Boobydoo
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F-Ball field again - 2 sweet Keeper rings & Celtic Cross
(update on cross below)
Hey to y'all, hope life is good for you!
I hit the football stadium again, that is going through a major reconstruction of the field, for two short 2 hour evening hunts the past couple days. They are putting in a new small building by the concession stand. They dug the foundation today for that and back-filled and leveled the field getting ready to topsoil and sod it. They are moving fast!
Yesterday, I checked out the big mountain of dirt that they removed from the field and trucked out back of the stadium. I didn't find much. I guess they put the deeper soil over the top of the grass and top soil that they removed first...makes sense. That was 45 minutes wasted but oh well, it was worth a try.
Luckily, I also covered the area yesterday that they dug out today for the building foundation. Besides a lot of clad, including 30 quarters, I managed one sweet 925 ring yesterday. It was a heartstopper! Laying right on top, just down from the foundation area, hidden in the grassy area near the pole vault landing mat. It must have been lost in the past few weeks during a track meet there. It has a huge pink princess cut stone in it, got to be 5 carats at least and it is like new, shining big time. My daughter will be stealing this from me
. I also found a nice religious pendant, an angel blowing a trumpet. It's trinket but really pretty and has a couple purple stones in it too.
Today, I covered more of the grassy area, finding a lot more clad and quarters. After the good luck I had Sunday in the little 3 foot strip between the outside of the running track and the fence that goes all the way around the track, I thought it might be worth trying to cover more of that area. I covered only the areas right in front of the stands on both sides on Sunday. Great decision!! On my first ten feet of ground near the main end of the stadium, I hit a sweet large men's ring, just under the surface in the hard packed dirt. At first I thought it was gold, there are a bunch of hallmarks inside, but when I got home and looped it, it says SS 925 and the 5 is barely readable. It also says "Copyright symbol WMJ 97" It is really pretty and has little dancing native looking dudes carved into the ring all the way around. I was finding a lotof coins in the strip and a few junk jewelry pieces including a pretty GP gold bracelet laying on top. I worked my way 1/4 of the way around and was back on the home side near the same area I covered Sunday. There are two wooden benches there tipped on their sides against the fence. I decided to move them, pull them down a bit as there could be some more goodies in that hot spot area. Another good decision. My favorite find from there so far. A celtic cross. It is super heavy and very nice looking. On one side it is hallmarked "Scotland" and on the opposite side " C.A.I " in a rectangle then either "IONA" or "10 NA" It is most likely bronze material, not gold or silver, but it is well made, very dense and heavy, and makes a nice metal sound if a drop it on the table from a short height. I really like this piece!
Next trip back, I am going to go all the way around the outside of the track and cover this three foot strip area. I suppose, the track runners put their gear there during the meets and the football fans lean over the fence and dangle their hands during the football games. It's all dirt and definitely a hot spot.
Here's my two day totals. 4 hours hunt time, $17.63 in clad with 141 coins, (55 quarters) the two sterling 925 rings (ring # 53 & 54 for the year 11 gold/ 10 silver/ 33 trinket), the sweet Celtic Cross, and a few trinket jewelry pieces, athletic pins, etc. Here a few photos. Thanks for stopping in. HH to you all, good luck!
Smiles!
BDoo
UPDATE 6/14/07 -
I did some research on the web and the cross appears to be an item from the Iona site in Scotland where one of the only remaining Celtic crosses/monuments remains to this day. It's called the St. Martin's cross, so this piece seems to be a soveneir possibly from the St. Martin's Cross in Iona Scotland. I could not find any examples on eBay or anywhere that were like the one I found so I am still not sure of the material or the age. I think it is bronze though.
(update on cross below)
Hey to y'all, hope life is good for you!
I hit the football stadium again, that is going through a major reconstruction of the field, for two short 2 hour evening hunts the past couple days. They are putting in a new small building by the concession stand. They dug the foundation today for that and back-filled and leveled the field getting ready to topsoil and sod it. They are moving fast!
Yesterday, I checked out the big mountain of dirt that they removed from the field and trucked out back of the stadium. I didn't find much. I guess they put the deeper soil over the top of the grass and top soil that they removed first...makes sense. That was 45 minutes wasted but oh well, it was worth a try.
Luckily, I also covered the area yesterday that they dug out today for the building foundation. Besides a lot of clad, including 30 quarters, I managed one sweet 925 ring yesterday. It was a heartstopper! Laying right on top, just down from the foundation area, hidden in the grassy area near the pole vault landing mat. It must have been lost in the past few weeks during a track meet there. It has a huge pink princess cut stone in it, got to be 5 carats at least and it is like new, shining big time. My daughter will be stealing this from me
. I also found a nice religious pendant, an angel blowing a trumpet. It's trinket but really pretty and has a couple purple stones in it too.Today, I covered more of the grassy area, finding a lot more clad and quarters. After the good luck I had Sunday in the little 3 foot strip between the outside of the running track and the fence that goes all the way around the track, I thought it might be worth trying to cover more of that area. I covered only the areas right in front of the stands on both sides on Sunday. Great decision!! On my first ten feet of ground near the main end of the stadium, I hit a sweet large men's ring, just under the surface in the hard packed dirt. At first I thought it was gold, there are a bunch of hallmarks inside, but when I got home and looped it, it says SS 925 and the 5 is barely readable. It also says "Copyright symbol WMJ 97" It is really pretty and has little dancing native looking dudes carved into the ring all the way around. I was finding a lotof coins in the strip and a few junk jewelry pieces including a pretty GP gold bracelet laying on top. I worked my way 1/4 of the way around and was back on the home side near the same area I covered Sunday. There are two wooden benches there tipped on their sides against the fence. I decided to move them, pull them down a bit as there could be some more goodies in that hot spot area. Another good decision. My favorite find from there so far. A celtic cross. It is super heavy and very nice looking. On one side it is hallmarked "Scotland" and on the opposite side " C.A.I " in a rectangle then either "IONA" or "10 NA" It is most likely bronze material, not gold or silver, but it is well made, very dense and heavy, and makes a nice metal sound if a drop it on the table from a short height. I really like this piece!
Next trip back, I am going to go all the way around the outside of the track and cover this three foot strip area. I suppose, the track runners put their gear there during the meets and the football fans lean over the fence and dangle their hands during the football games. It's all dirt and definitely a hot spot.
Here's my two day totals. 4 hours hunt time, $17.63 in clad with 141 coins, (55 quarters) the two sterling 925 rings (ring # 53 & 54 for the year 11 gold/ 10 silver/ 33 trinket), the sweet Celtic Cross, and a few trinket jewelry pieces, athletic pins, etc. Here a few photos. Thanks for stopping in. HH to you all, good luck!
Smiles!
BDoo
UPDATE 6/14/07 -
I did some research on the web and the cross appears to be an item from the Iona site in Scotland where one of the only remaining Celtic crosses/monuments remains to this day. It's called the St. Martin's cross, so this piece seems to be a soveneir possibly from the St. Martin's Cross in Iona Scotland. I could not find any examples on eBay or anywhere that were like the one I found so I am still not sure of the material or the age. I think it is bronze though.
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