🥇 BANNER Best Metal Detecting Find EVER!

[DocBeav]

I'm constantly asked (as I'm sure many of you here are too..), "What's the BEST thing you've ever found"? Well....I can now pretty much answer that question very easily! Here it is! 14K Yellow Gold, Halo/Basket setting with approx .75 to 1.0 carats of diamonds around and a WHOPPER of a center stone. Somewhere either side of 2 carats. Likely in the J-K color range but still giant! Found on the beach about mid slope. I was thinking I found one that was lost this past summer that Gigmaster, I and others had searched for as a return but was never found. It too had an oval diamond but in a different setting but I think the stone in this one is a bit bigger! I had already made up my mind that the gold was real and the stones fake, no way this was real right? When I got home and put it on the diamond tester I couldn't believe it! I tested it multiple times and still wasn't completely sure till I took it to my Jeweler and he confirmed it! I'm still kinda in shock a week later! Can't stop looking at it! lol

I have found many rings with big stones in the last 10 years of detecting but the biggest REAL diamond was a 1 carat stone. Biggest real diamond until now that is....I took it for an appraisal and should get the results back possibly tomorrow.

Pretty happy with this one as you can imagine! Also as a bonus on the same hunt, I found a PRISTINE 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar! Couldn't believe it! It is in WAY too good of a shape to have come out of the ocean and it's not something we often come across beach hunting in our area so I'm guessing it was dropped out of someone's pocket. Maybe a good luck token or something?

Good luck all, I hope you all get some good stuff too! Merry Christmas!

 

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[Silvermonkey]

Oh my.....That ring certainly is a wonderful, once in a lifetime kind'a find. I tip my hat to you! Well done.

 

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[birdman]

What a ring,That will pay for a few toys !!

 

[DocBeav]

What a ring,That will pay for a few toys !!

Yes sir! Thanks! LOL Ya gotta LOVE a hobby that can pay for itself eh?

 

[DocBeav]

Hey! I just saw that the ring made the Banner! Thanks all! I really appreciate that! Always wanted to have a Banner find! Glad to be able to share it with everyone! Will keep ya posted as to what I end up doing with it but will likely send to GIA for a certification and go from there.

 

[smallfoot]

Think of the millions of times you've bent over to dig and think that was one time it really paid off...good find!

 

[DocBeav]

Think of the millions of times you've bent over to dig and think that was one time it really paid off...good find!

Absolutely! Have had to dig lotsa holes over the years for sure!

 

[Reulte]

Very nice. You can hang up your Minelabs now. At least until the Hope Diamond is reported missing…

 

[Nicksan]

Congrats on the ring, and the silver.

 

[bill from lachine]

Quite the honker of a ring and congratulations on the well deserved banner.

 

[procali]

Holy cow!!! A 1 carat still on my bucket list , but a 2 , its not even on!!! Congratulations doc, when ya comming back to the West coast, maybe this time you cross the border and go get some Mex treasure, best regard and have a great 2022.

 

[DocBeav]

Holy cow!!! A 1 carat still on my bucket list , but a 2 , its not even on!!! Congratulations doc, when ya comming back to the West coast, maybe this time you cross the border and go get some Mex treasure, best regard and have a great 2022.

Bro that would be great! I would LOVE to get some old Mexican silver or even some gold nuggets! I've seen your videos bro! You Have done well! If ya want the bigger diamonds man, probably in Coronado! Hotel Del!

 

[Agent Green]

Holy moly! Super nice! Congrats sir. Please post a few pics with some extra light. Any idea on an estimated value? HH&GL..

 

[DocBeav]

Here are another two picts with some better light. Ring was appraised at $12,200. Diamond is a low color grade, M, so kinda drops the value of the stone.

