Bingo! 18K and HUGE

time4me · Jul 30, 2008

Low tide at the beach was 4:19am today, and I got there about 5:15am (which was pretty tough since it was the big beach party last night that we go to every year with our friends here on Cape Cod).

In addition to a bunch of pull tabs and some can lids, and a huge lock, I got a handful of coins including a half dollar.

About 20 minutes into my 3 hours of hunting in the knee to waist deep water, I pulled up what I believe to be Andre the Giant's 18K gold wedding band. I am a big guy - 6'4" and 270 pounds. This ring is big on my index finger. Then towards the end of the hunt I pulled up the sterling ring with stone in it. I would be shocked if it were a real diamond, as I have never heard of a diamond being set in a thin sterling ring like this, but the stone does give off a lot of colors in the sunlight like a diamond does.

Anyways, here are my pics. The second picture has the gold ring I found side by side with my wedding band so you can see how huge this ring is. I think my wedding band is a size 10.5...

Indianhead Jones · Jul 30, 2008

WOW! A sweet find in 18K! As for the other ring, that stone looks very intriguing in the pic....it has so much color and a "real" look to it! If it's a man-made stone, it's still very pretty.

My congrats on those exciting finds, my friend! :thumbsup:

treasurefiend · Jul 30, 2008

Great job on the 18k!!!! :thumbsup:

Ed-NH · Jul 30, 2008

Nice finds that gold ring is awesome!

karib2517 · Jul 30, 2008

early bird gets the worm,nice finds.

Lucky Jack · Jul 30, 2008

what does the inscription say inside the gold ring? "BAP to

?"

Jack(IN) · Jul 30, 2008

Sweet, and an 18k monster ring to boot!! Congrats!

mikewaz · Jul 30, 2008

Whoaa! That's a big ring. The silver ring looks very old, but I'm no expert.
Mike

Specter · Jul 30, 2008

Real nice find!

time4me · Jul 30, 2008

Thanks for the comments. I was very happy to see that huge gold ring in the bottom of my scoop this morning, as our two weeks in Cape Cod are coming to an end this Saturday, and aside from the other tiny gold ring I posted the other day which looks to be from a shipwreck or something, I haven't found any other real killer rings or jewelry in the past week and a half. Jewelry finds for the vacation so far are 6 rings (the huge 18K wedding band, the tiny OLD gold ring, three small sterling rings - one with a diamond like stone, and one aluminum kids ring), two earrings, one broken sterling bracelet, and a metal hairclip.

Below is a picture of yesterday's finds, including a very thin sterling band... I've found about a dozen of these big fishing sinkers over the past week and a half as well...

kimsdad · Jul 30, 2008

Congrats on the great rings! Sounds like you had a great hunt. Plus, you'll be sitting pretty if the price of lead surges!

beachboy · Jul 30, 2008

Nice...that is the big boy.....lov it....what is the weight on that puppy...

tymcmurray · Jul 30, 2008

Way to go!!!!!!!!

Goldiver · Jul 31, 2008

Great job finding that 18k ring! :thumbsup:

Steve

RUDY2003 · Jul 31, 2008

Real great ring! :thumbsup:

He must be a Big Ol Boy that lost it.....

Keep safe...

Keith

goldgrubber · Jul 31, 2008

Great job on the gold! The little silver ring is very cool.

JP · Jul 31, 2008

Congrats on such a nice find.

That feeling of seeing gold in the scoop is incredible....

HH

time4me · Jul 31, 2008

jpotter said:
Congrats on such a nice find.

That feeling of seeing gold in the scoop is incredible....

HH

I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I have been dreaming about seeing gold in my scoop all week long. I told my wife the other day that I have this image in my head of finding a big gold ring with a red stone in it. I don't know why I keep seeing this in my mind - I guess I just love the look of red stones in bright yellow gold rings! Anyways, when I looked in my scoop and saw the bright gold circle in there, I just smiled and said a quite "YESSSSSSSSSSS" under my breath.

Jim

JP · Jul 31, 2008

I found a very large and heavy 10k wedding ring the other day. It was just like you said that quiet yessssssssss and high fives in my head. There were people maybe 50 feet away and even though it was 7 am I know they could see the smile. I just have to learn to hide that smile when there are people around and I see that yellow circle amongst the shells in the scoop.....

I got to get out there soon.....

HH