2 gold day today !

CASPER-2

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Decided to change things up and go fresh instead of salt today - we've had a drought this year so some freshwater spots are lower than normal - which means I can get out with snorkel a little farther than normal.
Day did not get off on the right foot - my GF wanted to sleep in - so I let her - no tide to worry about
but then we were rushing to get going and after 45 mins on the road - was doing an inventory of gear in my head - forgot my dive boots
I don't do bare feet...if I had my bad sneakers would have worn those but had my new ones - so had to stop and get some foot gear along the way
Got there at 3pm - got a ways out - one of the first items I found was a swimming pin - oldie
I thought it was a piece of scrap copper and did not know what I had till I dumped my pouch at the end of the hunt - I think its cool
then a guy on a jet ski road up and started yelling at me that Im gonna get hit - I pretty much told him to f off - he said I should have something on my head - thing is I was hunting at an actual beach on a lake - there were others doing laps way out with me and these guys should not have been where we were - but town pulled in all the buoys after Labor day - which is stupid cause people still swim on weekends up here - waters still warm
Sooo- Im told him he better watch out now that he knows Im there - lake is huge but they got to drive in close to the beach and check out the girls in their bikinis - guy sounded like he was Russian - needless to say - did not see him near me again - I then hit aluminum fair token and then Buffalo near by. I then got a deep target in the muck and took 3 scoops to get it - thru the murk I thought I saw glint of gold and was surprised to see nice band in the bottom of my scoop. Worked for another 1 1/2 hours getting a few Wheaties and some other newer coins ...got a nice sterling relig. medal - Sun was dropping behind the tall trees and breeze was picking up - could see my gal covering up with blanket. Told myself - "just one more gold and I'll call it a day"
About 10 mins later I got a nice deep signal again and was surprised by gold 1970 class ring in the bottom of my scoop. Started heading straight towards my GF - got another target and started to swing over spot and my upper rod snapped - was not from pressure - just wore thru it ...so my day was ended anyways - was lucky it did not break before the class ring.

ring after lite cleaning

I think pin is from early 1900s
 

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Now getting two gold for your time is great, liking the diver pin also. Congrats!

Somedays I think they should have an open season on the idiot JSs.
 

that diving pin is awesome....great finds!
 

Love that pin ! very 1920's looking to me - the goldies aint exactly chopped liver either !
 

That was some great hunt! I want to try lake hunting soon. Not close to beach to try that but wouldn't mind someday. Congrats
 

Beauties! Jet Ski riders are typically NOT the best drivers. I can't figure out why they feel the need to hit close to shore. SO dangerous...

Of course, there's not a "driver's test." :(
 

AWWWEEESSSOOOMMMEEE
 

Great gold!, the class ring may be returnable
 

Casper - Awesome as always!!! Do you ever find the owners of your class ring finds?
 

Great finds!!!!... Would love to see a clean pic ...
 

I'm blind too much sun today... lol
 

What a great hunt! Congratulations on double gold!! :occasion14:
 

Cool pin, awesome gold.
 

Gotta love a 2 gold hunt, well done Casper!
 

Casper - Awesome as always!!! Do you ever find the owners of your class ring finds?
if you looked at my profile - I do have 3 honorable mentions here for returns - but have returned many over the yrs
will be trying to get this back home too -person should be 63
 

love that hunt casper !!I suspect the pin is a letterman jacket diving team pin from 1930s ish.note similarity to swim outfit 1933 manual

b1.webp...modern diving team pin...mNVsQirWHqtphCuVX03sZ1w.webp
 

Gotta love the gold
 

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