Bad day ended well with a Bucket list find, 18k necklace - 80 grams

[NowandThenTreasures]

I haven't posted nor metal detected in a while as I have been dealing with multiple health issues as of late and I received a disturbing phone call today from my doctor about my 1st ever "C" word diagnosis with surgery coming soon.

So I thought I would hit the beach to calm & clear my head with some detecting time tonight and I was rewarded with lots 'o stuff including my 1st ever heavy necklace with 18k markings!

I was using my new 15" Nox coil along with my new, storm trooper looking, Eisenhower headphones and they worked great & brought me some luck!

Found that beauty in the Great Lakes shallow surf & I couldn't believe my eyes when I scooped up that necklace! 2 feet in length & 80 grams on the scale.

It has a religious medallion which hopefully means good luck on my journey to being a cancer survivor!

All the best of luck to all of you!

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Amazing find, and best of luck in your upcoming battle!

 

[Silver Saver]

I like the bulldozer setup. Gosh dang that's a big chunk of 18k gold. Awesome chain and religious medallion. Grats!

 

[Chilli]

Thats a serious chain.
All the best with the op.

 

[ARC]

Could you please post close up pictures of the clap areas and rings connecting.
These chains are highly suspect.
If the rings are not soldered it is not real.

 

[pepperj]

Congratulations on the recovery.
Best of luck on your upcoming OP.

 

[mjb Mike]

wow that a beautiful chain

 

[Linesider]

Hella score. Nice finds

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

I haven't posted nor metal detected in a while as I have been dealing with multiple health issues as of late and I received a disturbing phone call today from my doctor about my 1st ever "C" word diagnosis with surgery coming soon.

So I thought I would hit the beach to calm & clear my head with some detecting time tonight and I was rewarded with lots 'o stuff including my 1st ever heavy necklace with 18k markings!

I was using my new 15" Nox coil along with my new, storm trooper looking, Eisenhower headphones and they worked great & brought me some luck!

Found that beauty in the Great Lakes shallow surf & I couldn't believe my eyes when I scooped up that necklace! 2 feet in length & 80 grams on the scale.

It has a religious medallion which hopefully means good luck on my journey to being a cancer survivor!

All the best of luck to all of you!

that is a serious hunk of gold, what a thrill that must have been. wtg and godspeed on your health journey

 

[Silvermonkey]

I'm very sorry to hear about your medical worries. Its amazing how getting out to do some detecting works great in terms of olffering a distraction and providing some calm. The gold chain is pretty damn epic. I'm sure it brightened up your day. Best wishes.

 

[oldmxrat]

Congrats on the great find!
Keeping positive and enjoying life is how you will beat the C. Best wishes for you!

 

[NowandThenTreasures]

Thanks everyone for all the best wishes. ARC, here's some more pics of the chain. All the links look solid, but I am not familiar with heavy necklaces, like I said it's the 1st one like this that I have found. I did the magnet test and it passed.
I will have to take it to a local jeweler and have it looked at. It sure is heavy.

 

[ARC]

Thanks everyone for all the best wishes. ARC, here's some more pics of the chain. All the links look solid, but I am not familiar with heavy necklaces, like I said it's the 1st one like this that I have found. I did the magnet test and it passed.
I will have to take it to a local jeweler and have it looked at. It sure is heavy. View attachment 2160843View attachment 2160847View attachment 2160848View attachment 2160849

Decent pictures of it EXCEPT the clasp....

Need the clasp area pics. (both sides of crab claw clasp and close clear pics of complete small joining ring.. aka "jump ring"... IE: the small round ring that connects the claw clasp to the chain itself.... complete... need to see if that ring is soldered or "open")

 

[pepperj]

Decent pictures of it EXCEPT the clasp....

Need the clasp area pics. (both sides of crab claw clasp and close clear pics of complete small joining ring.. aka "jump ring"... IE: the small round ring that connects the claw clasp to the chain itself.... complete... need to see if that ring is soldered or "open")

Looks like a solid piece on the one end.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your finds, that's one heck of a lot of gold right there!
Hope your upcoming surgery goes well too.
- Dave

 

[NowandThenTreasures]

Here's some more pics.
The "jump" ring looks solid to me. Thanks for your help.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on a fantastic find and good luck with your health issues !

 

[ARC]

It is suspect to me... sorry to say.
I cannot see if that jump ring is soldered or not... not sure if the area i am looking for is blocked from view... or the solder job was just that good.
To not see it makes me wonder further actually.
Perhaps rotate that jump ring until you see a split or solder marking then retake pics.
And the crab claw clasp is also unmarked.... this is not an end all but can be a red flag in most cases... but again not definitive as they can and are replaced often times with other clasps of cheaper make etc when broken or lost PRIOR obviously to the loss condition to which you have now found it,
Losss of clasp or ruining of claps when chain is pulled is often times the culprit.
In your instance chain just came off over head ... OR clasp failed to .... um..... clasp. heh

 

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[pepperj]

It is suspect to me... sorry to say.
I cannot see if that jump ring is soldered or not... not sure if the area i am looking for is blocked from view... or the solder job was just that good.
To not see it makes me wonder further actually.
Perhaps rotate that jump ring until you see a split or solder marking then retake pics.
And the crab claw clasp is also unmarked.... this is not an end all but can be a red flag in most cases... but again not definitive as they can and are replaced often times with other clasps of cheaper make etc when broken or lost PRIOR obviously to the loss condition to which you have now found it,
Losss of clasp or ruining of claps when chain is pulled is often times the culprit.
In your instance chain just came off over head ... OR clasp failed to .... um..... clasp. heh

It would be great if he could provide photos of the 2 areas outlined.