My First Hunt Finds [August 01, 2010]

[nhagan]

Well my father and I have always enjoyed 'treasure hunting' in one form or another. I remember watching 'gold fever' on the old C-Band satellite dish years and years ago. Since then we have always talked of grabbing a detector (as there is not a whole lot of gold in Illinois to be found) and staring a hobby together. He came up with a few extra bucks and did a bit of research and in our 'starting out' price-rage settled for an Ace 250. So we spent the first weekend with it just in his back-yard and learning the tones and how to pinpoint so we were not digging a 12" hole 9" deep. So now that we had a pretty good feel for how to use this we hit up a local park (after checking with the city to make sure it was alright). We ended up with about 3.18 in clad a small toe ring? Two necklace pendants (one is marked JM STER) it is very heavy so im guessing it is sterling silver. The other is stamped 925 but also says CHINA on it. My father had a blast for our first time out and figure this is just the beginning to a long-time hobby together!!

Have a great week and good luck out there!
Neil

 

[Recovering Relics]

Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun! Cool finds and good luck on all of your hunts!

 

[Tuberale]

Thanks for the additional pics! You should probably take that pendant to a jeweler for identification. Looks a lot like a man-made (but still real) emeralds.

 

[Schrecky]

Man, for the first time out you did real well. I have heard good things about the Ace 250, guess you proved them right.

 

[nhagan]

Thanks for the additional pics! You should probably take that pendant to a jeweler for identification. Looks a lot like a man-made (but still real) emeralds.

funny you say that because that is the first thing my father said. he said said the setting looks somewhat cheap but the stones may be the real deal. I may have to stop by a jeweler sometime and see what they say about it. thanks for the heads up.

neil

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first outing. Looks like you found some nice items. I'm also from Illinois, & have enjoyed great hunting success within our borders !! Ron