Lake hunt gives up silver and big gold!!!

[johnnyblaze]

Went out in the cove at the back of my property and decided to do a little different kind of detecting instead of my Colonial sites
Alot of mud,pulltabs,clad and other junk
At one spot i actually sunk up to my knees in mudd

The lake has not been this low in a long time and even when it is the shoreline is usually frozen

Grabbed a beautiful 1972 Central Falls High School ring
In perfect condition

1944 Walking liberty half

Some silver quarters and Merc dimes.

Lots of lures and lead

A nice sterling Religious pendant.
Some other old jewelry
So much area to cover i need some help out there
And in my farm i found the largest deer antlers i have ever seen
I put the regular size next to them so you can see the difference..


Have fun out there


Blaze

 

[bookfisher]

My feeling is that by giving the ring back to the owner, you'll get way more in good karma than the $100 to maybe $150 you'll get from the jeweler.

 

[kayden]

Nice finds Johnnyblaze!

 

[Papa Bear]

I am gob-smacked!!!

 

[Buff4]

Geez Blaze, I wish I lived in Rhode Island..... Oh wait, I do.
Great finds. What detector were you using ?

 

[johnnyblaze]

Geez Blaze, I wish I lived in Rhode Island..... Oh wait, I do.
Great finds. What detector were you using ?

T2 Special Edition is my weapon of choice

You RI people are popping up everywhere all of a sudden


Blaze

 

[Mr Tuff]

great hunt! great finds!!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[Minrelica]

Every state has a law that says you have to turn in lost items....knowing who the ring belongs to and kepping it is the same as stealing it...thats what the law says....Im not taking a shot at you, just telling you something you may not be aware of.

He found the ring and he can do with it whatever he wishes to do.

I also challenge you to post a Rhode Island law that states keeping the ring is the same as stealing it. I'm not saying such a law doesn't exist [although I doubt it], I would just like to see it in print.

And nice finds Blaze. Don't lose any sleep over the fate of the ring, it belongs to you now.

 

[alanford1958]

i think you should give it back to the owner. I lost mine 30 yrs ago would love it back.

 

[Just some Guy]

Awesome Finds Blaze!!!

Well Done

Happy Hunting

Dan

 

[coinshooter]

Each person has to decide what is right for them.
My rule is if there is a way to trace a ring like a name or
some other identifier, I will make some effort, but I am not going to
kill myself to return it.
If I find the owner, that is a touchy thing.
Best you can do is make a "suggesstion that an appropriate reward
would be the actual value of the metal and the stones".
I figure, I'd gladly pay that to get my wedding ring back.
Because I have no sentimental attachment to a ring, the metal and stone value
would be all I would care about anyway (besides maybe a picture).
The touchy part, at least in CA is that even though a person lost their ring, if they have technically not abandoned it, if you find it, it's stilltheir property and you
"could" get in trouble for holding onto it (although I've never ever seen anyone who had that issue).
Any rings or jewelry without any id marks in them are mine to scrap or sell.
If I can't find an owner of a ring, then I scrap those after a while also.
Gotta get the $ to buy new "tools" (ie: detectors) somewhere!
Right on Blaze! Get that lake while the going is good. I'd be out there 24/7 until they filled that baby. I suspect you have just only begun to scratch the surface.
Best thing for these lake is a nice pair of tight high top rubber boots. Don't go too far, or the lake will suck it right off your foot.
Have fun and keep the finds a comin!

 

[coinshooter]

By the way, just a little addendum to my post above.
The first time I found a platinum and 18Kt gold ring with a name in it, I decided I
would do "the right thing". I searched the internet and came upon the name somewhat easily because it was kind of a weird name. The internet showed these folks were members of a church in Santa Clara, Ca which is about 500 miles from where I live in a tourist town in So. Cal.
I figured they were here for vacation and I would try and return the ring.
I got ahold of the wife and she was estatic that I had found her husbands wedding ring
(worth at the time probably $700-900). At my own expense, I sent the ring to her without any discussion of a reward, "assuming" she would reciprocate with a reward for my being so gracious. She was going to give it back to her husband on their anniversary date which was
inside the ring. I had sent the ring right about that time so it would arrive before the big day.
Well... I waited for any response from her, and I waited..... and I waited....two month went by and I figured that was a bust. I basically felt like these folks spit on my good efforts.
I got upset and sent the lady an email basically chewing her a new one for not acknowledging my good deed. I sent it.
That same day or the very next, I got a thank you letter with $200 in it. I was thankful, embarassed, and at the same time bummed that it was such a small sum for something I deemed to be a great prize. I got onto my email and apologized profusely and explianed my thoughts (which I still think are valid, she should have responded immediately, not waited 2 months to reply). Still, to this day, I have not forgotten that incident.
While I will say that not all people are like this, nor are they like me, I am the one that lives with the guilt of chewing this person out even though I was the one who tried to "do the right thing". This is why I say, it is a "personal choice". I generally choose to not return much these days unless it is blatantly obvious that the ring is that persons and they can prove it quickly or I see an actual ad on craiglist for a lost ring. I still post as "lost ring" and ask to describe, but if I don't get a fairly quick response, gold is gold.
Here's some pics of that ring which was quite heavy.

