🥇 BANNER HOly Molie, found a cache of gold!!!!!

[crabstang44]

update: thanks for all the comments for these finds, ive been looking at them all day, this site was settled as early as 1712 so it could have been buried then or a later time, but i will not scrap, separate, or sell, in case anybody was wandering......Just went to a new field where a early 1900s house was and pulled a silver half and Rosie. Then I get a deep faint target and over a foot deep I get this silver plated case. And 4 gold rings inside! They tested at least 10k except one is 18k. Holy crap, I'm still out here in the field going at it, but had to post this. 1 has a date of 1730 and another has a date of 1732. Could they be this old? Will get more pics when I get home

Some more pics real quick, looks like the tin they were in is silver! 1 ring says nothing, 1 says g p g 22 Jan 1732 on inside, 1 says hearts united live contented on inside, and last one says George king obe 4 oct 1730

There's a marking on the tin they were in, see pic

 

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[KandiKlover]

Haha someone changed the title from shyte to molie

Edit: Oh yeah and banner.

 

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[OutdoorAdv]

Absolutely astonishing find Crabstang 4 Gold rings is one thing... but Colonial Gold rings.... that's off the hook man. That's a total dream find and they'll display very nicely together. What a story and looking forward to hearing more about these old rings.

 

[Isaac]

i quit

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Yea, how do you follow that? Lol

 

[flatbutton]

Sure didn't take long for that find to make banner! Congrats

 

[Isaac]

 

[toasted]

Any other colonial finds there? Is this site near rev war activity? This could have been buried much later too I guess

 

[JackalopeZL1]

I would guess it was dropped or buried later myself.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Congrats on the awesome finds and a well deserved banner!

This is why we do this hobby!

HH,
Cal

 

[Isaac]

Probably a family heirloom. Without a doubt the best find I've seen so far this year. Absolutely INCREDIBLE. Those rings, just to find a PIECE of ONE is my dream.

 

[crabstang44]

thanks for the additional pics. What an incredible find!

Couple things:

I bet that case is solid silver

The one with black enamel may be a mourning ring?

Are you sure they are 10k? As Cru noted, it's an odd karat for old British rings

I only tested the 3 for 10k and they are at least that, the other I went ahead and tested all karats cause I knew it looked higher, then I went back to digging, will finish testing rest later

 

[8Reales]

Just amazing, Banner

 

[DFW_THer]

Whelp. I just blew chunks. My machines are up on eBay now. I don't think I'll ever recover. Can we get a "proceed with caution" feature? Is the finder still alive?



AMAZING

 

[rastinirv]

I am staggered by this find. Superb and extraordinary. Congratulations!

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Hey, you found em! I was wondering where I left those.... Seriously though I nearly had to change my shirt from drooling over those pics. I hope you'll post more detailed pics for the rest of us to cuss at later!

 

[tamrock]

Nice

 

[DFW_THer]

Imho, I wouldn't do any further truck testing of any kind on those museum quality pieces. I wouldn't do any truck testing period. They're gold and they're high/odd karat, nothing else matters.

Again, just my opinion.

 

[Isaac]

This is TRULY a once in a lifetime find. IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL NEVER SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOUND AGAIN DURING OUR LIFETIME.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats sir. Those look like the real deal to me.

Banner!

 

[SamC]

One of the most astonishing things I've ever seen uncovered while metal detecting... that is crazy!