Knight_of_Excalibur_II
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- Location
- SE Florida
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Excalibur II
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to treasure net, but have been beach metal detecting for a little over a year now, and thought I'd post my best (modern) find of 2025. I posted this on a different forum / website, but got banned (long story, but unrelated to that post). Thought you guys might appreciate it! The gold chain is stamped 14k on 3 separate locations, maker's mark is MGW (MG Worldwide), and weighs 33-34 grams (I used a cheap scale, need one with better precision). I didn't go into full detail on the original forum post, so I figure I can treat you guys here.
Story:
In late November, I was scouting potential areas (new metal detecting spots) that looked promising. High foot traffic, low competition, good erosion, prospective yields, affluence, etc. and narrowed down a specific inlet that fit all the criteria (don't want to disclose which one, since it's now a secret spot of mine). I walked out to the south side inlet beach and started to tune my detector (an Excalibur II), when I was approached by an unassuming friendly passerby, who revealed that he is a fellow detectorist, with 10 years of detecting experience, but from out-of-state on vacation. As we finished our conversation, he told me he bet that I would do well that day (in terms of finds); I joked and said that I doubted it, but we'll see. After that, we parted, and I began detecting. First, I started out in the swash zone. I was occasionally finding clad coins with dates from the late 1970's up to the early 2000's. To me, that was a good sign, but not quite the excitement I was looking for, since I find coins pretty much every time I go out detecting. These were important contextual clues however, I would later learn, based on the inlet's history. After about an hour of finding nothing but trash, and walking pretty far, I slowly made my way back to where I started. As I arrived back, I spotted the same detectorist I was talking to earlier, except he too was now wielding an Excalibur II in the surf, detecting alongside his son, who was sporting an XP Deus II. My competitive spirit arose, and I figured I might as well go in the surf, since there wasn't much in the swash zone anyways, so I entered the water chest deep just 30-40 feet south of them. After 5 minutes of detecting without finding a target, I encountered a foil like signal. Depending on the angle, it could be a scratchy, low-mid tone, and suddenly shoot up to a high tone for a few blips. I almost didn't dig it, but it was the only signal I got in the surf at the moment, and I never heard something quite like it. I got it in 3 scoops, and as I pulled the scoop out of the water, I could see part of the chain dangling out. The first thing I thought was, "There's no way this thing is real!" Sure enough, however, I checked over the chain, and found not 1, not 2, but 3 14k stamps on the chain. The chain was completely solid gold, save for maybe the spring that was broken in the clasp, which likely lead to it's loss. Inside, I was jumping for joy, but I kept my outward expressions muted, as I didn't want to alert the whole beach of my find. A casual swimmer was passing by, and literally saw me lift the scoop with the chain dangling however, but gave me a thumbs up and went back to idle swimming. As I put the chain in my finds bag, and resumed detecting, I took not even a few steps and got a solid high ping. Similar to a copper penny, but a little softer. After a few scoops, I pulled out the object, and after sifting spotted the unmistakable gold glint of a ring! I quickly checked the ring, but found there were no stamps on it, and I could see a copper-like patina bleeding through on the inside. It looked very nice, but it was plated. Still though, a ring is a ring is a ring! After that, I was approached by the other excalibur user a little while later, and against my better judgment, my eagerness bled through. I asked him if he wanted to see something cool, and whipped out the gold chain. The look on his face was iconic. Then I pulled out the gold ring, and saw his expression deepen. After a second hearty conversation, he and his son were detecting the surf with newfound vigor. I stuck around for a bit, and just as they were leaving I found a gold plated copper opal ring. Most of the plating was missing however, and the opal had been severely dulled by micro-abrasions from the sand, but a ring is a ring is a ring.
After that trip, I did a bit of research on the chain, and found that it was made by a jeweler called "MG Worldwide" per the maker's mark, which was very popular from the 1980's to the early 2000's, which was consistent with the time period of the clad coins I was finding. Although there's no way to know for certain, this chain could have been underwater for 2 to 4 decades, and I suspect the ring might have fallen off the chain, given the proximity and the anecdotal experience that I see people frequently with rings on their chains. Pictures are attached below, mostly of the chain.
