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

 

[rebelrouser]

that had to be alot of work but it sure look like it was worth it. enjoyed the pics thanks.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Those old swimming holes can be very lucrative. Gold and silver always make for a great hunt. WTG!!

 

[Gunrunner61]

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....

I agree with Blaze, where do you come up that he's giving this hobby a bad name ? It's called metal detecting or treasure hunting for a reason, we hunt , we find, nuff said ! It's his choice what he doe's with it. NOT yours or mine. Great bunch of finds J.B. Keep dat coil to da soil!!!
Blaze

 

[allen]

I dont know JB personally but I will say the man seems honest
and will do what he thinks is right, whether its to sell the ring
or give it back to the man who lost it on JBs land.
Either way JB I enjoy your post and G/L.

 

[lookindown]

How many people on here think its okay to keep a ring when you know who it belongs to?

 

[mfitzy111]

you know man. it's his choice - right or wrong. he has to live with what he decides to do. if he offers the owner info after selling it off to a jeweler at least he's letting the owner know he found it and it's available for buying back. if the owner purchased a metal detector, pin pointer, gloves, knee pads, and got out and looked for his lost ring I'd be ok with that, but he didn't do anything but accept it as a loss and moved on back in the 70s when he lost it.. - it's not 5th grade finders keepers- but the guy who lost it gave up and left his ring in the dirt for someone else to find. if I'm asked to find a ring and I find it - yes sir- I'd return it to the owner (and I'd be happy if I got a lunch out of it -) a friend of mine invited me over to find his mom's 20k$ wedding ring she'd lost it 3-4 years ago ( the only thing I asked is I'd be allowed to keep all other change found no matter what it is - find it or not) I'd happily return what I was invited over to find / if I just found it at the beach probably not so much, but the knowing who the ring belongs to is the issue..another friend told me her sister lost a ring swimming at a local swimming hole- now if I returned a ring and got what amounts to scoffing from the owner of the ring and treated like a thief because I dig in the dirt and they don't it would taint how I'd feel about ever doing recoveries for anyone again. I think people just want to feel important. (naturally) but some people might still treat you bad when your giving their stuff back. maybe Blaze knew the guy and has a bad back story or a history of wanting to get even with the cad. it could be someone he grew up with and has very bad feelings for due to how he was mistreated by the person as a kid. (the local bully perhaps?) I had a few of these goons in my life growing up and I would say that if I found their stuff today I wouldn't call them and let them know, I'd have a party after chasing in their gold for scrap. dishonest? if you considered the beatings I took as a kid, you'd likely understand and have sympathy for my point of view. I wouldn't pee on these people if they were on fire...even today...

I'll give you an example of a story I heard here about someone getting an old woman's permission to hunt her yard -the only stipulation is when your done digging she wanted to see all the coins you found...you go in a show her, and she proceeds to pocket every silver coin found...leaving you looking like a complete fool. handing you the clad and telling you thank you for finding all her silver! so what are you complaining about again? oh yeah. this guy blaze not returning a ring...maybe he's been burnt returning a ring in his past? like the guy in my story- i heard that story here on T-net too. who knows.

- remember- Blaze found this ring on his property, and if he decides to sell it that's on him. I'm not judging him for his decision, even if I don't 100% agree with him, it's his choice since he put his hands in the dirt, he dig it up, he found it. I'm just happy to see the pictures of what has been found. yeah sure - honorable mention would be a good pat on the back -but again it's his decision and his alone. I know what I'd do and you know what you'd do in this situation, you know maybe the guy has bills, needs money or something. I can't fault the guy for selling a find and weirdly I haven't sold any of my finds yet. :P hum. maybe I'm the one who is completely wrong.

 

[biggmike]

How many people on here think its okay to keep a ring when you know who it belongs to?

I would not keep it if I knew who it belonged to.

To me it's no different then keeping anything you find with a name in it. If you found a wallet with identification in it is it okay to keep the contents? I don't think so. If you lost your wallet or ring would you want it returned? It's not your ring... the person just lost it. There is a huge difference with keeping something you find that the owner cannot be located and keeping something you find that you know who (or can figure out pretty easily) who the item belongs to. I think we all agree that it's up to him to do what he thinks is best (I think we all know what he should do though.) If you lost your wallet or ring I bet you would hope Lookindown finds it and not Blaze!!!!! That should answer any question about who's right and who's wrong....

 

[ossi]

great hanting

 

[lookindown]

Im shocked by some peoples attitude in this forum. In the beach and shallow water forum, 98 percent of the people posting there would return the ring. We find a lot of gold in the water so returning a ring is no big deal because we will find another one next week. Maybe people find so few gold rings on land that they have a hard time returning them. Im new to this hobby and still trying to learn what kind of mindset detectorist have.