 

[lookindown]

Every state has a law that says you have to turn in lost items....knowing who the ring belongs to and kepping it is the same as stealing it...thats what the law says....Im not taking a shot at you, just telling you something you may not be aware of.

He found the ring and he can do with it whatever he wishes to do.

I also challenge you to post a Rhode Island law that states keeping the ring is the same as stealing it. I'm not saying such a law doesn't exist [although I doubt it], I would just like to see it in print.

And nice finds Blaze. Don't lose any sleep over the fate of the ring, it belongs to you now.

Your right, he can do whatever he wants...if he wants to break the law, give this hobby a bad name, and be greddy, thats his right. I bet when he finds out there is a law in the books, he removes this post. Each state has a minimum dollar amount on items that must be turned in, it is usually fifty dollars. That is so you dont have to turn in a quarter that you find on the sidewalk or any other low value item.

 

[dfx willy]

hey i found a walker and a ring last week are you trying to steal my glory! good god! ill help you out johnny! thats my ring. you can have it your not gonna have me arrested for being on your property are you? oh whats this your property deed! its just poor willy ill help ya with that area in the summer johnny so we dont sink to are necks then well make a fortune selling fishing lures willy

 

[ModernMiner]

Excellent post JB.
Congrats on that awesome gold class ring.
I still haven't found a class ring.
-MM-

 

[prolab69]

Thats a nice ring, congrats

 

[johnnyblaze]

You guys have no idea what people in RI are like....Lets say it is the most evil state in the country..
This guy was "Nice" and look what happened..What an idiot the lady was not even home...

CLEVELAND - A contractor who helped discover bundles of Depression-era U.S. currency totaling $182,000 hidden behind bathroom walls said the homeowner should turn the money over to him or at least share it.

Bob Kitts said his feud with the owner of the 83-year house, a former high school classmate, has deteriorated to the point where they speak to each other only through lawyers.

Kitts said his lawyer has drafted a lawsuit that he hopes will force Amanda Reece to turn over the money she has kept.

Most of the currency, issued in 1927 and 1929, is in good condition, and some of the bills are so rare that one currency appraiser valued the treasure at up to $500,000, Kitts said.

Reece accuses Kitts of extortion.

The fight began in May 2006 when Kitts was gutting Reece's bathroom and found a box below the medicine cabinet that contained $25,200.

"I almost passed out," Kitts recalled. "It was the ultimate contractor fantasy."

He called Reece, who rushed home. Together they found another steel box tied to the end of a wire nailed to a stud. Inside was more than $100,000, Kitts said. Two more boxes were filled with a mix of money and religious memorabilia.

"It was insane," Kitts said. "She was in shock  she was a wreck."

The bundles had "P. Dunne" written on them, a likely reference to Peter Dunne, a businessman who owned the home during the Depression.

Kitts said he took some of the currency for an appraisal and learned that many of the $10 bills were rare 1929-series Cleveland Federal Reserve bank notes, worth about $85 each. There also were $500 bills and one $1,000 bill.

John Chambers, an attorney for Reece, said Kitts rejected his client's offer of a 10 percent finder's fee and demanded 40 percent of the small fortune.

Reece has no intention of backing down in the face of what she considers a shakedown, Chambers said.

Kitts asserts he found lost money, and court rulings in Ohio establish that a "finders keepers" law applies if there's no reason to believe any owner will reappear to claim it.

It may be up to a judge to decide, said Heidi Robertson, a professor who teaches property law at Cleveland State University.

Kitts said it would be unfair for him to take everything.

"For such a happy, exciting adventure, I can't believe it just went to heck like this," he said.


Blaze

 

[johnnyblaze]

Every state has a law that says you have to turn in lost items....knowing who the ring belongs to and kepping it is the same as stealing it...thats what the law says....Im not taking a shot at you, just telling you something you may not be aware of.

He found the ring and he can do with it whatever he wishes to do.

I also challenge you to post a Rhode Island law that states keeping the ring is the same as stealing it. I'm not saying such a law doesn't exist [although I doubt it], I would just like to see it in print.

And nice finds Blaze. Don't lose any sleep over the fate of the ring, it belongs to you now.

Your right, he can do whatever he wants...if he wants to break the law, give this hobby a bad name, and be greddy, thats his right. I bet when he finds out there is a law in the books, he removes this post. Each state has a minimum dollar amount on items that must be turned in, it is usually fifty dollars. That is so you dont have to turn in a quarter that you find on the sidewalk or any other low value item.

Lookindown......Step away from the computer and go play with your Barack Obama doll....


Blaze

 

[kevkirki]

That is a dream day!!!! nice work...

 

[treasurepirate1]

that's one big gold ring man, you think you could identify the owner of the ring? I live on a lake and it is starting to dry up too, i'v lost things in it and would be cool to find them after years of being under water.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your finds Johnny!

Do whatever you want with what you find . . . I certainly do!

Best of luck to you buddy,
Dave