I KNEW THERE WAS GOLD!

[piggman1]

As I have posted earlier, I have been going back over a soccer field that produced 5 silver rings and an 8" 14K gold chain bracelet. This second time over has taken me several days to do a thorough job. I knew with finding the 5 silver rings that there just had to be a gold ring or two, and I was determined to find it. Finally, with about 10' of the field left to search, I hit paydirt. It was a 14K gold opal ring! The main opal is broken, but that's OK, it can be replaced. My total for the soccer field is:
21 Quarters
66 Dimes
33 Nickels
201 Pennies
5 Silver Rings, 1 with 14K rope around it
1 8" 14K Gold Chain Bracelet
1 14K Gold Opal Ring
1 100 Peso Coin
1 Canadian Penny
1 Sac Dollar
1 Roosevelt Commemorative Coin
Numerous trinkets and token
AND A TON OF PULL TABS AND SHREDDED ALUMINIUM
Now I can rest, mission accomplished!
This is the soccer field:

These are the finds from my first time over the field (quick search)


These are my finds from my 2nd time over:

 

[Boobydoo]

Nice hot spot!!
Wow and wow on the sweet gold and opal ring,
wooowhooo!!! Congrats to you. TRhanks for sharing!!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Ron B]

Hey Piggman!
You're dedicated and I respect that a lot!!!

Great job, and great haul in cleaning out that soccer field. What size coil are you primarily using? And, have you gone back over it with your largest? As a test, I do just that in an area where I have had reasonable success. Surprisingly I haven't left much behind!

You may wash your hands now!
GRB

 

[River Rat]

W W!! Awesome finds! You really cleaned up that soccer field. Congrats!

RR

 

[ModernMiner]

Man,
You gave that field a GOOD cleaning! That opal ring looks very nice. Fantastic finds.
Congrats to you,
MM

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Great digs !!

 

[piggman1]

I have the standard 9" coil for the Spectrum and the Sun Ray XL-1 Pinpointer setup. I hope to get a bigger and smaller coil soon. Man, I like that Sun Ray. I've seen people detecting this field before, I would hate to be the next one. I'm sure there are still some targets, but they will be far and few between.

 

[Dman]

Nice finds

 

[dave-enc]

terrific fids wtg. that is a beautiful opal

 

[Prober]

Congrats on the opal ring, it's a beauty. I still like the 5 silver rings too. Great hunting...you did a good job.

 

[CRUSADER]

Don't the soccer player's mind you digging holes in there pitch?

 

[piggman1]

Since the soccer players are mainly little kids, they don't mind much except when they have to lower a rope to get one of their players out.

 

[Nashoba]

WOW Great job on cleaning up that field! You must have been very thorough in your search.
What a haul!

HH
~Nash~

 

[BioProfessor]

I can't tell from your scan the type of opal you have. It doesn't look like the "normal" Australian opal which is white. It looks more like a black opal. If that's the case, you might want to be sitting down when they tell you how much it will be to replace it - http://www.frozenlightning.com/catalog/product_info.php?currency=USD&products_id=60

3.5 carats - $1335.00

If it is a black opal, I would suggest you look at what they call a triplet. It is a base with a very thin opal and a quartz top. Still look very nice at a real reasonable price.

Quite a haul from a soccer field. How the heck was playing soccer there to lose that kind of bling?

Daryl

 

[ohannos]

very nice ring. could be black or semiblack opal. even though it is not white it could still be australian. keep em comming
ohannos

 

[BioProfessor]

Black opal tends to come chiefly from lightning ridge Australia. It is the best opal they produce.

Daryl

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome finds for a soccer field and congrats on the gold! I have detected a few soccer fields as I am in Germany, they do not give up much here. I was looking at one today while detecting and snubbed my nose at it, I may give it a try tomorrow though, LOL! HH, Mike

 

[RUDY2003]

Great job Pig...That looks like a good start..HEHEHE. That opa ring is way cool. I know its' hot and dry here most of the time, don't the soccer field have any grass on it?
Keep safe...

 

[piggman1]

Took the ring to a jeweler and was told that the stone is "jelly opal", and to match the colors and repair the ring it would run around $100.00. I think I'll wait and check a few other places.

 

[shadow0966]

WTG on your finds and I am sure you were dancin all the way home .