I've been metal detecting about 8 months now, give or take and have found 8 rings. 3 of the rings were valuable wedding rings and I was able to find the owners and return them. This past week I found my 4Th valuable ring but have been so far unable to find the owner. Theres a particularly unique marking inside the ring that would make it identifiable that's not pictured here. Found it with my dfx-300 with the Bigfoot coil right where another girl metal detecting with an 8 inch coil had gone over. Hehe Its all about inches and luck. I'm not sure of its value but it is 14k and 5.1 grams and was found on the St. Augustine beach somewhere.
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14k Gold :)
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bootyhoundpa
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wow,your on a roll... i am amazed you have been able to return 3 rings ..... ive only been able to return 2 out of 3 of the class rings ive found and both have either initials or first name stamped in them.... congrats and good luck with the return....
I have to admit that I've yet to return a ring I found without the help of the owner.
My first ring I ever returned was from a utility worker who saw me detecting- he asked if it found tungsten. I told him yes and followed him to where he'd just tossed his wedding ring accidentally off his hand while pulling weeds. Found it and returned it to him. Got a 20 dollar reward.
My second return was a wedding ring lost in a guys yard while he too was pulling weeds. (makes me want to go search every ones weed areas) He found me on theringfinders.com and asked that I come find it. He also gave me 20 dollars for finding it.
My third return was technically not a metal detecting find sort of. My neighbor dropped her wedding ring while throwing things into car. She asked me to find it with the metal detector. After searching where her car was and all around it I didn't find it but as I started searching wider and wider from that point I found it by seeing it before the detector passed over it so I don't really count that one
My fourth return which was really my third official return was from hearing about a woman that lost her ring on the beach. I emailed her and met her husband out on beach and found it for him in the dry sand. 6000 dollar wedding ring. Got 50 dollars as a reward
I've found other rings while detecting but haven't found those owners yet even though I post them on lost and found sites. So technically you re ahead of me by returning two that you found without the owners showing you where they lost it
My first ring I ever returned was from a utility worker who saw me detecting- he asked if it found tungsten. I told him yes and followed him to where he'd just tossed his wedding ring accidentally off his hand while pulling weeds. Found it and returned it to him. Got a 20 dollar reward.
My second return was a wedding ring lost in a guys yard while he too was pulling weeds. (makes me want to go search every ones weed areas) He found me on theringfinders.com and asked that I come find it. He also gave me 20 dollars for finding it.
My third return was technically not a metal detecting find sort of. My neighbor dropped her wedding ring while throwing things into car. She asked me to find it with the metal detector. After searching where her car was and all around it I didn't find it but as I started searching wider and wider from that point I found it by seeing it before the detector passed over it so I don't really count that one
My fourth return which was really my third official return was from hearing about a woman that lost her ring on the beach. I emailed her and met her husband out on beach and found it for him in the dry sand. 6000 dollar wedding ring. Got 50 dollars as a reward
I've found other rings while detecting but haven't found those owners yet even though I post them on lost and found sites. So technically you re ahead of me by returning two that you found without the owners showing you where they lost it
scubadetector
New member
Nice ring find. If its not a class ring, OR if I haven't been hired to find it I have had ZRRO results finding owners. According to the scrap gold caculator:
http://dendritics.com/metal-calc/
You have 152.39 at todays prices. Very nice
http://dendritics.com/metal-calc/
You have 152.39 at todays prices. Very nice
bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
ok ,i understand ..the others have been pointed out where to look by the owners...... still a fine service you perform ,gives the hobby a good image and puts a few dollars in your pocket--win, win.... i know you just want to do the right thing and all but when it comes to gold im afraid your gonna get alot people claiming to have lost the ring ...... hopefully it is stamped with something other than common manufactures markings...initials or dates would be proof positive.... good luck either way....
scubadetector
New member
I only found one wedding ring I activly attempted to locate the owner. It was worth 14 grand. I was even on the Detroit news with that story. NO luck. People did come out of the woodwork but nobody could describe it. HOWEVER it opened more doors for me as people hired me to find rings. One I recieved a 500.00 reward for.
I did fail to mention on my link that the price changes hourly, sometimes faster. If you need to sell it I can give you a company that will only take 2% of the value which is 3.00 at the present gold price.
I did fail to mention on my link that the price changes hourly, sometimes faster. If you need to sell it I can give you a company that will only take 2% of the value which is 3.00 at the present gold price.
broadestpower
New member
Congrats, on the ring it's always a thrill to pull gold from the ground!
broadestpower
New member
Congrats, on the ring it's always a thrill to pull gold from the ground!
NICE, to a refiner, it is worth about $25-28 per gram right now as gold is going down, = $143+- I am sure most gold buying shops would pay 65-75% of that real figure though as they have rent to pay and have laws that do not allow them to sell it without holding onto it a while, and doing paperwork with the police dept. on what they buy. They can lose if gold goes down and if the person who lost it, had reported it missing. That's their risk for being in that line of work.
Good luck diggin'
Sayvor
Good luck diggin'
Sayvor
Nice find. I live in St. Augustine, and am at the beach quite a bit, although I haven't broke out the detector there, yet.
I used to live in Ohio, and detect freshwater beaches, where I used to find quite a bit of gold. I have yet to find a "Salty" gold yet. I need to get out more often. Maybe I will run into you there.
I used to live in Ohio, and detect freshwater beaches, where I used to find quite a bit of gold. I have yet to find a "Salty" gold yet. I need to get out more often. Maybe I will run into you there.