Was a great week last week for sterling finds. In addition to the 3 rings I already posted references to (Here's some pics)
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... my son nabbed a full on sterling silver SPOON in a modern park. All I can figure is that some grandmother's tea set got raided by a kid. LOL It came out pretty bent, but my son was working on straightening it before I could even get a picture. Ah well.. his find. He's cleaned it up nicely now... Weighs in a more than an ounce.woot!
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For me, I went back to the same park and finished gridding. Found a single sterling pendant (maybe 1-2 grams is all), on a very light chain under a tree. Forgot to take a picture... It's still sitting in the garage on the picture board. LOL
My good find, though, came Saturday afternoon. We'd finished doing an elementary tot-lot and noted a city park adjacent to the elementary school... went and detected it. My son KILLED IT on the quarters (over $4 in an hour!), me, all I could find was pennies and dimes..> Was pretty funny. Definitely a difference between the left side of the soccer field and the right, apparently. I got the poor side. LOL
The day was saved, though, when I pulled out this sterling silver chain right at the end of the hunt. Not huge, but pretty. Broken link caused the loss. Will look at polishing this one and buying a few sterling links from e-bay to make the fix. Finally have enough broken jewelry to justify buying a bag.
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The day also had 3 rings for me and one for my kid. Mine were all junk (1 corroded costume, one really nice silver plated fake sapphire, and one "mood" ring.). My son pulled a small 925 ring Probably less than a gram. but silver ring, none-the-less! (Which is why I was so happy to pull the bracelet... felt cheated. LOL)
Sterling sterling everywhere! Now... time for the gold.
Skippy
