The lake is dropping to its winter level. 1 gold ring (new pics added)

DANGLANGLEY · Dec 19, 2008

The lake is dropping to it's winter level. 1 gold ring (new pics added)

Watts Bar lake is being dropped to it's winter level and the fun is starting. All of those swimming areas need to be hit hard. The heavy rain we've had sure has slowed that down but I did find a nice little 10K ring with a black onyx set in it. I got to hunt about 2 hours before the rain hit. I found quite a bit of change too but I haven't checked the black coins to see if any are silver. I wasn't wearing my new bifocals because I haven't quite gotten used to them..... Still getting a cheap drunk, lol. I also found a bunch of lead sinkers and a few spinner baits and more pull tabs than I care to dig. In a 20 foot long strip I found 2 credit cards, an insurance card, a check book with unused checks in it, 2 prescription bottles and several other things with names on them and they were from 4 different people. I called Roane County Sheriff's office and a deputy came out to collect the evidence. He said thanks for calling and maybe they could figure out who stole one persons stuff and charge them with the other ones too. Here's a few pics of the ring. Have a great day you all and happy hunting.

DANGLANGLEY · Dec 20, 2008

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plehbah said:
Congratulations on the bifocals. Next will be the stove lids!

Yeah buddy, lol.... I can hardly wait!

DANGLANGLEY

DANGLANGLEY · Dec 20, 2008

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seger98 said:
Nice ring, did the cop say he'd keep you updated?

Hi seger98, it was raining pretty hard and he put the evidence in a bag. He didn't say if they would contact me. It sure would be interesting to know what they find out.

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DANGLANGLEY · Dec 20, 2008

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1996 said:
virgin territorty way to go danglangley. still looking for my first real ring. is onyx worth anything?

Hi 1996, I don't think onyx is worth a lot but they sure use it in a bunch of jewelry. It took me a few years to find my first gold ring. I didn't think I would ever find one. After that first one I found them pretty regular but that was when I got to hunt a lot more than I do now. My first gold ring was a womans wedding band. I found it at a soft ball field.

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DANGLANGLEY · Dec 20, 2008

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Bavaria Mike said:
Nice unique gold ring, congrats! I also went to a partially drained lake today but they had let it fill up again so I went to a new field. So do you think those items reported to the police are stolen and dumped or just maybe lost? HH, Mike

Hello there Mike. I sure like to check out your posts. You always have interesting things.... I believe all of it was stolen. I found all of it in a pretty small area.

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DANGLANGLEY · Dec 20, 2008

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As for the bifocals, lol... When I stopped by the eye doctor to make the appointment the girl at the front asked how long it had been since I had my eyes checked. I laughed and told her that Dr. Fox told me I would need bifocals the next year and that was about 6 or 8 years ago. She laughed and said "well, he shouldn't have told you that, I wouldn't come back either."

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topdog · Dec 20, 2008

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That's one pretty gold ring, continued success.

River Rat · Dec 20, 2008

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Beautiful ring, Doug :thumbsup:

Good deed done on the other items :thumbsup:

Happy Holidays

:wink:

RR

TN-Joe · Dec 21, 2008

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Dang it you give us Tennessee boys a good name.
Nice looking ring.
Joe

superficialbob · Dec 21, 2008

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NICE ,GOLD WTG. :thumbsup:

Pentico · Dec 21, 2008

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Sweet ring!
It has a really cool look to it.
Congrats on the finds..........

Denver

mumszie · Dec 21, 2008

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What an unusual ring. I like it! As for calling the cops.... I've done that in the past myself but my experiences were not the greatest with them so I am not sure I will call them again regardless of what I find. Unless it is a body ::)

sniffer · Dec 21, 2008

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nice way to spend a day

1996 · Dec 21, 2008

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DANGLANGLEY said:
1996 said:

virgin territorty way to go danglangley. still looking for my first real ring. is onyx worth anything?

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Hi 1996, I don't think onyx is worth a lot but they sure use it in a bunch of jewelry. It took me a few years to find my first gold ring. I didn't think I would ever find one. After that first one I found them pretty regular but that was when I got to hunt a lot more than I do now. My first gold ring was a womans wedding band. I found it at a soft ball field.

DANGLANGLEY

what setting do you use? I dig mainly penny dime and quarter on the coin setting on my ace 250. To get any gold, I have to use less discrimination. Do you look only for gold, or gold and something?

tomted62 · Dec 21, 2008

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Nice looking ring!! :thumbsup:

Digginman · Dec 21, 2008

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Public service earned you that gold. WTG.

DM

DANGLANGLEY · Dec 21, 2008

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1996 said:
what setting do you use? I dig mainly penny dime and quarter on the coin setting on my ace 250. To get any gold, I have to use less discrimination. Do you look only for gold, or gold and something?

Thanks for the question 1996. I forgot to mention this. I was hunting in jewelry mode (I usually do) and the gold ring was showing up as nickel/foil, or It was bouncing back and forth between nickel and foil at 2 inches deep. I usually hunt with discrimination all the way to the right but the soil was only about four inches deep there and I had cut it back three bars. It was hard clay and shale under that. Most all of the sinkers were showing up as a nickel. In jewelry mode I find a lot of keys in swimming areas. I found one old Ford key and I'll post it a little later. Thanks again for the question.

DANGLANGLEY

DANGLANGLEY · Dec 21, 2008

Re: The lake is dropping to it's winter level. 1 gold ring (new pics added)

Here's the pics of the rest of the stuff I found the other day. I had a few interesting finds. I found a nice old Ford key and a solid metal belt buckle and the belt part is also metal

and a sterling lobster clasp... I wound up with 15 quarters, 10 nickels, 10 dimes and 24 pennies for a total of 59 coins. I guess there were about 50 sinkers and a couple of spinner baits.