CASPER-2
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probably no one else out there has ever found one like this (I been in the hobby for over 40 yrs and I have not seen one yet)
and it is one for the books - worth only a few bucks ..but worth a 1000 words
found on 1st day of my trip in Va. about 1 1/2 feet down. When I first pulled it from my scoop I thought
"why would someone put a piece of brass on a sinker ?- it would cut or wear thru their line"
. I did not examine it - just dropped it in my pouch and continued hunting, but kept thinking bout it ...could that have been a band ?
Shrugged it off. When I got back to my room ...I dug thru all the other sinkers looking for it (I found 19)
My GF asked if I got anything good and I told her I had a silver ring but "I need to look at this sinker I found...I think it might have a ring attatched to it"
She said, "What?" in confusion. I pulled it from my pouch and noticed it had a pattern on it and a small diamond chip - WOW!
but was it gold ? - My eye sight is shot and my loupe was buried for the moment in one of my bags. My Gal grabbed the sinker and went under a lamp
and said, "Yup..I see 10K!"
If a larger ring or big real stone...I'd probably have to remove it...its small and thin and is cooler as is...not the ring I was looking for - for my first of the
year - but it goes in my book as one of the coolest.
and it is one for the books - worth only a few bucks ..but worth a 1000 words
found on 1st day of my trip in Va. about 1 1/2 feet down. When I first pulled it from my scoop I thought
"why would someone put a piece of brass on a sinker ?- it would cut or wear thru their line"
. I did not examine it - just dropped it in my pouch and continued hunting, but kept thinking bout it ...could that have been a band ?
Shrugged it off. When I got back to my room ...I dug thru all the other sinkers looking for it (I found 19)
My GF asked if I got anything good and I told her I had a silver ring but "I need to look at this sinker I found...I think it might have a ring attatched to it"
She said, "What?" in confusion. I pulled it from my pouch and noticed it had a pattern on it and a small diamond chip - WOW!
but was it gold ? - My eye sight is shot and my loupe was buried for the moment in one of my bags. My Gal grabbed the sinker and went under a lamp
and said, "Yup..I see 10K!"
If a larger ring or big real stone...I'd probably have to remove it...its small and thin and is cooler as is...not the ring I was looking for - for my first of the
year - but it goes in my book as one of the coolest.
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