First silver of 2016

[Old Dude]

Unfortunately it wasn't a coin lol. I went out door knocking today. After finally getting an answer at the door, I gave the nice old lady my pitch and she says " Sure, go ahead and walk around ". After digging a rusty old horse tack ring and then a shotgun shell head stamp, I heard a voice, looked up and took my headphones off. The lady was standing in her door yelling " I don't want you digging up my yard. You can leave! ". What the...grrr...." OK, thank you ma'am " and I left. I bet there were tons of Barbers and Indians at the very least in that yard!
The day was too nice and I wasn't giving up that easily. After 2 or 3 more disappointing stops ( no one home ), a nice elderly ( 89 years young ) lady allows me to detect the yard of her family farmhouse. An old pocket watch, bent spoon and some clad accompanied this little ring home after the lady declined any of it. She said she hadn't lost it, so take it! Yes Ma'am!
This is the 3rd or 4th silver ring made by Uncas I have found. Apparently they were a popular jewelry maker here in the Northeast.

 

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[cjon455]

Not bad there buddy, I literally just sent you a pm asking how ya did, came back to today's finds and there's your post lol

 

[DirtStalker]

Nice find OD. But story seems to have a feel to it. Older women...hmm If you run out of places I can give you a name of a park I heard about. Could try this place too



Kinda funny cause someone told me this old woman gave them permission last weekend to detect at this older house and he Digs a target she starts screaming you can't dig in my yard. He said he stood there thinking ..Well how you think I get stuff out of the ground

 

[cjon455]

Nice find OD. But story seems to have a feel to it. Older women...hmm If you run out of places I can give you a name of a park I heard about. Could try this place too

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Yikes lol

 

[trapperart]

Nice ring congrats

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on digging that silver ring OD which detector were you swinging? Did you ever replace the coil bolt & nut? I recon some people must assume we only pick up surface finds. You did good and pulled a keeper.

 

[VOL1266-X]

WTG OD! HH, Q.

 

[Old Dude]

Not bad there buddy, I literally just sent you a pm asking how ya did, came back to today's finds and there's your post lol

Too bad you weren't there today. I saw some really promising looking places.

Nice find OD. But story seems to have a feel to it. Older women...hmm If you run out of places I can give you a name of a park I heard about. Could try this place too

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Kinda funny cause someone told me this old woman gave them permission last weekend to detect at this older house and he Digs a target she starts screaming you can't dig in my yard. He said he stood there thinking ..Well how you think I get stuff out of the ground

There's a park here that is owned by the nuke power plant. I stopped at the office since it is privately owned and not a municipality's to ask permission. The lady at the front desk went back to ask the director and came back. She said " He says you can metal detect...but you can't dig". I must have given her an odd look, because she said " That really doesn't help you, does it?". All I could do today was say " Thank you " when she said that. I think she must have been confused because she told me when the gas line came through that the crew found some " old stuff but we didn't want any of it ". Maybe if I had a backhoe, it would have been ok

Yikes lol

Nice ring congrats

Thank you! I was glad to see it.

Congrats on digging that silver ring OD which detector were you swinging? Did you ever replace the coil bolt & nut? I recon some people must assume we only pick up surface finds. You did good and pulled a keeper.

Thanks much LD. I did replace the coil bolt on the F75. I remembered the sniper coil I have came with one, so I used it. I might have used the ATP if I had brought it because I had to dodge the rain all the while.

WTG OD! HH, Q.

Thank you Mr. Q. It wasn't a nice old relic, but I really enjoyed talking to the nice older lady. Cjon takes advantage of the situation because I quit detecting to talk to them when we hunt together. He swings like a madman lol.

 

[WHADIFIND]

At least you got to swing and in some new places! WTG!

 

[treblehunter]

Good work buddy, I had the same thing happen to me, they must think we are going to use the force to get out the targets? I have found a few Uncas rings in my water hunting, mine seem to come from around thirty's and forties, same with the Kiddiegems.
Sweet find buddy, keep knocking.

 

[cjon455]

Cjon takes advantage of the situation because I quit detecting to talk to them when we hunt together. He swings like a madman lol.

What? Who? Me?, I have no clue what you're talking about lol, hey a quota is a quota lmao!!

 

[park pirate]

Nice rind old dude...

 

[Texas Ed]

Nice ring and it cleaned up really good - CONGRATS!

Texas ED

 

[against the wind]

Very nice ring and great that you got out.
Sorry to hear that some people think we carry a
Star Trek Transporter around with us.
"Lock on Scotty, and beam it up"

 

[Scrappy]

Nice work OD! Keep them coming bud

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice looking ring Old Dude. Congrats on your first silver of the year.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done OD.

That's a nice ring!

 

[Subterranean]

Yay Old Dude! That is a great ring and I am glad your persistence paid off for you. Now that the floodgates are opened, let the 2016 sterling start pouring in! Sub

 

[Old Dude]

At least you got to swing and in some new places! WTG!

I did indeed. Thanks Gary

Good work buddy, I had the same thing happen to me, they must think we are going to use the force to get out the targets? I have found a few Uncas rings in my water hunting, mine seem to come from around thirty's and forties, same with the Kiddiegems.
Sweet find buddy, keep knocking.

Thanks Brad. I can't remember if this is the second hallmark of Uncas or the first. I have found both though.

What? Who? Me?, I have no clue what you're talking about lol, hey a quota is a quota lmao!!

Mmmhmmm...Will told me about the contests you guys have on FB lol.

Nice rind old dude...

Thanks PP. No idea about the stones in it.

Nice ring and it cleaned up really good - CONGRATS!
Texas ED

TY Ed. I wasn't sure it wasn't plated with the tarnished areas on it until I washed the dirt away with some bottled water and saw the hallmark and sterling stamp.

Very nice ring and great that you got out.
Sorry to hear that some people think we carry a
Star Trek Transporter around with us.
"Lock on Scotty, and beam it up"

I like detecting on older people's property because they usually are very nice to talk to, but sometimes I am not sure they understand what I am asking until I actually start.

Nice work OD! Keep them coming bud

Thanks Scraps. I hope to keep 'em coming lol.

Nice looking ring Old Dude. Congrats on your first silver of the year.

Thanks very much. It saved an otherwise forgettable day.

 

[Old Dude]

Well done OD.

That's a nice ring!

Thanks Tom. I have to get ahead of Chris while he isn't detecting lol.

Yay Old Dude! That is a great ring and I am glad your persistence paid off for you. Now that the floodgates are opened, let the 2016 sterling start pouring in! Sub

Ty sir! I hope this year is better than last!