Night dig.

[Blskypilot]

Camped out at the lake tonight so I hit the beach with my at pro. The water is way down but still the beach was slim picking. Got a few coins but nothing good. After about an hour I headed up the beach to try the lawn area up above. Sometimes they do movies on one of those inflatable screens. There's a concrete retaining wall about three foot tall where the Bermuda begins and after climbing the stairs off the beach I decided to give it a swing right there above the wall. Beneath the grass was very sandy so I was thinking its possible it was also beach at one time. About 15 targets in the emerald frog set in gold with small diamonds set all the way around and a larger one at top where the chain would have been. I was stoked! Noticed that the pendant wasn't broken so I continued the search for the chain that would have held the frog but it didn't turn up. Not two holes later and less than two feet away I found the small religious pendant. Jesus on the one side and Mary on the other. Some small writing but I can't make it out without magnification. I'd guess 14k on the frog and 10k on the religious charm just based on color.

Haven't been digging enough lately with the muggy GA heat but I'm sure glad I hit it tonight.

 

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[highnam]

Two gold in one night! That's incredible...I think the frog is carved jade, maybe you already knew that. Congrats!

 

[Blskypilot]

Yah I think your right on the jade. My first thought was green and emerald but yup it looks like jade. The dirt gods definitely threw one my way. I was hoping for a ring or some silver and after finding nothing on the beach this was a nice score

 

[highnam]

Jade can be worth it's weight in gold if it is jadeite and not the more common nephrite jade. Color and clarity matter just like a diamond... Get a couple different opinions.

 

[AC1955]

Congrats on the gold!

 

[pl8man]

Sweet gold !

 

[g-olden years]

Your golden frog and pendant are BEAUTIFUL! Jade is one of my fave stones, especially when natural creatures or plants are included in jewelry. And you found jade, gold and diamonds all in one piece, WOW. HH Andi

 

[Blskypilot]

I don't think it'll matter as to the value. As soon as the wife saw it i think she claimed it for her own lol but thanks for the info. I'm not too knowledgeable as to jade or gems other than diamonds so thx for the correct identity.

Thx for the comments everyone nice being able to share the good stuff with people who get it. It ain't always junk down there!

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[hamiddetecting]

Sweet gold.

 

[leprechaun]

Very nice finds.

 

[DaleGM]

nice score on the gold Blskypilot, heres a little info on your frog..........The History of the Chinese Jade Sitting Frog | eHow.com

 

[Blskypilot]

nice score on the gold Blskypilot, heres a little info on your frog..........The History of the Chinese Jade Sitting Frog | eHow.com

Thanks for the info Dale. Maybe I ought to glue it right on the control box of my at pro then!

I checked out eBay and was surprised to see some one or two between 400 and 700 or so. Mine appears to be on the high end of that scale just looking at size, weight, diamonds.

 

[silversweeper]

Two very nice pieces. Congrats and HH.

 

[Gunrunner61]

Those are some cool finds