 

[biggmike]

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.

I don't know what it's called in RI but in Florida it's called theft....

705.102. Reporting lost or abandoned property

(1) Whenever any person finds any lost or abandoned property, such person shall report the description and location of the property to a law enforcement officer.

(2) The law enforcement officer taking the report shall ascertain whether the person reporting the property wishes to make a claim to it if the rightful owner cannot be identified or located. If the person does wish to make such claim, he or she shall deposit with the law enforcement agency a reasonable sum sufficient to cover the agency's cost for transportation, storage, and publication of notice. This sum shall be reimbursed to the finder by the rightful owner should he or she identify and reclaim the property.

(3) It is unlawful for any person who finds any lost or abandoned property to appropriate the same to his or her own use or to refuse to deliver the same when required.

(4) Any person who unlawfully appropriates such lost or abandoned property to his or her own use or refuses to deliver such property when required commits theft as defined in s. 812.014, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

 

[lookindown]

Who on here thinks its okay to hunt Gettysburg at night....as long as you dont get caught? Just trying to figure out how everyone thinks.

 

[Joe88]

I really think that this has gotten way OUT OF HAND!!! Some of you have way too much time on your hands and just cannot
see straight through all the anger, jealousy, or whatever it is. What is comes down to is that Blaze found it and he has the right
to do what he wants. My opinion for him or anyone else is to just move forward and put this behind us. This is just ridiculous!!

Go out and go metal detecting!!
Have fun!!

Joe

 

[Buff4]

Great finds Blaze... who knows, maybe I'll take you up on the "needs help" comment once I get my equiptment at the end of the month. Your in my neck of the woods basically... I'm from Warwick.

 

[mfitzy111]

Who on here thinks its okay to hunt Gettysburg at night....as long as you dont get caught? Just trying to figure out how everyone thinks.

not going to argue with you on that one. I don't think it's a good idea at all. going to a national park and going in after dark is a big no no...I personally won't look for bullets (and I've found some) or war relics. not my thing, I like old coins. I know from reading those people are just plain greedy, when they can ebay $500 per minniball it's easy to see what your pointing at. so your implying the guys just greedy, ok. maybe but let me ask you something- do you practice catch and release with silver coins? or rings? hey I found something good, a toss it back and see if someone can get a shot a catching it. nope? does that make you greedy? I know I keep my silver and believe it or not I have given every piece of jewelry to my girlfriend, that is what makes it fun for me. seeing her face light up when I have found something excitingly (old) yet new to her!

@bigmike-
so in Florida when your detecting do you report every item you manage to dig up? every ring? I agree with returning the ring if he knows who it belongs to -it should be a given - but it's all his decision, and busting him about it isn't going to 'make' him do what you think is right.

I will say this - most states have really dumb laws about turning in every thing you find so they can get a cut, before a certain year and your coin isn't a coin it's a relic that they want- and laws making about everything you could think about doing something they would find a way to charge you for in fees and permission slips ...so I'm not siding with what any state says because usually laws aren't in the best interest of anyone metal detecting, go look them up if you have time- just that if it was me I'd return the ring (providing that the person didn't wrong me in some way in the past) - and since no one asked him, why don't you guys quit preaching about stuff and just ask him why he's not returning the ring if he knows who owned the thing!
- say you find a container filled with silver walking liberty halves- on abandoned property- are you going to do a search online and find the last deed holders next of kin and give them a surprise or keep what you just found? they didn't work for it or even look for it, or know about it... quoting the laws and saying what the guy did was against the law is a laugh- seriously the people running the country devalue the money by 95%, can't balance their checkbooks and I'm supposed to take their laws seriously? I'm all for being good to others as they would do on to me- but government and laws right now don't do anything but make everyone poorer.

yeah - I've love to have my wallet back, yeah I've lost a $20 here and there and I'll never see it again. yes I've told someone they have money falling out of their pocket, I've picked up $ and given it back to a person who it fell out of a pocket as they were walking away from me, it's easy to do the wrong thing and keep it...- I've returned a punk/stoners wallet on one of my detecting trips to a park near my house. it had a whopping $3 bucks and a debit card in it along with his drivers license. I have some good karma, and things go my way often due to that fact! seriously, the day I found gold in my avatar pic some stoned kid was telling me I'd never find gold in the park- and less then 30 mins later I unearthed that ring.
...what a person does right by returning it if they feel compelled to do the right thing/ but it's the finders choice if he wants to do right or not. no one can control someone and say they need to do the right thing- personally I would return that ring, karma wouldn't be my friend until things balanced out- (unless that person -the ring owner, in the past somehow wronged me).. finding that ring might have been payback for the man being wronged by that person. so I'm just saying before you judge it would be good to know what the whole story is...pulling people in to the issue and demanding that he do the right thing because it makes all of us metal detectors look bad isn't totally true, or because a group of us say that would return it doesn't mean he will do what we all do/ it only makes him look bad, if in fact he's doing something against his morals - if he thinks about it and regrets doing it somehow, it might make him look bad to himself and change his mind, but you guys know that you can't change a person's mind about doing something by demands.
no one controls anyone else- life doesn't work like that-

I personally know this whole situation is like stepping in poop in your yard after letting your dog poop out in public place and not cleaning it up.

