billjustbill
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Harold Taft, the old Channel 5 weatherman, often said "A drought often ends in a flood."
Today, I ended my jewelry and old coin drought when I went out detecting following this weekend's flea market, and then went to Cherry Park ....
In addition to finding about $3.00 in change, in the park I found a silver, '39 Mercury Dime, and a silver ring made by James Avery, http://secure.jamesavery.com/jewelry/search/product/R-1378/Shooting-Star-Ring/ . At the flea market, I found the a '48 wheat penny, and a 14kt gold ring with white sapphires and a Ceylon sapphire center stone. Again, because it was about 5" deep and there a year or two, this gold ring had the roots from the grass growing through the fine filigree work. Both are size 7....
I was using the smallest, 5" diameter coil. I'd stopped to dig in the second of the flea market sections when I head a odd sound which was a nickel and a quarter. Six inches from those was an odd sound. I dug down and saw the gold shine out, but I thought it was going to be gold foil from some chocolate candy... In a space of 18"x18", I kept digging only to find foil, new pull tabs, and three old pull rings with those tabs attached. It's a wonder I found it within such close proximity of all that junk.
Bill
Today, I ended my jewelry and old coin drought when I went out detecting following this weekend's flea market, and then went to Cherry Park ....
In addition to finding about $3.00 in change, in the park I found a silver, '39 Mercury Dime, and a silver ring made by James Avery, http://secure.jamesavery.com/jewelry/search/product/R-1378/Shooting-Star-Ring/ . At the flea market, I found the a '48 wheat penny, and a 14kt gold ring with white sapphires and a Ceylon sapphire center stone. Again, because it was about 5" deep and there a year or two, this gold ring had the roots from the grass growing through the fine filigree work. Both are size 7....
I was using the smallest, 5" diameter coil. I'd stopped to dig in the second of the flea market sections when I head a odd sound which was a nickel and a quarter. Six inches from those was an odd sound. I dug down and saw the gold shine out, but I thought it was going to be gold foil from some chocolate candy... In a space of 18"x18", I kept digging only to find foil, new pull tabs, and three old pull rings with those tabs attached. It's a wonder I found it within such close proximity of all that junk.
Bill
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