metal detective kalin
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2019
- Messages
- 58
- Reaction score
- 556
- Golden Thread
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- Location
- West Virginia
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 1
- Detector(s) used
- Nox 600, Ace 400, Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Wow, what a day, I’m still shaking! Today I decided to go back to my great aunts house where I recovered a lot of silver coins recently (by my standards). It was built in the 1930s and has been passed down in my family, i played there as a kid and so did my grandmother, her 6 sisters and 1 brother.
Anyway, I was recovering the usual who’sits and whatnots when I got another wheatie signal, I casually flipped over the plug expecting just that when I see an unusually shiny rounded edge and my heart stops... I had to close my eyes to just breath, looked down, and could see it was what I thought it was. GOLD!
My very first gold! And it was a HEFTY men’s wedding band, I ran in and washed it off and to my delight it was 18K! I was in awe, I called my aunt to see if it was my deceased great uncles, luckily she wasn’t missing any rings. I stashed it in my car and got back to detecting with a new outlook on signals.
About an hour passed and I was not finding much else so I was getting ready to pack it in when I got a pull tab signal that I almost passed on, but since it was close to where I found the ring I decided to go for it. I flipped the plug, brushed away some dirt and I couldn’t believe my eyes, ANOTHER FREAKING GOLD RING!!!
It was a small men’s signet ring 10K, I just sat there in disbelief. Once I collected myself I asked my aunt if she recognized it, she told me it was given to my uncle billy by my recently deceased aunt sherrill (who is buried 20ft from the spot I found the ring) for his 12th birthday... what a find. When I got home I called up my uncle and told him that I found his ring and that is like to return it to him, he was so happy he almost started to cry, I’m happy I could reunite him with such an important part of his life. And hey! I still got to keep a beautiful 6 gram 18K ring!!! (melt value is $230)
Anyway, I was recovering the usual who’sits and whatnots when I got another wheatie signal, I casually flipped over the plug expecting just that when I see an unusually shiny rounded edge and my heart stops... I had to close my eyes to just breath, looked down, and could see it was what I thought it was. GOLD!
My very first gold! And it was a HEFTY men’s wedding band, I ran in and washed it off and to my delight it was 18K! I was in awe, I called my aunt to see if it was my deceased great uncles, luckily she wasn’t missing any rings. I stashed it in my car and got back to detecting with a new outlook on signals.
About an hour passed and I was not finding much else so I was getting ready to pack it in when I got a pull tab signal that I almost passed on, but since it was close to where I found the ring I decided to go for it. I flipped the plug, brushed away some dirt and I couldn’t believe my eyes, ANOTHER FREAKING GOLD RING!!!
It was a small men’s signet ring 10K, I just sat there in disbelief. Once I collected myself I asked my aunt if she recognized it, she told me it was given to my uncle billy by my recently deceased aunt sherrill (who is buried 20ft from the spot I found the ring) for his 12th birthday... what a find. When I got home I called up my uncle and told him that I found his ring and that is like to return it to him, he was so happy he almost started to cry, I’m happy I could reunite him with such an important part of his life. And hey! I still got to keep a beautiful 6 gram 18K ring!!! (melt value is $230)
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