Halfway point, 2017 Treasures, 58 Gold rings and 77 Silvers

OBN · Jun 30, 2017

Halfway point, 2017 Treasures, 58 Gold rings and 76 Silvers

Been a very Blessed year with many treasures!

And a few of my favorites...

1926 class ring, Girl Scouts ring from the 40's, Victorian ring from the late 1800's, 1906 dated wedding band, Engraved Signet ring from the 30's, and a 16 gram Class ring

Z.Agee · Jul 1, 2017

Mind blowing, fantastic finds you have there. And what a GRAND TOTAL for the past few years

OBN · Jul 2, 2017

Many Thanks everyone for the kind words!! Good Luck and Be Safe!!

#59 this AM...1937 Class ring

The Urban Prospector · Jul 2, 2017

That is some nice golden booty you got there my friend! I have been so busy with work that you can count my total gold finds for the year on two fingers...ugh! Keep it up Joe, love seeing your loot. Awesome job!

plymouthian12 · Jul 2, 2017

Glad to see your flinging it. Been reallll slow up here

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against the wind · Jul 2, 2017

Those are great totals,
Some of those rings are really beautiful.
Keep up the Excellent work.

rykroll · Jul 2, 2017

That's it I'm upgrading next year

jadocs · Jul 3, 2017

I just can't even imagine, wow!

sandmartin · Jul 3, 2017

wow, great finds, well done bud.

Carolina Tom · Jul 3, 2017

Man o man... if I ever grow up, I want to be just like you!

Congrats on the impressive set of finds.

Best of luck to you.

strick · Jul 3, 2017

Thats amazing....Looks like a lot of old stuff to boot. Care to share any of your secrets on how you search out old beaches/Swim holes?

strick

rykroll · Jul 3, 2017

I'm getting an Excalibur next year lol

OBN · Jul 4, 2017

rykroll said:
I'm getting an Excalibur next year lol

I think the xcal is a great machine but there are several other factors that play a role. Knowing my machine, knowing the beach's and where to put the most effort in once I see the right signs. And time out. Yesterdays hunt..#60...............5 rings, one gold,... four the other metal..brass,.... the Stainless Steel of today

TooManyHobbies · Jul 4, 2017

Amazing finds OBN. Today as I got out for the first time in the water for the season and found my first JUNK ring of the year, and 10th straight JUNK ring, it got me wondering what your ratio is good rings (gold, silver, plat.) to junk rings? My estimate would put you at 200-250 junk rings a year.

jws17 · Jul 4, 2017

You are doing great Joe!! Keep it up!!

insontis · Jul 4, 2017

OBN said:
Thank You.....
I hunt maybe 15 to 20 hours a week, but most of my hunts are for 3 to 4 hours a day. If I do a 6 or 7 hour hunt I'm no good for a few days, so best I keep them short but sweet!

To put this more into perspective for those already salivating over this..

You found a ring every 32 hours and 11 minutes for the past 6 months. You found a GOLD ring every 3 days.

Now, based on a hunting time of 4 hours every day for the past 181 days (assuming you even hunted EVERY day) you found a ring every 5.36 hours of hunting, or a GOLD ring every 12.48 hours of hunting.. or once every three hunts.

Math can be fun.

PS I envy you, sir.

PPS Great finds.

PPPS Please share.

bill from lachine · Jul 4, 2017

Joe,

I'm a bit late to the party but you've had one heck of a first half of the season.

Happy July 4th from north of the border and continued success for the rest of the year.

Regards + HH

Bill

OBN · Jul 4, 2017

TooManyHobbies said:
Amazing finds OBN. Today as I got out for the first time in the water for the season and found my first JUNK ring of the year, and 10th straight JUNK ring, it got me wondering what your ratio is good rings (gold, silver, plat.) to junk rings? My estimate would put you at 200-250 junk rings a year.

Thank You..
I may average 20 to 25 junk rings a year, and about the same on the silver rings. And maybe one Platinum a year. Really has a lot to do with where I hunt which can affect the types of rings I find. But here is one for you, how many pulltabs do I dig a year? Maybe 40 if that...the beach's I hunt pulltabs were never around. And the one's I do find are drifters from boaters I would guess.

insontis said:
To put this more into perspective for those already salivating over this..

You found a ring every 32 hours and 11 minutes for the past 6 months. You found a GOLD ring every 3 days.

Now, based on a hunting time of 4 hours every day for the past 181 days (assuming you even hunted EVERY day) you found a ring every 5.36 hours of hunting, or a GOLD ring every 12.48 hours of hunting.. or once every three hunts.

Math can be fun.

PS I envy you, sir.

PPS Great finds.

PPPS Please share.

Thank You...
Average I hunt 4 days a week, but when the weather turns cold Jan n Feb I hunt very little, then once or twice a week if that. I'm not much for keeping track of how much time I spend out and the ratio.