time4me
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Hi,
I'm finally back home from two great weeks in Cape Cod with my family. We've been spending two weeks on Cape Code every summer for the past 8 years. This vacation was the third year that I detected in the water while there with a Minelab Excalibur.
I hope you were able to catch the posts I was making over the past two weeks from my iPhone. The only problem was that I could not post any pictures.
So, without boring you any further, here are the finds from my 2009 Cape Cod vacation...
On the first morning out, I found 5 rings. First ring found was a big sterling silver man's ring that must have been a recent drop, as it was in beautiful condition...
Then about 20 minutes later I pulled out this huge 14K man’s wedding ring with 3 diamonds - 12.5 grams…
As you can imagine, I was totally stoked, and felt like this was going to be THE find of the trip. I was surprised I made the find so soon after getting started – heck, I still had two weeks to hit the water!
Well, within the next 15 or 20 minutes, I saw this woman’s 10K ring in my scoop among the shells. It was tarnished, as 10K gold will do, but it cleaned up nicely. Might have to get this one appraised…
The rest of the first morning’s hunt turned up two more silver rings, black with corrosion, that took some work to clean up a bit…
While I was out on the first morning, an older couple and their son asked me what I was finding, so I showed them what I had so far. They told me that at one of the next beaches down the street, a girl had lost her high school graduation ring the day before. They explained the best they could where she was, so I decided to go there the next day to see if I could find it.
I didn’t find the lost high school class ring the second morning, but I had another great hunt! First out was this man’s platinum wedding band weighing in at a half ounce, which is around $600 scrap value…
Then right up at the water’s edge, I found this 14K Chinese character pendant – if anyone knows what these symbols mean, I’d love to know…
The only other jewelry item I found on the second morning was a small silver ring (came out pretty dark) with a full name engraved inside the ring that I am having a hard time deciphering due to the heavy tarnish from the salt water…
On the third morning, I went back to where I’d found the two gold rings on day 1, and I only made one good find, but it was really nice! This St. Florian Protect Us fireman’s medal was quite tarnished when I found it, but it cleaned up beautifully…
I also found one silver earring…
On the fourth morning, I went back to look some more for the lost class ring, and although I didn’t find it, I was rewarded with two more rings. The first was a really nice and vintage looking 14K ring with black onyx and small diamond. This one I will get repaired (the onyx is cracked) and resized for my wife, as it is the first ring I've ever found that she likes…
The next ring I found was up at the water’s edge. It is silver and gold, and is stamped inside 950 and 18K. I do not think the silver part of the ring is platinum, however, as it just seems too light in weight…
After these first four days of really great water detecting, everything changed. The low tides no longer coincided with my window of opportunity to hunt (5:30am to 8:30am), and the winds were quite strong making the waves very rough. So I did the best I could, but over 4 or 5 more outings, including a couple to some inland swimming beaches, I found only clad and miscellaneous junk. Oh what a difference a week makes, huh?
So here are the goodies, all piled together…
And here’s everything else I found, minus the tabs, slaw, sinkers, bottle caps, etc…
AND I’ve saved the best for last. My wife and I decided that we love vacationing with our two sons on Cape Cod so much, that we bought a summer home, and we plan to spend 6 to 8 weeks there next summer. I may go back for a week in September to pull together some loose ends on the house, so between that week, and next summer, I hope to have more nice finds to report from the land of sand dunes and salty air.
Happy Hunting,
Jim
I'm finally back home from two great weeks in Cape Cod with my family. We've been spending two weeks on Cape Code every summer for the past 8 years. This vacation was the third year that I detected in the water while there with a Minelab Excalibur.
I hope you were able to catch the posts I was making over the past two weeks from my iPhone. The only problem was that I could not post any pictures.
So, without boring you any further, here are the finds from my 2009 Cape Cod vacation...
On the first morning out, I found 5 rings. First ring found was a big sterling silver man's ring that must have been a recent drop, as it was in beautiful condition...
Then about 20 minutes later I pulled out this huge 14K man’s wedding ring with 3 diamonds - 12.5 grams…
As you can imagine, I was totally stoked, and felt like this was going to be THE find of the trip. I was surprised I made the find so soon after getting started – heck, I still had two weeks to hit the water!
Well, within the next 15 or 20 minutes, I saw this woman’s 10K ring in my scoop among the shells. It was tarnished, as 10K gold will do, but it cleaned up nicely. Might have to get this one appraised…
The rest of the first morning’s hunt turned up two more silver rings, black with corrosion, that took some work to clean up a bit…
While I was out on the first morning, an older couple and their son asked me what I was finding, so I showed them what I had so far. They told me that at one of the next beaches down the street, a girl had lost her high school graduation ring the day before. They explained the best they could where she was, so I decided to go there the next day to see if I could find it.
I didn’t find the lost high school class ring the second morning, but I had another great hunt! First out was this man’s platinum wedding band weighing in at a half ounce, which is around $600 scrap value…
Then right up at the water’s edge, I found this 14K Chinese character pendant – if anyone knows what these symbols mean, I’d love to know…
The only other jewelry item I found on the second morning was a small silver ring (came out pretty dark) with a full name engraved inside the ring that I am having a hard time deciphering due to the heavy tarnish from the salt water…
On the third morning, I went back to where I’d found the two gold rings on day 1, and I only made one good find, but it was really nice! This St. Florian Protect Us fireman’s medal was quite tarnished when I found it, but it cleaned up beautifully…
I also found one silver earring…
On the fourth morning, I went back to look some more for the lost class ring, and although I didn’t find it, I was rewarded with two more rings. The first was a really nice and vintage looking 14K ring with black onyx and small diamond. This one I will get repaired (the onyx is cracked) and resized for my wife, as it is the first ring I've ever found that she likes…
The next ring I found was up at the water’s edge. It is silver and gold, and is stamped inside 950 and 18K. I do not think the silver part of the ring is platinum, however, as it just seems too light in weight…
After these first four days of really great water detecting, everything changed. The low tides no longer coincided with my window of opportunity to hunt (5:30am to 8:30am), and the winds were quite strong making the waves very rough. So I did the best I could, but over 4 or 5 more outings, including a couple to some inland swimming beaches, I found only clad and miscellaneous junk. Oh what a difference a week makes, huh?
So here are the goodies, all piled together…
And here’s everything else I found, minus the tabs, slaw, sinkers, bottle caps, etc…
AND I’ve saved the best for last. My wife and I decided that we love vacationing with our two sons on Cape Cod so much, that we bought a summer home, and we plan to spend 6 to 8 weeks there next summer. I may go back for a week in September to pull together some loose ends on the house, so between that week, and next summer, I hope to have more nice finds to report from the land of sand dunes and salty air.
Happy Hunting,
Jim
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congrats on the finds. where on the cape?
W O W 
