First Silver Ring of 2016........

[Garrett424]

So I had a little time after work this evening and decided to hit one of my sports fields for a quick hunt before dark. I haven't been out there since last year.

So I got there and started swinging, dug two small clad pocket spills, a few pull tabs and the usual trash.
Then I got one of those beautiful high hits that suddenly started bouncing a bit but of course I dug it anyway. Maybe three inches down out popped a nice little .925 band. Here it is with the dirt still on it.....



That bouncy signal was because a little farther in the hole I found the tiny chain the ring was once attached to. It was junk so I tossed it in with my trash. The ring itself is small; too small for my pinky so I'm thinking it may have been for a kid. I also noticed that the mark is identical to another ring I dug last year.

Then the wind started blowing, it got colder and the sun went down so I wrapped it up. I walked away happy. One silver find makes it all worthwhile.

This is ring #60 since starting this hobby and my second this year.
The whole hunt was maybe 45 minutes. Now I think I'll go and see how nice she cleans up.

I finally pulled the trigger on an upgrade this week too. I have an Omega 8000 on the way that should arrive early next week. I'm hoping to step it up a bit this year. We'll see.

That's about it.
Thanks for looking and HH.....

 

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[Old Dude]

Congrats on the silver. That's a good start

 

[Garrett424]

Congrats on the silver. That's a good start

Until today I've only been hunting one spot. It's really getting cleaned out in all but one extremely trashy area that I'm slowly getting cleaned up.
I just have a feeling something good is hiding under all of that trash. I did find a nice 10K class ring there this year but mostly I've been digging bottle caps, nails, foil, pull tabs and can slaw.

But it was nice to get out for a little while tonight and hit a different spot. Once again, this one turned up on the soccer field sidelines. I've found quite a few nice pieces of jewelry on those sports fields and especially along the sidelines.

I originally started hunting this particular park after checking out some old aerial photos here:

NETR Online ? Historic Aerials

Dunno' if you're familiar with it but it has the street overlays and photos going back to the mid to late 50's in many areas. It's a great resource for hunting treasure.
Today's site was once a big farm and I located the house and a few outbuildings in the old photos.

I haven't found squat around the old house and barn areas except lots of iron, flat washers and other trash but I have found a few nice modern pieces of jewelry from modern sports folk. The park itself is relatively new; maybe 15 years old tops.

But we gotta' take it where it leads us right?? No old artifacts or silver has appeared but lots of clad and a bit of jewelry.
I'll take it any day.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the ring

 

[sutphin]

NICE RING ..

 

[Loco-Digger]

Sweet ring. I bet that brought a smile to your face when you saw that in the hole.