Weekend highghts

[beerguy]

I went on 2 hunts this weekend, both were fruitful.

I went to a park in Seattle with a fellow T-Netter just to compare machines.

I found 3 rings within 6 feet of each other, right on the surface.

One is from an Israeli firm, a nice .925 ring found alongside the solid looking one with the stone.

They are on a carpenters pencil here.



I am sure the solid one is fake, no marks.

The gold one also has no marking and looks a little fake too.

Today I found another silver coin from my regular weekend spot, a nice 1917 S merc and a Murican flag charm.






This is my second flag this year, so I am officially a collector right?



Thanks and HH to all!

 

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[Tuberale]

Nice rings, and I like the Merc.

 

[bigfoot1]

time to get an acid test kit for sure.no markings happen on real stuff.low k gold can even corrode a little...pays to be sure....nice stuff !!!

 

[Texas Ed]

Bodacious rings - 1917 Merc & flag charm finds and congrats to you - anyway thank you for sharing your pictures and story & I wish you many more while out dirt fishin.

Texas ED

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the merc and rings

 

[Fugio]

Congrats on the finds. The toning on that merc is awesome; has that just dug feel.

 

[beerguy]

Congrats on the finds. The toning on that merc is awesome; has that just dug feel.

The field where this was dug is right next to Puget Sound, I can almost hit saltwater by throwing a rock.

All silver comes out with the dark corrosion.

It is difficult to remove, so I just make sure the coin is not a key date and scrub it with salt to show some details.

A little brutish, but at that point they are just for me to enjoy.

 

[Fugio]

The field where this was dug is right next to Puget Sound, I can almost hit saltwater by throwing a rock.

All silver comes out with the dark corrosion.

It is difficult to remove, so I just make sure the coin is not a key date and scrub it with salt to show some details.

A little brutish, but at that point they are just for me to enjoy.

I hear ya. Why not give it a good clean if it's not a key date? It's hard to enjoy when you can hardly see any details. Originality is hard to value when it hinders the enjoyment of the coin.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

That is a nice group of silver rings!