The Hunt Continues

[Harry_Morant]

Well its been a few weeks since I last posted some finds and I've continued to find old coins in the old park but nothing overly exciting aside from some silver chains and most recently a bullet pendant.

On Saturday I only had an hour and a half before sunset but needed to get my detecting fix so I headed to one of the ovals closer to home. It didn't look good. I think I had found about a total of 4 cents in the first forty minutes and then I got a bit of a strange signal which I thought may have been a fifty cent coin on its side. I dug down about three inches and out popped a nice 18k mens gold wedding band. On the inside of it was an inscription Sue.John 14.8.71 Forever.

I thought this would be a good one to see if I could hunt down the owners given its their wedding anniversary next week. I work opposite our National Library and today at lunchtime I scanned the local 1971 paper for the wedding notices in August. No hit so they were married elsewhere. In the next few days I'll complete scans for other cities and see what I come up with. The hunt continues......

 

[CodyCat Borat]

Looks like a 66 next to the name Sue. What do you think that is?

 

[Harry_Morant]

I think its either the ring style or ring size ID. It appears to be stamped and not engraved like the rest of the inscription.

 

[ScrewcapRoy]

Nice find and good luck on tracking them down. It would be really cool if you could get it to them on their anniversary.
HH Roy

 

[John (Ma)]

That bullet pendent is pretty cool.

 

[Ridley]

18K! Nice find!

Nice of you to try to return it.


Congratulations!


Ridley

 

[Prober]

Good luck finding them. I like it better when there is no inscription, then I don't feel obligated to return it.

 

[Slabman]

Nice ring!!! Have you tried removing the slug from that bullet pendant?
It looks suspiciously like one of those "stash" bullets. Could be something
in there...

HH Slabman

 

[Rob66]

Nice find! The 66 could be the 66 one. Nice camera too.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome ring Harry, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[weasel606]

very nice finds Harry congrats ! i also use the xterra 70 and was wondering what kind of a vdi number came up on that ring ? i have a 10k gold ring and it comes up 18 on the xterra 70

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Nice find Harry...Good to hear from you...Congrats!!!

 

[Harry_Morant]

Nice ring!!! Have you tried removing the slug from that bullet pendant?
It looks suspiciously like one of those "stash" bullets. Could be something
in there...
HH Slabman

I haven't tried to get it out just yet but I was thinking along the same lines. I'll see if I can get it out without damaging it.

 

[Harry_Morant]

very nice finds Harry congrats ! i also use the xterra 70 and was wondering what kind of a vdi number came up on that ring ? i have a 10k gold ring and it comes up 18 on the xterra 70

It came up as a 24 which is usually the reading for a fifty cent coin here in Oz.

I've been back to the National Library and checked out another three papers for any matching wedding announcements - nothing yet.

 

[weasel606]

thanks for the info Harry

 

[CRUSADER]

Good luck.

I found a guys wedding band the day before his wedding annerverity. He was happy, she never knew.

 

[RUDY2003]

Nice ring Harry.
Good luck on findin' the owner....

Keep safe...