You want to know how people think lookingdown? I value people that show off their finds to encourage me to find more stuff and get out more- just like everyone else here does! if he finds 1 ring a year (i found 6 this in 2011 with only three being valuable) or 100 rings -it's still up to him to do the right thing, knowing he has admitted he knows the guy who lost it and is planning on selling it is disappointing, but that is totally his choice and his consequence for his decisions. he has to live with that and know when he wakes up in the morning that is the person he is... no one here needs to really tell him he's wrong, or bad, or mean. it's not my job man. if your walking with Jesus and are on a higher path you still don't get a ticket to demand what someone should else should do, because you don't agree with their choices.

like I said before I know what I'd do- and you have stated what you'd do. I'm just glad to see pics where someone is finding something good. that's why I'm here. I don't want to fault someone for keeping a find- even if I don't agree with them keeping that find -not my place or yours to pass judgement on blaze. he's got to live with his decisions.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Nice saves and great pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[lookindown]

Who on here thinks its okay to hunt Gettysburg at night....as long as you dont get caught? Just trying to figure out how everyone thinks.

not going to argue with you on that one. I don't think it's a good idea at all. going to a national park and going in after dark is a big no no...I personally won't look for bullets (and I've found some) or war relics. not my thing, I like old coins. I know from reading those people are just plain greedy, when they can ebay $500 per minniball it's easy to see what your pointing at. so your implying the guys just greedy, ok. maybe but let me ask you something- do you practice catch and release with silver coins? or rings? hey I found something good, a toss it back and see if someone can get a shot a catching it. nope? does that make you greedy? I know I keep my silver and believe it or not I have given every piece of jewelry to my girlfriend, that is what makes it fun for me. seeing her face light up when I have found something excitingly (old) yet new to her!

@bigmike-
so in Florida when your detecting do you report every item you manage to dig up? every ring? I agree with returning the ring if he knows who it belongs to -it should be a given - but it's all his decision, and busting him about it isn't going to 'make' him do what you think is right.

I will say this - most states have really dumb laws about turning in every thing you find so they can get a cut, before a certain year and your coin isn't a coin it's a relic that they want- and laws making about everything you could think about doing something they would find a way to charge you for in fees and permission slips ...so I'm not siding with what any state says because usually laws aren't in the best interest of anyone metal detecting, go look them up if you have time- just that if it was me I'd return the ring (providing that the person didn't wrong me in some way in the past) - and since no one asked him, why don't you guys quit preaching about stuff and just ask him why he's not returning the ring if he knows who owned the thing!
- say you find a container filled with silver walking liberty halves- on abandoned property- are you going to do a search online and find the last deed holders next of kin and give them a surprise or keep what you just found? they didn't work for it or even look for it, or know about it... quoting the laws and saying what the guy did was against the law is a laugh- seriously the people running the country devalue the money by 95%, can't balance their checkbooks and I'm supposed to take their laws seriously? I'm all for being good to others as they would do on to me- but government and laws right now don't do anything but make everyone poorer.

yeah - I've love to have my wallet back, yeah I've lost a $20 here and there and I'll never see it again. yes I've told someone they have money falling out of their pocket, I've picked up $ and given it back to a person who it fell out of a pocket as they were walking away from me, it's easy to do the wrong thing and keep it...- I've returned a punk/stoners wallet on one of my detecting trips to a park near my house. it had a whopping $3 bucks and a debit card in it along with his drivers license. I have some good karma, and things go my way often due to that fact! seriously, the day I found gold in my avatar pic some stoned kid was telling me I'd never find gold in the park- and less then 30 mins later I unearthed that ring.
...what a person does right by returning it if they feel compelled to do the right thing/ but it's the finders choice if he wants to do right or not. no one can control someone and say they need to do the right thing- personally I would return that ring, karma wouldn't be my friend until things balanced out- (unless that person -the ring owner, in the past somehow wronged me).. finding that ring might have been payback for the man being wronged by that person. so I'm just saying before you judge it would be good to know what the whole story is...pulling people in to the issue and demanding that he do the right thing because it makes all of us metal detectors look bad isn't totally true, or because a group of us say that would return it doesn't mean he will do what we all do/ it only makes him look bad, if in fact he's doing something against his morals - if he thinks about it and regrets doing it somehow, it might make him look bad to himself and change his mind, but you guys know that you can't change a person's mind about doing something by demands.
no one controls anyone else- life doesn't work like that-

I personally know this whole situation is like stepping in poop in your yard after letting your dog poop out in public place and not cleaning it up.

