Xraywolf
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Did a little detecting towards evening on a chilly, drizzly late afternoon in Detroit.
I live in the suburbs and do most of my detecting there, but once in a while I'll venture into the city proper, and the lots there are almost always loaded. I've found quite a few gold items in run down parts of the city, and theres usually a ding for pocket change with every step.
I figure the reasons for this is obvious - Not many who live around there are into metal detecting, and not many guys from the suburbs have the nerve to go there, so what is dropped stays there until someone like me does.
This ring is no great prize, but 14 k nonetheless. I wish I had taken a little time to look for the missing stone, which possibly could have been legit, but I wasn't thinking that at the time, I just stuffed it in my pocket and moved on.
This ring was all warped and beat up, I straightened it up a bit with a spud wrench I have. At first I could see no signs of any markings, but looking hard enough in the scratches "14K" finally emerged, so one to throw in my keepers box.
Large ring for a lady, I wear a 10 and this is at least an 8, maybe a 9. So most likely it came from an adult messin with the kids at the woodchip playground.
Found a bunch of assorted other stuff and change as you can see, all within about half an hour, I really did a quick search, so I'll have to go back some time to see what I missed.
I live in the suburbs and do most of my detecting there, but once in a while I'll venture into the city proper, and the lots there are almost always loaded. I've found quite a few gold items in run down parts of the city, and theres usually a ding for pocket change with every step.
I figure the reasons for this is obvious - Not many who live around there are into metal detecting, and not many guys from the suburbs have the nerve to go there, so what is dropped stays there until someone like me does.
This ring is no great prize, but 14 k nonetheless. I wish I had taken a little time to look for the missing stone, which possibly could have been legit, but I wasn't thinking that at the time, I just stuffed it in my pocket and moved on.
This ring was all warped and beat up, I straightened it up a bit with a spud wrench I have. At first I could see no signs of any markings, but looking hard enough in the scratches "14K" finally emerged, so one to throw in my keepers box.
Large ring for a lady, I wear a 10 and this is at least an 8, maybe a 9. So most likely it came from an adult messin with the kids at the woodchip playground.
Found a bunch of assorted other stuff and change as you can see, all within about half an hour, I really did a quick search, so I'll have to go back some time to see what I missed.
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