testing123
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first gold in over a year, and this kind of gold was tops on my want list! I had wanted a gold ring where the karat marking is raised, which generally indicates it's an older ring - in other words, I wanted old gold!
A friend told me about an old cellar hole near his house and that I should check it out. I went over today and he showed me where it was. But between the bugs, trees, ticks, sticker bushes and large iron, I was done after 15 minutes. Did manage a wheat cent somehow.
He told me I could detect the house across the street, which I have done in the past. Figured it was worth another shot even though I barely found a clad dime previously. After 5 minutes I got a pull tab signal. Not thinking anything out of the ordinary, I dug a plug. It wasn't in there, so I took a couple more shovel fulls and something gold-colored pops out of the hole. What the heck
It can't be. It was! Talk about an adrenaline rush. Despite the desire to clean it then and there, I left the dirt inside until I could get home. The end result - 3.7 grams of old 14k gold! My guess is it dates sometime between 1890-1920.
HH all
A friend told me about an old cellar hole near his house and that I should check it out. I went over today and he showed me where it was. But between the bugs, trees, ticks, sticker bushes and large iron, I was done after 15 minutes. Did manage a wheat cent somehow.
He told me I could detect the house across the street, which I have done in the past. Figured it was worth another shot even though I barely found a clad dime previously. After 5 minutes I got a pull tab signal. Not thinking anything out of the ordinary, I dug a plug. It wasn't in there, so I took a couple more shovel fulls and something gold-colored pops out of the hole. What the heck
It can't be. It was! Talk about an adrenaline rush. Despite the desire to clean it then and there, I left the dirt inside until I could get home. The end result - 3.7 grams of old 14k gold! My guess is it dates sometime between 1890-1920.HH all
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