Bring on the Rain! Gold and silver rings, musket balls and a 1700's tombac button!

[FreeBirdTim]

Heavy rain today resulted in quite a few good finds this evening! Rained all day, but cleared up around 4 PM. Went back to the field where I found an 1853 half dime. No old coins, but the jewelry and relics were popping!

The best find of the day was a decent size gold ring. I hadn't found gold this year, so I finally broke that streak! Marked 10k and has a heart stamped inside the band with the word "gig" in the heart (I think). Weighs 1.4 grams, so that's $22.72 in scrap value. Not bad!

Next best find was a Sterling silver claddagh ring. Band is broken, but it has a nice jade stone. Also dug a junk box pendant and an ornate junk ring. Not worth anything, but still fun to find.

Finally, I dug two musket balls and a 1700's tombac button. This field sure has a wide range of stuff to find!

Here's a lot of pics!

 

[Truth]

Nice job!!! Man what great day. Way to turn lemon in to lemonade.


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[trapperart]

Very nice finds and post congrats

 

[The_Piratess]

Congrats on the finds! That little, junk box pendant that you found is actually a prayer box pendant. You're supposed to write a prayer down on a very small piece of paper then fold it up and put it in the box. Too bad that Irish Claddagh ring's band was broken. Nice 10k heart ring!

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FINDS Tim :..
Thanks for sharing!​

 

[pepperj]

Productive day in the jewelry dept. Well done!
Scrap the gold and get the Claddagh ring repaired.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Congrats on the finds! That little, junk box pendant that you found is actually a prayer box pendant. You're supposed to write a prayer down on a very small piece of paper then fold it up and put it in the box.

Thanks for that info! I thought it should have something inside, but couldn't imagine what you would put in it. It would have been really cool to find a prayer inside the box, but it was empty...

 

[USMC Reaper]

Killing it!!!

 

[dirtlooter]

very productive day after the rain, silver and gold, always a great combination plus pretty high cool factor. just the right answer for a rainy day

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice jewelry and relics!

 

[relic nut]

Great hunt! I found a prayer box very similar to yours awhile back and it's a cool find. Mine was also empty.....so I filled it and closed it back up.

HH, RN

 

[JeffInMass]

Silver, gold, what, no platinum?? Nice finds FreeBird- Congrats!

-- Jeff --

 

[A2coins]

Great hunt that field is kinda like a Walmart a little of every thing

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks guys! Went back to the same spot today and dug three more old coins! I'll try to post them later tonight, if I have the time.