My First 18k Gold, Found In A School Yard

tabdog · Nov 9, 2008

Howdy Folks,

I decided to hunt at an elementary school this morning.
This school is about 50 or 60 years old.

They have a huge play area.

I hunted 3 or 4 hours and didn’t get a third of it done.

Here’s the whole shootin match.

There was a lot of clad. So I counted it.

Pennies…....114
Nickels……...48
Dines……..…30
Quarters..…..15
Kennedy Half..1
Total……….208 coins

Cash Value$10.79

Here are tha chains.

Here’s tha junk ringy thingies.

Here’s about 7.3 ear rings.

Anybody like zipper pulls?

Bullets, buttons, bangles and bells.

Here’s a ROTC badge, token, Kennedy Half, a little
iron and a few pendants.

This pendant turned out to be 18k gold with a pretty
stone of some kind.

Does anyone know what kind of stone this is?

This is the first time I have found 18k gold.

Pretty nice day. It was cold starting out, and I shed
layers as the day progressed. I never got very cold,
but I sure got tired.

Thanks for lOOkin,

Tabdog

allen · Nov 9, 2008

a school yard was the first place i found gold also...

eggbag · Nov 9, 2008

Nice haul!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd say the stone looks like a star sapphire.

shiloh_f2hunter · Nov 9, 2008

"It looks like a pearl" my dad says. :thumbsup:

rwsnc · Nov 9, 2008

Yeah... looks like a black pearl to me. Could be a Tahitian pearl.

creeper71 · Nov 9, 2008

that's nice bullet an casing found at a school.. anyways you did really well for a school yard.. most the time they are hit hard!

burglarifyoulike · Nov 9, 2008

that's a lot of stuff! very pretty pendant, nice find!! sorry, don't know about the stone.

tabdog · Nov 9, 2008

Hay folks,

I was tired when I posted the hunt. I did not
mention many details.

The whole area I hunted today was covered
with gravel. I didn't dig anything deep unless
I liked the sound of it. That's how I recovered
so many targets in such a short time.

That's often my strategy in high drop areas.
That way I am looking for recent gold or silver
drops.

This place became a very rough neighborhood
about 20 years ago, or longer. The public uses
the play area when school is not going. I stayed
until some rough looking guys started roaming
the area. That was about 12:00.

That explains why the area has not been hunted
for a long time.

I will probably go back next Sunday morning.

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

trixster · Nov 9, 2008

Nice finds ......now ya did it .....you made me want to hit the schoolyard near my house again and a little more seriously this time . trixster HH

treasurefiend · Nov 9, 2008

Great finds, you sure cleaned that place up!!! As for the stone, the first thing that poped in my head was purple tigereye or dark tigereye. But I am no expert. Congrats on your 18k!!! :icon_pirat:

49er · Nov 9, 2008

Excellent digs there Tabdog. Keep up the great detecting.

Captn SE · Nov 9, 2008

Wow, that's a lot of finds from the schoolyard, tabdog!!

Great day for you. I'm sure you were tired, as you said you were.

This post reminded me of a fellow Tnet member, BoobyDoo. He used to find everything but the kitchen sink at his local schoolyards.

Congrats on the gold, and all your finds!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Cr4zyH0rs3 · Nov 10, 2008

Dude that amazing and nice haul of finds, what even more amazing is that you got to hunt on the school ground with out getting booted off. :thumbsup:

catchdogcross · Nov 10, 2008

really nice haul! That is a rightgeous piece of jewlery, the stone is a black star sapphire they are worth more if they have 6 rays and not 4, but the 4 ray is still rare and I've never seen one. I'm jealous!

Check this link:
http://www.gemhut.com/blksph.htm

Catchdog

ringfinder · Nov 10, 2008

Wow, you sure had a Great hunt. Nice finds, all of them. I'd go back and hit that site again and again.

HH,Ringfinder

tabdog · Nov 13, 2008

Re: Up-Date

I think tha stone is a Tiger Eye.

Here are some more pics.

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

camb1 · Nov 14, 2008

WTG Tabdog. Looks like you had a great hunt. Boy, I have not seen a post from you in awhile. I have talked to you in chat-rooms before. Congrats on gold. :thumbsup: