2nd Ring This Week - Struck Gold For First Time

[nealb]

I found my first Silver Ring on this past Saturday and had my highest coin count of 32. So I set my next goal for a 50 coin day, and to find a gold ring. So today was my short day at work (work 4 days at 8.5 and one day at 6.0). Went and renewed my plates on my car (Need to move to the country, Omaha wants too much for the privalege to drive on their streets) and renewed my city metal detecting permit. Had a little time, so I hit a park for about an hour. Within 15 feet of the car, this little beauty popped out of the ground (it was totally flat when I popped it out from about 3 inches). /\~HAPPY DANCE~/\ Just the way it looked, I knew it had to be gold, but couldn't tell because it was smashed flat. Hunted around and found a bunch of aluminum rings (pull tabs) and packed up and went home to clean my find. It's 14K and has an inscription inside that appears to say 17 June 1989 ?ALE.

Enjoy the picks. Might take it to the jewelry store to see if they can straighten it and buff out my mistakes.

HH

 

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[Cynangyl]

~happy dance~ VERY cool! congratulations!

 

[Boobydoo]

Congrats on the sweet gold Neal and for the awesome "first".
Hope there are many more in your future, well done! Keep em coming!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[mountainplayer]

SWEET, nealb! Looks like it has a diamond in there, too. I've dug a thousand and 500 pulltabs, and every time I think "another pull tab" but secretly hope for a ring. You've obviously got the dedication and persistence to find the good among the trash.

Way to go. Let us know what the jeweler says! As my friends in high school used to say as they talked me into driving my car (with the new paint job) through the brushy narrow roads, "those scratches will buff out".

MP

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Great find! Keep it up find a sweet spot and 50 will be no problem! continued good luck! 8)

 

[Dman]

Nice ring

 

[Capefearsman]

Nice Ring! HH

 

[civilman1]

Congrat's Neal...sweet find!!!Not another pull tab can escape me,just to think of all the ring's that I've passed up Nice job!!

 

[Tsalagi]

sweet gold woohoo!!!

i hope to find my first gold soon

congrats on a great find

 

[ashleen]

Nice going!
Ccongrats

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on first gold ring neal wtg, you can buy mandrel and mallet and straighten out yourself. your on a roll now keep going
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Sheldius]

Great ring find. Still looking for my first gold ring.

Next goal, one platinum ring and 75 clad coins. :P

I think you can do it.

HH.

 

[laughingcrow]

Nice Ring!!! Wish me luck getting my first gold please!!!

 

[timbuckII]

" renewed my city metal detecting permit" What does that do for you? If you do not have one you cannot detect or what?

TC

PS: Nice ring.

 

[Nashoba]

SWEET DEAL! Congrats on the gold for sure. I am very sure you will have a fifty coin day very soon. Believe me, all it takes it the right spot and you will be digging holes a plenty.
Best o' luck
~Nash~

 

[Mirage]

Sweet. Gold is good!

 

[Bertman]

Great find Neal ... Sure am glad there are no permits required here in Oklahoma to use the detector... If I may ask, how much is that permit?

 

[BioProfessor]

Cool Ring. I used to work quite a bit with 14kt gold and it is a nice metal and is pretty forgiving when it comes to bending and straightening. Try to find a good goldsmith in your area. They can not only straighten it out, they can fix all the other problems (or hide them with some creative engraving) as well as size it to fit your finger.

You had to renew your metal detecting License? Are there that many people living there with MDs that they make you have a license. I guess you are one of the only licensed metal detectorists that I know. How much is a non-resident detecting license? Is there a limit on the number of detectors? Is there a special license for machines with more then one coil?

This is just too funny. Talking about a way to get more tax revenue. Geez.

Daryl

 

[nealb]

Timbuck and Bio - Goofy law. The city requires you to have a metal detecting permit to use metal detectors on city property. You'll laugh at this - the permit cost's $1.00. It cost's me more in gas to drive down to the city office to pick it up than it does for the permit. It's good for 1 year. $1.00 I'm sure is cheaper than the fine you would probably get for "destroying public property" for poking a hole in the turf.

 

[jimmatt_43]

cool