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3 - Ring Day

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fongu

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I had to cancel my plans last week to go detecting but finally made it to the river Monday. My third scoop was the sterling silver ring and it was a clear 73-74 and has 12 small stones, but haven't test them yet. Has a star inside the band with TU inside the star. Decided to grid back and forth from the middle to the dock and back and someone has thrown even more nails into the river. Next good target was the ring made in Hong Kong, mid-tone and can't remember the dvi, but no markings and I haven't tested with the acid yet. Passed the magnet test. Got right in the middle of the nails and got the loudest nickel I ever found and suspect there might have been a bottle top nearby. Then 88-91 and thought I finally had broke the half-dollar curse and found one, but just two quarters in the same hole. Last ring I found I suspect is sterling silver and hope to have time to clean it up and test it tomorrow. Found a small ear ring that I also think is sterling and you fresh water hunters need to check your mussel shells. I scooped it up and swung my coil, no sound. Checked my sifter and didn't see it and re-checked my scoop. Started going thru the mussel shells and a large shell with two smaller shells concealed the small horseshoe looking ear ring. Reminds me of the gag where they buy a gift for someone and put it in a dozen boxes starting with a large box and it's always inside the small box. The other two ear rings are junk, I believe. They failed the magnet test and the stones look fake. The corroded looking ring had a small stone and Mama was trying to look at it with her magnifying lens and it fell out on the carpet and was lost. Pretty sure it wasn't real but even if it was, it was so small it don't matter. $1.21 in clad and usual trash. HH.
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Thanks. I came home from church last night and was doing some reading and saw something winking at me from the carpet. It was the small stone I dropped and thought I would never find. Funny thing is, it was about 3 feet from where I saw it fall. Must have bounced off Mama's shoe and it was a pleasant surprise to recover it. God sure is good to me. I asked my pastor last night if he knew anybody who rented boats and he said no and he would find out, but he offered to take me to the sandbar I'm interested in where people anchor their boats and swim when they let the water down this November, if he can find time. He has less time to get out and relax than I do and he has a white metal detector.
 
Went to the same area, but land hunted yesterday for a few hours. First land hunt in some time and I'm sore from head to toe. Like to got in trouble with Captain Kidd at the park. This young boy was diving under water by the wall at the park and talking to me and seeing what I was finding and he found a 22 casing. I told him I found lots of them at the park in the water and he handed it to me and I was so tired, for some reason I thought he wanted me to throw it in the trash because he was in the water. I had left my finds pouch and gloves at the house and stuck it in my shirt pocket with the other trash and coins. Where's my 22 he said. Oops, thought you wanted me to throw it away and he looked at me like you just can't trust adults. To reassure him I was really a good guy and not an old fat river pirate trying to abscond with his 22, I offered him the one I found as a peace offering. If he had called his crew, I might have had to walk the plank. Reminds me of someone's avatar on one of the forums I frequent: To err is human, to arr is pirate. HH. Found 17 coins for a total of 63 cents. 1-25, 2-10's, 1 5-cent and 13 pennies. 3 of the pennies were 1983 pennies and I weighed them when I got home, but none of them were the error coin I was hoping for.
 
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