niffler
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- All Treasure Hunting
I did some research and discovered 2 secret swimming spots in south east Idaho. I picked up my buddy Gary at 8am and we drove the 2 hours in the rain to the small town. The place was unsearchable with a metal detector because of concrete with rebar everywhere, so we elected to use a screen to sift out a small section of the bottom where I judged the lost items would accumulate. There was about 18 inches of standing water, (the spot is drained in the winter) and I forgot my waders, so I was almost knee deep in freezing cold water, but with the first shovel full of gravel the 10k ring with the blue stone showed up in the screen, so I forgot about my cold feet! After that we shoveled gravel at a steady pace, with silver and gold rings showing up steadily. All the rings came from a 3 x 6 foot area, and we dug about 12 inches down to hard clay. After 2 hours we had 3 gold rings and 7 silver rings, with 1 brass ring and 1 stainless steel ring. We packed up and went to the second site, which was a mirror image of the first, except that it was farther from town. We started sifting the sweet spot, and after about an hour we had another 4 silver rings and a brass bracelet, for a total of 3 10k gold rings, 11 silver, and 2 junk rings, also quite a few coins not pictured, a few bucks worth. Pretty happy with the results, but by the time we got back home my teeth were chattering from being cold and wet, and I was dead tired.
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