24" 14k flat mariner chain 52 grams or 1.8 ounces

[Garbagebill]

Saturday my daughter and her husband wanted to go with me while I detected a local park. After finding quite a bit of clad my daughter wanted to try, her first 6 digs she collected 7 coins one hole had 2 quaters in it. So her husband wanted to try, I told him let's go around the basketball court, his first hole



was a 24" 14k gold flat mariner chain! Weighed it when I got home it was 52 grams or 1.8 ounces,



cleaned up pretty well but it could be cleaner.



Found a couple knives there as well. It was a great day and now they are completely addicted! I've warned them that the gold jewelry is few and far between but they have the fever lol. Just thought I'd share, thanks for looking. HH!

 

[park pirate]

Awesome chain, congrats to ya...

 

[MT_Joe]

Talk about beginners luck!

 

[VADIGGIN]

Nice find and thats cool that they wanted you to keep it. Maybe if you sell it you can use part of the money to get them their own detector

Saturday my daughter and her husband wanted to go with me while I detected a local park. After finding quite a bit of clad my daughter wanted to try, her first 6 digs she collected 7 coins one hole had 2 quaters in it. So her husband wanted to try, I told him let's go around the basketball court, his first hole

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was a 24" 14k gold flat mariner chain! Weighed it when I got home it was 52 grams or 1.8 ounces,

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cleaned up pretty well but it could be cleaner.

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Found a couple knives there as well. It was a great day and now they are completely addicted! I've warned them that the gold jewelry is few and far between but they have the fever lol. Just thought I'd share, thanks for looking. HH!

 

[Garbagebill]

TideTraveler, I took home the gold lol

 

[jewelerguy]

dang!

 

[Aussie]

Mr T called and he wants it back!
Seriously, that's a great find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[treblehunter]

WOW, that is a great story. You guys will remember that the rest of your lives. Sweet in more ways then one.

 

[Garbagebill]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. It was a great say.

 

[hamiddetecting]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

 

[davehky]

Awesome find..congrats!

 

[mattysee]

i found china in my 1rst hole

 

[birdman]

Now that is a lot of gas money!

 

[Garbagebill]

It is with a heavy heart that I report this gold chain that was found is fake. I received a PM (I'll leave their name out I case they don't want it mentioned) saying all gold chains with that pattern this person had seen were fake, and the look of the clasp and not having a makers mark was worrisome. I thanked him for the info and when I ended up back home I tested it (don't know why I didn't do that when I found it. Because even I didn't like the clasp turning a different color probably from being in the ground) so indeed it didn't pass the 14k test nor the 10k test for that matter. Sucks, BUT... Still it was an awesome outting last Saturday. lol thanks for the PM (you know who you are) I appreciate it, better then walking into a place to sell it and be told it was fake. And thanks for all the nice comments, maybe next time I'll find a real gold chain!! HH all.

 

[JonG]

And that is exactly why I ended up buying my daughter her own MD last week........ We've got an agreement that I get 50% of her finds until we both agree she's found enough to pay for it. Lucky for her (not for me) that POPPA gave us such a sweet deal.

 

[myfantasia1]

What a great find, yep you did it now.