Who Knew That Teaching Could Produce GOLD?!

tymcmurray

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A friend of mine has an MXT and has never gone beyond the
factory recommended setting in Coin Mode. Joe and I have tried,
But he just wouldn't budge.
The other day he told me he hadn't detected for quite awhile. I
told him that I could make it interesting for him if he would let
me show him how to adjust his machine a little differently. He
agreed.
I had to put an "Emergency" phone call in to the local MXT Wizard,
ya'll know him as Civilman. Civilman told me how to set the machine
up the way he does, and then had to tell me how to ground
balance it. I had only used an MXT once, for about five minutes.
My friend and I met, I set up the machine, And we started hunting
his back yard.
While explaining what was going on and what to listen for, I swung
and my friend dug. After a few pennies, a toothpaste tube, and 4
pulltabs I got a signal in the pulltab range that was not bouncing.
Much to our delight, a 1968 class ring come out of the hole.
I wish you all could have seen the look on his face as he yelled,
"It's GOLD! I found my first gold ring!"
After all, it was his yard, his detector, and his lesson.
We have called the school and are working with them to find the
owner of the ring. My friend insists on returning it as soon as
possible.
I have found a few goldrings, but none were that enjoyable!!!

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ModernMiner

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Holy smokes Ty, that ring is a beauty! :o Congrats to both of you on an excellent find.
Keep us posted on the return if it happens. :icon_thumleft:
-MM-
 

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Man that is Awesome Ty,Congratulation's to Howard BigTime :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft: Old FuddyDuddy :D Beautiful Ring,tell him I said good luck on the return!!!! ;D
 

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Great find Buddy keep it up!
 

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Awesome find....you might want to order Mastering the MXT for your buddy...wealth of information....WTG... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

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tymcmurray

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MUD(S.W.A.T) said:
Nice. :icon_thumleft:

Keep @ it and HH!! ;D

Thanks MUD!

ModernMiner said:
Holy smokes Ty, that ring is a beauty! :o Congrats to both of you on an excellent find.
Keep us posted on the return if it happens. :icon_thumleft:
-MM-

Thanks MM I'll be sure to let you know.

civilman1 said:
Man that is Awesome Ty,Congratulation's to Howard BigTime :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft: Old FuddyDuddy :D Beautiful Ring,tell him I said good luck on the return!!!! ;D

Thank for the advice, Joe. FuddyDuddy! Maybe that should be Howards screen name IF he ever gets
a computer!

Hutch911 said:
Great find Buddy keep it up!

Thanks Hutch! You know I will try.

49er said:
Awesome find....you might want to order Mastering the MXT for your buddy...wealth of information....WTG... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks to you, 49er. I will let him know about it. Maybe I should just order it for him! LOL!
 

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:icon_thumright: very cool,see karma
 

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Man that is a pretty ring! It doesn't look like the owner "owned" it for very long... ::) Hope they get it returned and what a cool first find! :icon_thumleft:

HH,
Moon
 

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Wow, that sure is a Nice Ring. I bet the owner will be happy to get that one back!!

I hope we are able to see a picture of your buddy returning the ring to it's owner.

Thanks For posting, Hey, how bout coming to Ohio and showing me how to run one
of my detector's. LOL :icon_thumright:

HH,Ringfinder
 

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Nice post Ty, let us know if you find the owner of the ring! HH, mike
 

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AWESOME JOB!!!!!!! :icon_pirat:
 

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bookfisher said:
Great story and a great find!

Glad you enjoyed it!

garthbfan169 said:
WTG ty that is an awesome ring! I bet the person will be way happy with the return. :headbang:

Thanks.
My friend says he will drive to another state just to see it!


Tank69 said:
:icon_thumright: very cool,see karma

Sounds good to me! LOL!

Drodda777 said:
Great find! :thumbsup:

SO when you coming over to teach me how to use my E-trac???? :dontknow:

HH,

Dave

Thank you.
I have never even seen an E-trac. LOL!

Moonshadow said:
Man that is a pretty ring! It doesn't look like the owner "owned" it for very long... ::) Hope they get it returned and what a cool first find! :icon_thumleft:

HH,
Moon

Thank Moon Shadow!
Except for a little wear on the "Colts" head, I see nothing to indicate long term wear either.

ringfinder said:
Wow, that sure is a Nice Ring. I bet the owner will be happy to get that one back!!

I hope we are able to see a picture of your buddy returning the ring to it's owner.

Thanks For posting, Hey, how bout coming to Ohio and showing me how to run one
of my detector's. LOL :icon_thumright:

HH,Ringfinder

Thank you Ringfinder!
I would LOVE a trip to Ohio, but you will probably have to show me the ropes on finding rings out there!

Bavaria Mike said:
Nice post Ty, let us know if you find the owner of the ring! HH, mike

Thanks Mike! I will.

TreasureFiend said:
AWESOME JOB!!!!!!! :icon_pirat:

Thank you very much TreasureFiend!
 

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Update on 1968 Class Ring. Owner found in Michigan.

During a recent post

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,260330.0.html

Howard and I found a 1968 class ring that ended up being from a scool in Philipi,
West Virginia.
I put some calls in to the school and was able to find out that the owner had a
sister that still lived in town. Got the owners name and phone number and called
him today. Boy was he shocked!
The story is, that he lost the ring in a bathroom (washing his hands) in Washington,
D.C. in 1970!
He was not only amazed that we found it, but even more amazed that we were
willing to hunt him down and return it.
I will be mailing it off tomorrow. Case, SOLVED!
He did ask that I include my phone number and email address so that he could
send me a photo of the reunion. LOL!
Here is a photo of the ring.


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