PKennett
Jr. Member
Here's my treasure I found during my latest hunting exploits at Sentosa Beach, here in Singapore. In addition to usual pile of coins, I found 5 steel rings, 7 silver rings, 1 possible diamond, a Kris (knife), 5 gold rings, and a beautiful 22 kt gold pendent. All were found with the White's V3i and standard 10DD coil in salty wet sand.
Closeup of my silver finds, which includes the largest ring I have ever found, a very heavy sterling silver ring with a unique design, and a pearl.
This is the bronze Kris (keris) that I found. A Kris is a distinctive Malay sword; an asymmetrical double-edged thrusting dagger traditionally used as close-combat slashing weapon. Its main attribute is the blade which can be either straight or wavy and widens at the base usually at only one side, and usually artistically-decorated with spiritual motives in its base-detailing. The kris traditionally symbolizes the Malay family’s status, sovereignty and identity, and is also believed to have great mystical powers to protect its owner/s and their descendants.
Historically originated from Java, and later spread to the rest of Indonesia, then Malaysia, southern Thailand and southern Philippines, the kris embodies the cultural history, art and spirit of the Malay people through animism, Hinduism and Islamic beliefs. In this modern time, the kris is being used more as a ceremonial item than war weapon, and indigenously found among the Malay descendants in these countries only. This tiny kris is a Talisman, or good-luck charm, although many Malaysians in my Embassy think it holds black-magic and they refuse to even touch it.
Here's the possible (I hope!) large diamond I found. The only reason I was able to detect it was because the diamond still had the sterling silver clasp that holds the diamond.
Coins... I swear the beaches here are part sand, part coins.
A nice 18 kt gold ring, studded with some sort of gem. I'll have to have some take a look at this.
Thee more gold rings. The lower left is 14 kt, while the other two are 22 kt.
Derek's girl lost a wonderful 18 kt gold ring studded with 10 tiny diamonds. I hope he doesn't get too angry!
When I dug this piece up.. my pulse raced with excitement. The back indicates it is 22 kt, which was pretty obvious as it came out of the salty water this clean! I do not know what the green and red stones are.. Emeralds and Rubies? The pedant is 4 grams (.15 oz) and is about the size of a quarter.
Closeup of my silver finds, which includes the largest ring I have ever found, a very heavy sterling silver ring with a unique design, and a pearl.
This is the bronze Kris (keris) that I found. A Kris is a distinctive Malay sword; an asymmetrical double-edged thrusting dagger traditionally used as close-combat slashing weapon. Its main attribute is the blade which can be either straight or wavy and widens at the base usually at only one side, and usually artistically-decorated with spiritual motives in its base-detailing. The kris traditionally symbolizes the Malay family’s status, sovereignty and identity, and is also believed to have great mystical powers to protect its owner/s and their descendants.
Historically originated from Java, and later spread to the rest of Indonesia, then Malaysia, southern Thailand and southern Philippines, the kris embodies the cultural history, art and spirit of the Malay people through animism, Hinduism and Islamic beliefs. In this modern time, the kris is being used more as a ceremonial item than war weapon, and indigenously found among the Malay descendants in these countries only. This tiny kris is a Talisman, or good-luck charm, although many Malaysians in my Embassy think it holds black-magic and they refuse to even touch it.
Here's the possible (I hope!) large diamond I found. The only reason I was able to detect it was because the diamond still had the sterling silver clasp that holds the diamond.
Coins... I swear the beaches here are part sand, part coins.
A nice 18 kt gold ring, studded with some sort of gem. I'll have to have some take a look at this.
Thee more gold rings. The lower left is 14 kt, while the other two are 22 kt.
Derek's girl lost a wonderful 18 kt gold ring studded with 10 tiny diamonds. I hope he doesn't get too angry!
When I dug this piece up.. my pulse raced with excitement. The back indicates it is 22 kt, which was pretty obvious as it came out of the salty water this clean! I do not know what the green and red stones are.. Emeralds and Rubies? The pedant is 4 grams (.15 oz) and is about the size of a quarter.
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I might be coming to Singapore in October :P think I'll pack the detector 
