Crystal Coast NC yields gold, jewelry and an item thousands of yrs old

[gxray]

Friday , I took a ride to the Crystal Coast of NC (Emerald Isle) to visit friends for the 4th of July weekend. Had a great time with all the fireworks and festivities. On Saturday , I walked to the beach without the detector, knowing it would be crowded and just wanted to view the scenery. As I was walking home , I was scanning the ground (as I usually do ) looking for eyeball finds. I noticed a round object in the grass/sand, flipped it up and it was a fossilized clam...completely mineralized. I dont know a lot about fossils , but i assume it took thousands if not millions of yrs for this clam to have fossilized. Clam shells are everywhere down there and i just happened to flip one over that was a fossil. Anyways...a nice find , i guess. The following day, I got up relatively early and headed to the beach with the detector, knowing there was a lot of partying there the night before. Within the first 2 or 3 hours, I found about 2 dollars in clad , a bangle type bracelet, a "Brighton" watch (salzburg style) that was still working and had the correct time , found basically on the surface. Then i found a gold earring , and another earring with some charms on it. Finally, I found what I was really after...A Gold ring...14 kt wedding band. Initially , I thought the ring was a grommet from the sail of a sailboat or from a handbag or something because there was a piece of canvas-type cloth stuck to it. I turns out it was a bandaid wrapped around it to make it fit tighter. Well, obviously that idea failed . The next 3 hrs of hunting only yielded a few more clad coins.

I hope everyone had a good and safe holiday weekend.
HH y'all

 

[Old River]

Nice finds. Congradulations. HH........

 

[artzstuff1]

That clam is bearded for sure!!!!! Great finds,, cool watch,,,thanks for sharin,,,


arthur

 

[lakillian]

Wow! I love the jewelry!! That is so awesome. A ring is on my wish list, very high up in fact at the very top. I am going to the beach in August maybe I will be blessed with one of my very own.

You did great!! I am glad you had a great 4TH!!!

Lori

 

[Jack(IN)]

I'll be there in a couple weeks, both my sons live in the area! Congrats on the gold and fossil!!

 

[rufus3898]

Nice finds! I hear those clams were delicious millions of years ago!

 

[Aquila]

Great finds. Very intresting fossil you have found .

 

[Jaw Jah Danny]

Pic of the 14kt wedding band . Did I miss it?

 

[Tank69]

omg now we gotta watch out for lakillian ,last week she pouted about silver now is the silver queen ,now shes onto the rings look out folks lol...................


very nice diggins there ya got

 

[jrsherman]

Congrats on some great jewelry, that watch is pretty too!!

 

[Cappy Z.]

Well gxray..25 years ago I went on a vacation down the eastcoast and as I walked along the beach without a detector..I found a clam exactly like yours! A fossilized clam. I can't believe here at TN you posted my clam's cousin!

HH

 

[gxray]

Pic of the 14kt wedding band . Did I miss it?

the 14 kt ring is a ladies wedding band just to the left of the face of the watch in the pic. I cant get good closeups with my camera. No macro settings with my camera.

 

[gxray]

Well gxray..25 years ago I went on a vacation down the eastcoast and as I walked along the beach without a detector..I found a clam exactly like yours! A fossilized clam. I can't believe here at TN you posted my clam's cousin!

HH

that is really cool