My First Gold!!!

dirtdigger1581 · Jun 30, 2011

Monday night I went back to the 1700's church site I was given permission to hunt hoping to find something nice. I hunted the lawn until the sun set and didn't come up with much. Luckily I had my head lamp with me and at that point I went to the field next to the church and tried for civil war era relics. After an hour in the field with little success I decided to head back to the car. While swinging the coil on the way back to the car, I stumbled upon this 12-10 signal with the E-trac. Dug down three inches or so and out popped a ring. I didn't give it a good exam until I got home. When I put it under the faucet a clump of mud fell off the top to reveal the three stones below. Then I found the 10k stamp on the inside of the ring! My First Gold!!! I took the ring to Zales the next day to test the stones and to my surprise they were genuine. They were selling a very similar ring in the store for $599. Not a bad find for my first gold ring! :headbang:

The second photo is after I got it cleaned up.

Good luck to everyone and as always, Happy Hunting!!!

~Nate~

billydabeeg · Jun 30, 2011

SWEET! Congrats :hello2:

baspinall · Jun 30, 2011

Sweet ring. Funny how that works "While swinging the coil on the way back to the car". I can't tell you how many times I have packed it in and made a cool find on the way back. Congrats.

Metalmole · Jun 30, 2011

Congrats on the first gold :headbang:

Silver Slayer · Jun 30, 2011

Very nice ring :headbang:

Tuberale · Jun 30, 2011

Nice Ring! I'd call that perseverance: hunting on the way out.

wwace · Jul 1, 2011

very nice, persistence helps in this hobby

cntrydncr1 · Jul 1, 2011

may it be the first of many!! congrats

Chug And Red · Jul 1, 2011

WTG, that is gorgeous!!!! That's why Chug always swings as we are leaving, you never know!!!!! :icon_thumright:

Red

jewelerguy · Jul 1, 2011

stringplucker · Jul 1, 2011

Congrats!! I'm still hunting for my first gold. Found my first silver cob on the way back to my car only a few feet away. By the way I'm in vb and I have an old farm site in surry where I found the cob. If you're interested maybe we could team up at both these sites. I have yet to hunt with anyone so far. Let me know if your interested.