 

[Gare]

I'm constantly asked (as I'm sure many of you here are too..), "What's the BEST thing you've ever found"? Well....I can now pretty much answer that question very easily! Here it is! 14K Yellow Gold, Halo/Basket setting with approx .75 to 1.0 carats of diamonds around and a WHOPPER of a center stone. Somewhere either side of 2 carats. Likely in the J-K color range but still giant! Found on the beach about mid slope. I was thinking I found one that was lost this past summer that Gigmaster, I and others had searched for as a return but was never found. It too had an oval diamond but in a different setting but I think the stone in this one is a bit bigger! I had already made up my mind that the gold was real and the stones fake, no way this was real right? When I got home and put it on the diamond tester I couldn't believe it! I tested it multiple times and still wasn't completely sure till I took it to my Jeweler and he confirmed it! I'm still kinda in shock a week later! Can't stop looking at it! lol

I have found many rings with big stones in the last 10 years of detecting but the biggest REAL diamond was a 1 carat stone. Biggest real diamond until now that is....I took it for an appraisal and should get the results back possibly tomorrow.

Pretty happy with this one as you can imagine! Also as a bonus on the same hunt, I found a PRISTINE 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar! Couldn't believe it! It is in WAY too good of a shape to have come out of the ocean and it's not something we often come across beach hunting in our area so I'm guessing it was dropped out of someone's pocket. Maybe a good luck token or something?

Good luck all, I hope you all get some good stuff too! Merry Christmas!

AMAZING find and CONGRATS. LIke you said people ask what is my best find. I always reply what do you consider a best find. High value in cost of item or BIGGEST reward I give myself for finding. I myself consider my best find is a ring i returned for free and it made me the happiest

 

[jamest64]

All I can say is wow. very nice...

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Stunning, just WOW.

 

[Ghost-uk]

Not sure wether to contribute , I’m in the uk so we tend to find the occasional very old find .

but that ring is truly a top drawer find , congratulations.
my advice would be to sell it , if you don’t it will just sit and do nothing, get the occasional glance. Go and buy your partner and yourself a platinum band each .
👍🏻

 

[DocBeav]

Not sure wether to contribute , I’m in the uk so we tend to find the occasional very old find .

but that ring is truly a top drawer find , congratulations.
my advice would be to sell it , if you don’t it will just sit and do nothing, get the occasional glance. Go and buy your partner and yourself a platinum band each .
👍🏻

Absolutely agree! Will likely put it on consignment with the jeweler who appraised it.

 

[Ghost-uk]

I’ve a gold 30bc gold stater, a 1350ad gold hammered and 4000 year old Bronze Age gold bracelet sat doing what I described .
absolutely nothing, in a safe keeping the dark company .

 

[Irishgoldhound]

I'm constantly asked (as I'm sure many of you here are too..), "What's the BEST thing you've ever found"? Well....I can now pretty much answer that question very easily! Here it is! 14K Yellow Gold, Halo/Basket setting with approx .75 to 1.0 carats of diamonds around and a WHOPPER of a center stone. Somewhere either side of 2 carats. Likely in the J-K color range but still giant! Found on the beach about mid slope. I was thinking I found one that was lost this past summer that Gigmaster, I and others had searched for as a return but was never found. It too had an oval diamond but in a different setting but I think the stone in this one is a bit bigger! I had already made up my mind that the gold was real and the stones fake, no way this was real right? When I got home and put it on the diamond tester I couldn't believe it! I tested it multiple times and still wasn't completely sure till I took it to my Jeweler and he confirmed it! I'm still kinda in shock a week later! Can't stop looking at it! lol

I have found many rings with big stones in the last 10 years of detecting but the biggest REAL diamond was a 1 carat stone. Biggest real diamond until now that is....I took it for an appraisal and should get the results back possibly tomorrow.

Pretty happy with this one as you can imagine! Also as a bonus on the same hunt, I found a PRISTINE 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar! Couldn't believe it! It is in WAY too good of a shape to have come out of the ocean and it's not something we often come across beach hunting in our area so I'm guessing it was dropped out of someone's pocket. Maybe a good luck token or something?

Good luck all, I hope you all get some good stuff too! Merry Christmas!