Brett
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Went on a little hunt with my dad tonight at a local park. This park was new to me and right away I was digging deep 90's coins... FILL! There was also a lot of trash and iron. We basically were ready to just get out of there after only an hour of digging. Eventually we made our way back to the car after having seen one park patrol officer and two more squads roll, park, and leave. My dad had his detector put away already and was calling over to me to go. I said, "I got a signal here!" And I genuinely thought I had found a penny amongst the iron around one of the oldest trees in the park. It seemed like it was deep on the scale, maybe 6 inches. The crosshairs on the smartfind screen were hitting close to upper right, but not quite where a penny usually hits. Also, not really low enough to be considered even pull tab. So I pop up a nice clump and it wasn't in the hole at all, not even the plug... but it was right on the edge of the plug close to the surface. Luckily I didn't gouge it! I believe the stone to be a sapphire, and it looks pretty good under a loupe.
It's small, but weighs about 2.5 to 3 grams (my scale doesn't do so well on small stuff).
I love getting real treasure when you least expect it! This is my 3rd gold ring for the year. The others were 10K.
After I got this out of the ground, it was reading in the gold ring/pull tab area. 11-07 / 09-08
Needless to say, we stayed well until after it was dark. There was a ballgame going on so the lights were helping to keep us there as well. My dad probably won't post them, but he found a cool identical pair of diecast jets! And I think I dug at least 20 more old pull tabs hoping for another ring! At least they were old.
HH!
It's small, but weighs about 2.5 to 3 grams (my scale doesn't do so well on small stuff).
I love getting real treasure when you least expect it! This is my 3rd gold ring for the year. The others were 10K.
After I got this out of the ground, it was reading in the gold ring/pull tab area. 11-07 / 09-08
Needless to say, we stayed well until after it was dark. There was a ballgame going on so the lights were helping to keep us there as well. My dad probably won't post them, but he found a cool identical pair of diecast jets! And I think I dug at least 20 more old pull tabs hoping for another ring! At least they were old.
HH!
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