Ray in CA
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- Quincy, CA
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- Minelab Safari with SEF 8x6; coming soon: FORS Gold+
I went out tonight as soon as it cooled off for just an hour hunt. Went back to an easement that I had detected a couple months before (dates back to the 20's) but couldn't do much of anything because of the high grass. Well, they finally cut it and I decided I would give it a shot. Glad I did!
The third signal came in at around the nickel mark on my Silver uMax disc knob, so I thought...hmm...buffalo? I scraped the dead grass (now like straw) with my shoe and I noticed something ring-like move. I grabbed a handful of the dead grass and ran it over the coil...bam! There she was. A beautiful gold ring in very good condition with a really pretty opal. I quickly shoved it into my pocket without further inspection, gave the Lord a few "thank yous", and went home after finishing up the easement.
I gave it a gentle soda bath and it sparkles so perty I could just weep. Inside the band it reads 14K GE ESF. I have no idea what the letters GE ESF stand for. A little help?? Also, it looks somewhat antique, but looks can be deceiving I suppose.
Couldn't get a better picture as I had run out of daylight. Perhaps tomorrow I'll post a couple more, but for now here's one shot of it before cleaning.
This makes three rings in three days.
And hey, Ant, it was just off Nicolet! hehe
Ray
The third signal came in at around the nickel mark on my Silver uMax disc knob, so I thought...hmm...buffalo? I scraped the dead grass (now like straw) with my shoe and I noticed something ring-like move. I grabbed a handful of the dead grass and ran it over the coil...bam! There she was. A beautiful gold ring in very good condition with a really pretty opal. I quickly shoved it into my pocket without further inspection, gave the Lord a few "thank yous", and went home after finishing up the easement.
I gave it a gentle soda bath and it sparkles so perty I could just weep. Inside the band it reads 14K GE ESF. I have no idea what the letters GE ESF stand for. A little help?? Also, it looks somewhat antique, but looks can be deceiving I suppose.
Couldn't get a better picture as I had run out of daylight. Perhaps tomorrow I'll post a couple more, but for now here's one shot of it before cleaning.
This makes three rings in three days.
And hey, Ant, it was just off Nicolet! hehe
Ray
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The GE stands for gold electroplate. Great ring congrats. 