I'm new to treasure net, but have been beach metal detecting for a little over a year now, and thought I'd post my best (modern) find of 2025. I posted this on a different forum / website, but got banned (long story, but unrelated to that post). Thought you guys might appreciate it! The gold chain is stamped 14k on 3 separate locations, maker's mark is MGW (MG Worldwide), and weighs 33-34 grams (I used a cheap scale, need one with better precision). I didn't go into full detail on the original forum post, so I figure I can treat you guys here.
Story:
In late November, I was scouting potential areas (new metal detecting spots) that looked promising. High foot traffic, low competition, good erosion, prospective yields, affluence, etc. and narrowed down a specific inlet that fit all the criteria (don't want to disclose which one, since it's now a secret spot of mine). I walked out to the south side inlet beach and started to tune my detector (an Excalibur II), when I was approached by an unassuming friendly passerby, who revealed that he is a fellow detectorist, with 10 years of detecting experience, but from out-of-state on vacation. As we finished our conversation, he told me he bet that I would do well that day (in terms of finds); I joked and said that I doubted it, but we'll see. After that, we parted, and I began detecting. First, I started out in the swash zone. I was occasionally finding clad coins with dates from the late 1970's up to the early 2000's. To me, that was a good sign, but not quite the excitement I was looking for, since I find coins pretty much every time I go out detecting. These were important contextual clues however, I would later learn, based on the inlet's history. After about an hour of finding nothing but trash, and walking pretty far, I slowly made my way back to where I started. As I arrived back, I spotted the same detectorist I was talking to earlier, except he too was now wielding an Excalibur II in the surf, detecting alongside his son, who was sporting an XP Deus II. My competitive spirit arose, and I figured I might as well go in the surf, since there wasn't much in the swash zone anyways, so I entered the water chest deep just 30-40 feet south of them. After 5 minutes of detecting without finding a target, I encountered a foil like signal. Depending on the angle, it could be a scratchy, low-mid tone, and suddenly shoot up to a high tone for a few blips. I almost didn't dig it, but it was the only signal I got in the surf at the moment, and I never heard something quite like it. I got it in 3 scoops, and as I pulled the scoop out of the water, I could see part of the chain dangling out. The first thing I thought was, "There's no way this thing is real!" Sure enough, however, I checked over the chain, and found not 1, not 2, but 3 14k stamps on the chain. The chain was completely solid gold, save for maybe the spring that was broken in the clasp, which likely lead to it's loss. Inside, I was jumping for joy, but I kept my outward expressions muted, as I didn't want to alert the whole beach of my find. A casual swimmer was passing by, and literally saw me lift the scoop with the chain dangling however, but gave me a thumbs up and went back to idle swimming. As I put the chain in my finds bag, and resumed detecting, I took not even a few steps and got a solid high ping. Similar to a copper penny, but a little softer. After a few scoops, I pulled out the object, and after sifting spotted the unmistakable gold glint of a ring! I quickly checked the ring, but found there were no stamps on it, and I could see a copper-like patina bleeding through on the inside. It looked very nice, but it was plated. Still though, a ring is a ring is a ring! After that, I was approached by the other excalibur user a little while later, and against my better judgment, my eagerness bled through. I asked him if he wanted to see something cool, and whipped out the gold chain. The look on his face was iconic. Then I pulled out the gold ring, and saw his expression deepen. After a second hearty conversation, he and his son were detecting the surf with newfound vigor. I stuck around for a bit, and just as they were leaving I found a gold plated copper opal ring. Most of the plating was missing however, and the opal had been severely dulled by micro-abrasions from the sand, but a ring is a ring is a ring.
After that trip, I did a bit of research on the chain, and found that it was made by a jeweler called "MG Worldwide" per the maker's mark, which was very popular from the 1980's to the early 2000's, which was consistent with the time period of the clad coins I was finding. Although there's no way to know for certain, this chain could have been underwater for 2 to 4 decades, and I suspect the ring might have fallen off the chain, given the proximity and the anecdotal experience that I see people frequently with rings on their chains. Pictures are attached below, mostly of the chain.
