After digging all that trash, it finally pays off!

[TejasDigger]

Man, I was about ready to quit looking for the gold and even felt kind of down when I was hunting. That is until this big golden beauty showed up. Well, it's not the prettiest ring, but it's huge and has a purple ruby in the middle of it. I found it two days ago, but my camera was out of batteries, so I finally was able to take some pics. I was hunting a park established in the early 1900's. It's pretty scarce now on the coins, so I decided to dig just about every signal I came across. Suddenly, I got a 12-31 on the Etrac. What's the chances of this being anything good? Probably a colt 45 screw cap or something. Dug down about three inches and saw a yellow ring. Pushed the dirt through the hole and saw 14K stamped on the inside!!! I took it to a jeweler today and he said the stone was pretty low quality, but if it were new it would retail for $1200. Now I know I couldn't get that much for it, but it's still a pretty good hunk of gold. It weighed in at 11.7 grams. Here are the pics:

 

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[diggin tennessee]

good find!!

 

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[TejasDigger]

nice find

forget the melt value, Melt is for rings to far gone. that ring is in great shape, have the stone polished and the ring buffed you will get two to three times melt

It is in great shape, I'll give you that. It wasn't worn much when they dropped it. I've looked at alot of rings on ebay and even the good ones look to be going for scrap Besides, it's too late, I'm having part of this melted down for a ring to give to my wife on valentines , lol. I hope she doesn't see this.

 

[TejasDigger]

nice find

forget the melt value, Melt is for rings to far gone. that ring is in great shape, have the stone polished and the ring buffed you will get two to three times melt

I agree. Having said that, I haven't tried to sell anything yet that I have found.

I don't either. I've given a few of my finds away. I don't plan on selling anything I find, unless it's a several thousand dollar ring or something, lol.

 

[treasurefiend]

WOW she's a beauty my friend - BIGTIME CONGRATS!!!!

 

[MKnTenn]

That is a sweet find, HH

 

[detectahead]

Fantastic!!

 

[traverdog]

No such thing as "ugly" gold!! Congrats!!

 

[Iskuli]

gotta love gold

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

nice find

forget the melt value, Melt is for rings to far gone. that ring is in great shape, have the stone polished and the ring buffed you will get two to three times melt

Besides, it's too late, I'm having part of this melted down for a ring to give to my wife on valentines , lol. I hope she doesn't see this.

Well Damn...can I have whats left??

 

[desert dog]

nice find cool

 

[crazyjarhead]

Sweet ring, Tejas . That was worth your time for sure

 

[TejasDigger]

WOW she's a beauty my friend - BIGTIME CONGRATS!!!!

Thanks!

That is a sweet find, HH

Thanks!

Fantastic!!

Thanks!

No such thing as "ugly" gold!! Congrats!!

The gold looks great, the stone is kind of ugly though, lol. I'm very happy with my find.

gotta love gold

Oh yeah!

nice find

forget the melt value, Melt is for rings to far gone. that ring is in great shape, have the stone polished and the ring buffed you will get two to three times melt

Besides, it's too late, I'm having part of this melted down for a ring to give to my wife on valentines , lol. I hope she doesn't see this.

Well Damn...can I have whats left??

I don't think so! LOl, I did give the jeweler other scrap gold and ended up keeping the ring though.

nice find cool

Thanks!

Sweet ring, Tejas . That was worth your time for sure

Thanks!

 

[Bank Runner]