You want to know how people think lookingdown? I value people that show off their finds to encourage me to find more stuff and get out more- just like everyone else here does! if he finds 1 ring a year (i found 6 this in 2011 with only three being valuable) or 100 rings -it's still up to him to do the right thing, knowing he has admitted he knows the guy who lost it and is planning on selling it is disappointing, but that is totally his choice and his consequence for his decisions. he has to live with that and know when he wakes up in the morning that is the person he is... no one here needs to really tell him he's wrong, or bad, or mean. it's not my job man. if your walking with Jesus and are on a higher path you still don't get a ticket to demand what someone should else should do, because you don't agree with their choices.

like I said before I know what I'd do- and you have stated what you'd do. I'm just glad to see pics where someone is finding something good. that's why I'm here. I don't want to fault someone for keeping a find- even if I don't agree with them keeping that find -not my place or yours to pass judgement on blaze. he's got to live with his decisions.

You make some great points....I agree, lets let him live with it and get on with detecting.

 

[lookindown]

I really think that this has gotten way OUT OF HAND!!! Some of you have way too much time on your hands and just cannot
see straight through all the anger, jealousy, or whatever it is. What is comes down to is that Blaze found it and he has the right
to do what he wants. My opinion for him or anyone else is to just move forward and put this behind us. This is just ridiculous!!

Go out and go metal detecting!!
Have fun!!

Joe

Im not jealous....I found plenty of gold last year. Im not angry....Im not going to get mad at someone I dont even know. It was just a discussion, and its been fun. Thanks to everyone who replied.

 

[Minrelica]

Im shocked by some peoples attitude in this forum. In the beach and shallow water forum, 98 percent of the people posting there would return the ring. We find a lot of gold in the water so returning a ring is no big deal because we will find another one next week. Maybe people find so few gold rings on land that they have a hard time returning them. Im new to this hobby and still trying to learn what kind of mindset detectorist have.

I'm new to this hobby as well and I personally WOULD track down the owner and attempt to return the ring. I obviously already went through the motions of tracking down the owner of a [empty] wallet because I know how much a favorite wallet can mean to someone. Add to that the fact that a few years ago I found a similar "biker" type, Harley Davidson chain wallet outside of a local bar and I was able to call the owner within a few minutes only to get harassed by him. "Where are you?", "Why do you have my wallet?", "What the f**k did you do with all of my money?", "Just keep it you f*****g *@!&*!!". All that because I tried to do the right thing and it back-fired. Because of that, it would have been real easy for me to just throw the last wallet into the trash and not look back but I didn't. I guess I'm 1-1 on returned wallets.

I think most posters responses are aimed at you minding your OWN business rather than trying to rain on another hunters parade and trying to scare them into making a decision based on your beliefs and morals.

 

[lookindown]

Im shocked by some peoples attitude in this forum. In the beach and shallow water forum, 98 percent of the people posting there would return the ring. We find a lot of gold in the water so returning a ring is no big deal because we will find another one next week. Maybe people find so few gold rings on land that they have a hard time returning them. Im new to this hobby and still trying to learn what kind of mindset detectorist have.

I'm new to this hobby as well and I personally WOULD track down the owner and attempt to return the ring. I obviously already went through the motions of tracking down the owner of a [empty] wallet because I know how much a favorite wallet can mean to someone. Add to that the fact that a few years ago I found a similar "biker" type, Harley Davidson chain wallet outside of a local bar and I was able to call the owner within a few minutes only to get harassed by him. "Where are you?", "Why do you have my wallet?", "What the f**k did you do with all of my money?", "Just keep it you f*****g *@!&*!!". All that because I tried to do the right thing and it back-fired. Because of that, it would have been real easy for me to just throw the last wallet into the trash and not look back but I didn't. I guess I'm 1-1 on returned wallets.

I think most posters responses are aimed at you minding your OWN business rather than trying to rain on another hunters parade and trying to scare them into making a decision based on your beliefs and morals.

Good attidude....when someone breaks the law...MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS....sorry I cant do that.

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

I think he has the right to do what he wants with it but you must admit it does call someone's character into question. I mean if I found a purebred dog with a collar and identification I wouldn't just keep it.