4 Rings And Other Schtuff

[Natman]

Hi all,

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. I took some time to rest my hand, back, legs etc. from all that hunting this month and felt up to a Saturday afternoon hunt to walk off some Thanksgiving leftovers..it was about 40 degrees, but with a sweat jacket, a quilted flannel shirt and a pair of jersey gloves I was very comfortable, and the ground was still warm enough for easy digging.

I went to my old junior high school football field first and wasn't finding much..I did find a lanyard with a student ID and house key laying on top of the grass that I picked up to have returned. After a little clad I told myself "one more coin and I'm leaving". As I headed toward the truck I found ring #58, a plain sterling band.

Then I went to another school where I had searched the wood chips earlier in the month but never tried searching the soccer field and playground. I began finding clad right away, including 2 pocket spills of quarters, dimes and pennies.

Ring #59 was another sterling silver, found in the grass between the soccer field and the blacktop, the nicest of all the ones I came up with.

Now I knew I was only one away from the big 6-0 and I was going to stay there until I found it! About 20 minutes later I did..it ended up being a fairly heavy old costume ring, found on the sideline on the west side of the soccer field.

As the sun dropped lower in the sky it got noticeably colder and I could see my breath, so again as I headed back to the truck I got a pulltab reading, which turned out to be ring #61. It looked like gold, but it was only 18K gold electroplate. I was still happy to find it and couldn't believe my luck. I never found this many rings in one year before. I actually found 5 rings, but one of them was a kid's tin ring and I never count those in my ring totals.

Besides the rings, I ended up with:

-student ID/house key
-padlock
-2 keys
-hoop earring
-2 buttons
-2 zipper pulls
-1 pin ("Professional Sports Club")
-80 coins (47 pennies, 7 nickels, 19 dimes, 16 quarters)

Hope you all have a chance to get one last hunt in before the nasty weather comes..it began to sleet a bit here this morning before the rain started.

Nat

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Great haul. No Thanksgiving here in Europe, but I hope all mY American friends had a good one.

 

[Captn SE]

Hope you all have a chance to get one last hunt in before the nasty weather comes..

No nasty weather where I live....I'm hunting all year long.

Congrats, Nat, on your 5(4) ring day. Can you just sneek one more hunt in?

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Evolution]

Way to go Nat. 61 rings. WOW! Unbelieveable year man, big congrats. I expect no less than 75 rings next year.

 

[tymcmurray]

Great hunt.
Congratulations on the big 6 - 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go for it.

 

[Thomas007]

Congrats on making the big 60 for the year.

Ring #59 the sterling looks to be of Indian design. Maybe you need to wear it around your neck on a chain for good mo-jo.

Sanat

 

[Natman]

Great haul. No Thanksgiving here in Europe, but I hope all mY American friends had a good one.

Thanks DJ..no matter how different the traditions are, the common bond we all have is being thankful each day for friends and family.

No nasty weather where I live....I'm hunting all year long.
Congrats, Nat, on your 5(4) ring day. Can you just sneek one more hunt in?

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Thanks Captn..you mean when it's ten below in January all I'll be able to do is read your posts until the spring thaw? NO FAIR!

And yes, I'll try to hunt again before the weather stops me.

Way to go Nat. 61 rings. WOW! Unbelieveable year man, big congrats. I expect no less than 75 rings next year.

Great hunt.
Congratulations on the big 6 - 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go for it.

Thanks guys, when I got 50 I had someone say to try for 60, and I thought "No way! Too late in the year to find another ten!" Boy was I wrong.

Congrats on making the big 60 for the year.
Ring #59 the sterling looks to be of Indian design. Maybe you need to wear it around your neck on a chain for good mo-jo.

Sanat

Thanks Sanat, I hate wearing jewelry especially when I work, so it'll go in the treasure box until I can make some kind of display case for all of them.

I plan to post the rings and coin totals next month. Until then keep on swingin' and happy hunting.

Nat

 

[Kas]

Beauty. You're a ring findin' machine.

Ken

 

[silverfreak]

Nice finds Nat. It rained on me all weekend so I didn't get to do any hunting.

 

[BigNuggets]

Great Diggins...................

 

[Moonshadow]

Not a bad haul at all! I love that your finding so many rings! I HAVE to hit the soccer and football fields harder. Since my parks and playgrounds are hunted so hard, maybe I can find something at the ball fields. Thanks for sharing. Always good to read your posts!!

HH,
Moon

 

[Merf]

That's a super hunt Natman---Congrats on all those nice finds.

 

[Natman]

Thanks for the nice comments TNetters!

Not a bad haul at all! I love that your finding so many rings! I HAVE to hit the soccer and football fields harder. Since my parks and playgrounds are hunted so hard, maybe I can find something at the ball fields. Thanks for sharing. Always good to read your posts!!

HH,
Moon

Thanks Moon! It seems those soccer fields at the schools give up the rings very often..I've even found rings galore in the 50+year-old private yards. I find rings when I least expect it..I'm usually clad hunting for quarters when I hit one.

Good luck in your future hunts and be careful out there.

Nice finds Nat. It rained on me all weekend so I didn't get to do any hunting.

Looks like it's about time to hang up the detectors till spring...
Glad you got out before the rain came in...

All summer when we wanted the rain it didn't come, now it's coming with the colder air..don't give up yet though guys, as long as it's not pouring and it's above freezing I've been known to have some good hunts..still a little time left before old man winter rears its ugly head in the midwest..

Nat

 

[1491]

Nice ringwork Natman! I feel your excitement! I've been detecting since only Aug. and have 9 rings, which seems like a bunch at this point. Working my way towards 100! Persistence is our greatest skill. - Jim

 

[Natman]

Persistence is our greatest skill.

You got that right Jim, looks like you know where those rings are hiding..good luck and hope you reach 100!

Nat

 

[DaChief]

You dah ring man for sure!!!! You got dat Prism working it!!!!!

 

[Nana40]

That is just wild! Finding all those rings in one day! Awesome! 8)

I LOVE that first ring! Congrats on all those finds, Nat!

Nana

 

[anteater]

Hey Nat, glad to hear that your hand is better. Just in case you're interested I thought that I would mention that I sold some of my ring finds last year to the little old guy that runs the coin shop on St. Francais in old town. Its a little bitty place in that strip mall area with the American Legion hall at one end. I thought his prices were very good.

 

[ModernMiner]

Nat,
61 rings is FANTASTIC!!! Very nice job. Can't wait to see them posted together. You have had a great year.
-MM-

 

[Natman]

Hey Nat, glad to hear that your hand is better. Just in case you're interested I thought that I would mention that I sold some of my ring finds last year to the little old guy that runs the coin shop on St. Francais in old town. Its a little bitty place in that strip mall area with the American Legion hall at one end. I thought his prices were very good.

Thanks for the info Anteater! Most of mine are silver and I've only found 2 gold..I've never sold anything I've found (jewelry or otherwise) but that's a good tip in case I ever come up with something that will help pay off my house

I found another ring today, one of those skull rings they used to give away at the movies some years back, I'll show that one in a different post.

Thanks Nana, MM and Chief, this is definitely a year I'll never forget, I had so much fun. I'll be showing all the rings I've found in a few weeks..

HH,
Nat