🥇 BANNER EPIC HUNT -- 4 Rings - GOLD SILVER and my first DIAMOND SOLITAIRE

biggmike

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May 27, 2010
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Got out over the weekend with Lookindown and I'm still in shock. It was just a beautiful day and the crowd was massive. The beachgoers were everywhere. The water was full of people and the beach was even more crowded. We got there early and only about 1 hour into our hunt I got a beautiful middle tone on the CZ21 and after about 3 scoops this beauty made it into my scoop. I actually got it on video but it is way too revealing and too much bad language to put it up but I probably will at some point. To say I was in shock would be an understatement. I have never found a Diamond Solitaire and this one was stunning. The pictures just don't do it justice.


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18K gold with a beautiful diamond. It is made by a company that only uses the highest quality diamonds so I got really lucky there too. I searched the area for about an hour looking for the wedding band but no luck. Lookingdown was in the area so I showed him and he confirms that he also believed it was the real deal. After getting home and checking the diamond is absolutely genuine. We both searched the general area and Lookindown finds a ring but it wasn't the mate to mine. I headed down the beach and get another good tone and about 4 scoops down this chunk shows up.


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7.4 grams of 14K gold. I didn't hunt as much last year as other years but I found only one gold ring and to get two quality rings in only our second hunt of the year is crazy. Of my last 40 or so rings before this only two were gold and to get two back to back I'm just speechless. I am still in shock but I guess persistence pays off. I have been hunting for the better part of 30 years and finally get a huge bucket-lister. I also got a .925 ring that needs to be cleaned up and believe it or not a nice clean 1964 silver quarter that I assume was a recent drop because of very little tarnish and will post both later. Thanks for looking and HH....
 

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lookindown

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Mar 11, 2010
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updownup

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Congratulations on the awesome finds, and good times with a friend!
 

lookindown

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Mar 11, 2010
7,089
4,936
Florida
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ACE 250,AT PRO, CZ21...RTG pro scoop...Stealth 720
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Congrats on making the banner. :icon_thumleft::icon_thumleft::icon_thumleft:
 

Kansas_Jayhawk

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Mar 11, 2017
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Got out over the weekend with Lookindown and I'm still in shock. It was just a beautiful day and the crowd was massive. The beachgoers were everywhere. The water was full of people and the beach was even more crowded. We got there early and only about 1 hour into our hunt I got a beautiful middle tone on the CZ21 and after about 3 scoops this beauty made it into my scoop. I actually got it on video but it is way too revealing and too much bad language to put it up but I probably will at some point. To say I was in shock would be an understatement. I have never found a Diamond Solitaire and this one was stunning. The pictures just don't do it justice.



18K gold with a beautiful diamond. It is made by a company that only uses the highest quality diamonds so I got really lucky there too. I searched the area for about an hour looking for the wedding band but no luck. Lookingdown was in the area so I showed him and he confirms that he also believed it was the real deal. After getting home and checking the diamond is absolutely genuine. We both searched the general area and Lookindown finds a ring but it wasn't the mate to mine. I headed down the beach and get another good tone and about 4 scoops down this chunk shows up.



7.4 grams of 14K gold. I didn't hunt as much last year as other years but I found only one gold ring and to get two quality rings in only our second hunt of the year is crazy. Of my last 40 or so rings before this only two were gold and to get two back to back I'm just speechless. I am still in shock but I guess persistence pays off. I have been hunting for the better part of 30 years and finally get a huge bucket-lister. I also got a .925 ring that needs to be cleaned up and believe it or not a nice clean 1964 silver quarter that I assume was a recent drop because of very little tarnish and will post both later. Thanks for looking and HH....

Good start on a retirement fund
 

Lanny in AB

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Apr 2, 2003
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I'll say that would be a shock! What an incredible find, and the gold band is a great find as well.

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny
 

Owassokie

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I guarantee there is one sad female somewhere

I'm sure you're correct about the sad female but there is likely a devastated man that's going to have to fork over a bunch of money for the replacement!
 

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biggmike

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All I can say is WOW!!!! Thank you all so much for the BANNER votes and all the great comments. Having found only a few good rings in the past couple years I was contemplating doing more hunting and fishing among other things than water hunting. Maybe the surf gods want me to keep hunting a little longer. I would never quit water hunting.... It's in my blood.... but I was getting a little frustrated with the meager finds and to tell you the truth just not having a lot of fun. I love just being there but I love doing a lot of things. I kinda got Lookindown into water hunting and gotta thank him for keeping me going. Had it not been for him I definitely wouldn't have found these rings because he has been the driving force to keep going. When he says "WE" found those rings WE definitely did. All I can say is that if you don't have a partner, a ride or die, you should try it. It makes it so much more fun and as in my case it helped me get these great finds. With that being said this hunt just keeps getting better. That corroded silver that I found, well, I think it's a Pandora. As for as I can tell it says S925 ALE. Again thanks so much and KEEP HUNTING....


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lookindown

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That is a Pandora ring. :icon_thumleft:
 

GeoW

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Nice. 3/4 carat?
 

Dechert360

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Feb 1, 2018
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Absolutely amazing hunt! My wife has the exact same solitaire.
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Beautiful rings, congratulations! :notworthy:
 

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