2nd trip to the beach yields silver and another gold

[Joe G]

Caught the negative tide yesterday afternoon. For the first time in a long time, I actually saw some cuts... Hit some clad (including a wheatie), junk jewelry, a tiny little silver bracelet (for a baby?), the smallest silver cross I've ever seen and a very nice gold ring


Lot's of "greenies"

Ah, if only all of this was real stuff

Pretty tiny little bracelet

Under the loop I could see the 925

How's this for a small silver cross? Must have been a charm...

Then all my work paid off Found this beautiful ring (my wife claimed this one )

 

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[goldencoin]

very nice!!!!!!!!!

HH
-GC

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Saw the ring and said "OH WOW". Really nice ring Joe, congrats to you it's a beauty I can see why your wife claimed it wtg
Glenn

 

[Findone]

Very cool ring!
That cross is small!
Nice job.
Leon

 

[The Bulgarian]

WOW man this one is beautiful.Congrats for the gold and silver.

 

[John (Ma)]

Excellent, looking good.

 

[Pentico]

Re: My son's find (cache?)

Fantastic day for you and the wife!
Congrads!
Chris & LeeAnn

 

[Hunter]

WOW! What a ring.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Nice job on the gold ring with the big diamond!

 

[Joe G]

Nice job on the gold ring with the big diamond!

It's an Aquamarine I think... the 4 smaller stones on either side appear to be diamonds

 

[Brendan M.]

WOW!!!!!!! NICE ring!!!!

You're going to have to take me hunting at the beach sometime. If I could find a goodie like that, I think my wife would be a lot happier about all my hours in the field.... You are a smart, smart man!

Talk to you soon bud.

Cheers and HH,
Brendan

 

[LI Tom]

WTG Joe,gold 2 days in a row!!That ring is a real beauty.

 

[Captn SE]

Wow, Joe, awesome ring there!!

Congrats on a fantastic beach hunt!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

They love to claim the rings. I have no problem with it. Gets me a few days peace.

HH Jer

 

[mumszie]

Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful. Lucky wife!

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Congrats on that ring Joe. It has been an excellent past few days for you at the beach. The ring is a beauty........so long as none of these finds bring about a heart attack, keep at it buddy!

 

[anteater]

You posted the BEST pictures that I have even seen on Treasurenet! I would love to know what kind of camera you use and how you got such great magnification! Wow.

 

[Joe G]

You posted the BEST pictures that I have even seen on Treasurenet! I would love to know what kind of camera you use and how you got such great magnification! Wow.

LOL! Thanks for the compliment. (there are others out there that take some really nice shots... I was simply inspired by them)

The ring was a tough one for me to get a good pic of. Had to do a lot of playing with the lighting in order to bring out the aquamarine color and gold... I have a LUMIX FZ7 with 6 mp but basically I think most cams can take nice pics nowadays. I do however sometimes play with editing in Photoshop and adjust lighting and color; depends. (Photo editing software, even free stuff can do basically the same thing) Sometimes I use a little lighting effects too or some effects that Photobucket offers now. As far as "magnification" is concerned, it's really pretty easy. Put your cam in macro mode and shoot at the highest quality you can; don't try to get too close to your subject; there's limits on every lens with respect to how close you can get. A tripod is a must. Also use your camera's timer function (to reduce the chance of shaking the camera by pressing the shutter). For lighting, I use real cheap aluminum clip-on fixtures with 60 to 100W full spectrum fluorescent (spiral) bulbs. Make sure your "white balance" setting on your camera set properly for the type of lighting you're using. I put "Press and Seal" wrap over the fixture(s) to diffuse the light a bit. Sometime I use a cut 2 1/2 gallon plastic water jug (I cut it in half) and put a hole in the top big enough to fit the camera lens. Works well to diffuse the light when shooting silver coins and such. (and it's cheap )

When I first open the pic, they are usually shown at 33% because a 6mp shot is VERY large. I simply crop the pic and then view at 50% or 66%. It automatically "magnifies" the pic. If you look at the pic I posted of the silver heart bracelet and the "magnified" shot of the "925 on the clasp, those are from the same exact shot. One is at 33% (the whole pic) but the clasp was cropped and then viewed at 66%)I then save the pic and use Photobucket as my photo hosting site (I highly recommend them).

Takes a little practice but at least there's no film to waste It's really not difficult at all...

Hope that helps!

 

[Magic Fingers]

smart wife...hehehe

I have aquamarine earrings that would go well.

 

[Joe G]

smart wife...hehehe

I have aquamarine earrings that would go well.

Believe it or not, last August I found a 14K with 60 diamonds (1.2 carats). My wife didn't want to wear it because she "felt sorry" for the person who lost it. When I showed her this ring, she said, "Awwww" (for the person) and added, "but I'll get over it" as she tried it on