Eyeballed a Gold Ring on Top of a Gopher Mound !

[Cool Hand Fluke]

In the past I've eyeballed silver dimes and clad coins on the top of gopher mounds, but today was a first! Sitting right on top of dirt of a gopher mound was laying a gold
ring! I snapped a picture of it laying there! It looks to be 14K, the marking appears to be worn off. Also dug up a 1940 merc, a silver war nickel dated 1943-S, and 12 wheat cents. My clad today was almost $8.00. I tested the gold ring under my coil and the meter gave a foil reading. This parks had a thousand foil readings, so I never would had dug it! I hunted two parks today and have done well in both. I'll have to return!

 

[Bquamb]

What an eyeball find!

what that ugly thing weigh? Very cool =)

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Does the gopher get half of the take when you sell it? Seems fair to me!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

What an eyeball find!

what that ugly thing weigh? Very cool =)

It's about 7 grams, not as big as it looks...

 

[g-olden years]

Congrats on a super day!

Maybe now I'll get my nerve up to dig among the numerous ground-squirrel holes near our beaches here - though I'll wear a dust mask when I do that, lol. Andi

 

[diggingthe1]

Wow gold ring, Its tempting to transplant some prairie dogs to some good spots around here. Better bring him or her a treat! Love those little critters!

 

[ARC]

Hmmm that's weird...
Just saw in the paper...

"RABID BANDIT GOPHER STEALS JEWELRY"
"Gopher has stolen over 100 gold rings and hid them somewhere".

 

[CRUSADER]

Go Go Gopher Gold!

 

[digger460]

I wonder if you can train a gopher? Fetch Fido!!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

a bucktooth varmit that moves jewelry is a weird & unexpected way to cash in ..... gopher , that's sick !!!
Leave it a carrot or a slice of pizza orr whatever they eat and see if the little kicks up another gold ring .

 

[Sod Buster]

Looks like I'm headed out to the field to check out the groundhog's digs.

 

[treblehunter]

That funny, I always check there openings and mounds of dirt thinking of that very thing.
Great hunt! GOLD!

 

[Trezurehunter]

I'd take the gopher with you, & let him do all your digging !

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats! Nothing like a little help from the locals. Just hope he didn't leave it out there as payment for a UPS delivery or something.

 

[texjim]

What a way to get some gold. One less pull tab signal to chase.. Sweet finds

 

[Subterranean]

I knew you had a mole working for you on the inside. You just find way too much cool stuff....congrats on a very nice ring with a super story! Sub

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's pretty incredible, but those things do happen. My first colonial trash pit was actually brought to my attention by a groundhog. In the tailings around his hole there were loads of colonial ceramics and glass that he had pulled out from the depths, not to mention 2 or 3 complete 1600s clay pipe bowls. And many more great finds followed once I dug the pit out. That put me in pit digging mode, and I've never been the same since . Great find!!

 

[cjon455]

Very cool, gold sniffing gophers! , I gotta get me some of them

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Cool find, thanks for sharing that!
I've heard also, that ants will pull out the precious or semi-precious stones (usually peridot), when they are making their mounds and deposit them outside the mound.
I know crows can be trained, don't know about gophers, though.

 

[jewelerguy]

found a 1918-s merc on top of a gopher mound in my aunt's yard once, but a gold ring... it don't get much better than that. I still hate gophers though.