I took advantage of the day off and got out close to home for some swinging good times. I hit a park play area that I've never searched and 3 schools play areas that I did search last August. It was a beautiful day out there and I worked it hard and keep busy.

At the park, there was one woodchip play area, no swings, kind of small, but I found some coins there and near a ladder to the play structure, a had an area that I got a bunch of signals. They were all little charms, maybe 8 or 9 of them, maybe shoe fobs??? It was a fun find. They are pretty but none are marked so I guess they are trinket jewelry.

Moved on to the first school, two nice play structures and a swingset. Nothing found at the swingset, not one signal but the play areas were productive. At the second play area, I got a great find, an earring with that bright gold color. It's a flower and leaf design. When I got home there are two hallmarks. The first is an asian symbol of some sort, a maker mark maybe and the second is the best .9999 with the fourth 9 half the size of the other three. Now that's pure Gold!!!! It's pretty big for an earring, maybe 1/2" long and I estimate it weighs about 3 or 4 grams. I'll weigh it tomorrow at work. Wooowhooo!!! I had never found a pure gold item until last weekend, now I have two!! Very exciting. It was next to the slide so probably a mother playing with her kids lost it. Thank you!

The second school had only one kind of small play area. I found some coins and a junque ring and then a family came to let their kids play. The smallest kid took a nose dive off the play structure and was screaming for about 20 minutes so I wrapped it up and moved on.

The third school had several nice play structures and swing areas. I covered them all 100%. The finds weren't real plentiful, but they were consistant enough to keep my interest and I persevered. Near the end, I found a cool 925 ring in the middle of the play area, an open area between paly structures. It's marked 925 and has a large Amber cab stone. It's pretty and ugly...lol. Must have been made during the Jurasic Park movie hype??

When I got home and was cleaning up the finds, I got a surprize, a silver Washington quarter, a 1964 D. I didn't notice I had found it, must of been one of the coins found on top, just under the surface and thought it was another new clad quarter... lots of quarters today, 29 of them.

The totals for the day were 5 hours hunt time, 146 coins for a $11.58 face value, pretty good for searching schools I covered 1 year ago. Some nice keepers ;D, love the 999 goldie!!

Lots of trinkets today, I think about 13 pendant/fobs, 2 earrings, a cool junque ring, a chain, a hot wheels truck, a 5/16" socket, and 2 Chuck E Cheese tokens 2004 & 2002.

It was a fun day out there on this bonus holiday hunt. Thanks for reading, HH to you all!

Smiles!
BDoo

All my finds

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My keepers...wooowhooo!
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tymcmurray

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

FANTASTIC! Heck of an earring collection going there.
I'm a sap for amber. LOL
 

mtbiker

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Very nice!!!!!!
 

waseeker

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

great day. Congratulations :D
 

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Bdoo,
Sounds like you have a gold rush up there in Michigan! Congrats on the 2nd pure gold piece in two weeks.
Very nice job.
Any pictures of the kid who took the nose dive? :o
Glad you had a productive holiday.
-MM-
 

Captn SE

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Nice finds, BDoo. Looks like you strip mine every school you hunt. That's how you get the gold.

Do you think that's real amber in the ring? I found a .925 ring this year with real amber in it.


Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

Goldiver

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Nice job on the loot!
 

Ice Fishin Nut

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Nice Job!!!! Save some for Saturday will ya??? ;D

Was at the Peach Festival today, if I would have known you were going out, I would have brought my 250 and joined you!!!!
 

Ed-NH

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Sweet rings! I love finding rings but there not too many of them in the woods where I usually hunt ;D Congrats on a great day.
 

Green1

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

nice bob !!! i don't know how ya do it.... i had one good day in da chips !! you have good days all the time !! all the best my friend....... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
 

weasel606

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Gold ! silver ! and coins ! excellent day Bdoo congrats ;)
 

piggman1

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

SUPER SWEET DAY!!! Congrats on the pure gold and a beautiful ring!
 

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Another great day for you, congratulations. You must live in a big city to gind all those goodies!
 

Prober

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Bobby, you never disappoint! Congrats on the pure goldie and the silver ring. Way to go on the other stuff too.
 

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Boobydoo

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

tymcmurray said:
FANTASTIC! Heck of an earring collection going there.
I'm a sap for amber. LOL

Hi Ty! Thanks buddy, it was a fun day and the 24 kt thing was cool.
Yes, a lot of earrings, especially if you include the trinket ones,
probably over 200 this year.

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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Boobydoo

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

waseeker said:
great day. Congratulations :D

Definitely, it was!! Thanks for stopping in waseeker!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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Boobydoo

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

ModernMiner said:
Bdoo,
Sounds like you have a gold rush up there in Michigan! Congrats on the 2nd pure gold piece in two weeks.
Very nice job.
Any pictures of the kid who took the nose dive? :o
Glad you had a productive holiday.
-MM-

Hi MM!! Thanks buddy, it was a really small signal, just caught the tip of it on my swingpath, but I dig every signal in all metal in the chips with the ole TR machine, most of the time it's a small bit of foil, but sometimes like this, I hit paydirt.

I didn't see him fall as I was concentrating. I had detected over half the play area when they pulled up. I dig with a bayonette so I get really nervous when little kids are around, afraid they will run into my knife. In that case I try to keep it against my waist parallel to my pouch. I think he went off the end of the slide?

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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Boobydoo

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Re: 24kt .9999 gold & a large 925 ring with amber

Captn_SE said:
Nice finds, BDoo. Looks like you strip mine every school you hunt. That's how you get the gold.

Do you think that's real amber in the ring? I found a .925 ring this year with real amber in it.

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Hiya Captn!!

Don't know if it's real. It seems very lightweight so I guess it is. I think it's must be like coffee, an acquired liking, because I think it's kind of an ugly "stone" to have in a ring. Take care buddy, thanks for the read and comment!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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