5 HOURS of hunting. THEN BAM.... RING.....

[ferdware]

I was out hunting the other night. I decided to go out every night now at about 11:30pm regardless of tide. (just work whats dry till lowtide). Its cooler out, less people, and the beach combers dont come till about 5:00 am. I was working the high ridge above the water line for most of the night.
At about 2:00 am I noticed another MDer out ther then another. Ended up being seven other MDers out there. So I worked my way over towards a few to say hello. Turns out that they were all together. They were here from TN. (pretty cool trip hu). Well we all went our seperate ways. About two hours later they were gone.
At this point I had found a good bit of clad and a souvinere coin. I usually dont like to leave till I find somthing "cool" and the coin kinda fit the bill, but I still was not ready to leave. I had noticed that one of the other guys who was working the hardpan had dug quite a few holes so I decided to check a portion of the beachthat he had left unchecked. I found a few more clad coins there, not much.

Well it was now about 4:30am so I figured I might as well head home. There was a part of the ridge that I didnt check earlier so I decided to keep swinging till I walked all the way back to where I parked. Two minutes before leaving and I got a hit of a solid 50 on the VDI. I ended up pulling this silver ring out. It has 16 small diamonds and a larger light blue stone in the center.

I was so excited. This makes my fourth ring.

REMEMBER... When you are done for the day. Keep swinging on the way back. It could just make the difference between an ok night and a great night.

Thankyou for looking..
FERD

 

[RONMETZGER]

Nice ring Ferd, I have dug a few rings this year but none with Diamonds. The stone looks alot like an Aquamarine. in August I'll be on the Outer Banks and I can't wait to detect the beach, it will be my first beach hunt. Great find. Ron in Henrietta NY

 

[Rob (IL)]

Things are going well for you Ferd. Keep it up. Rob

 

[rsarge1]

very nice ring well worth the extra effort

sarge

 

[Aurium]

You're starting to look like a guy making a living with nice finds Congrats!!

 

[timberjack]

Re:Ronmetzger, I hate to spoil your vacation plans Ron, But I went to the outer banks two years ago with my MXT intending to metaldetect the beaches, and was surprised to learn that the outer banks were National Seashores, and protected by the federal government, and no metal-detecting is allowed. I was told that if caught my detector would be confiscated, and I would be arrested and fined by the park rangers.

 

[ferdware]

Re:Ronmetzger, I hate to spoil your vacation plans Ron, But I went to the outer banks two years ago with my MXT intending to metaldetect the beaches, and was surprised to learn that the outer banks were National Seashores, and protected by the federal government, and no metal-detecting is allowed. I was told that if caught my detector would be confiscated, and I would be arrested and fined by the park rangers.

Hi Timberjack,
I read a book called "The Beachhunters Guide" in it was a article by a man called "Seaweed". In this article he talks about hunting the OBX and how he would not trade it for the world.
I am not questioning what happened to you. I just wonder how old this article must have been.

It is a downer for us MDrs when a state decides to "protect" a piece of land.

FERD

 

[gilfordberry]

A very nice find. Are you sure it's silver? A silver ring usually VDI's in the 80+ range. If those accent stones are diamonds it would seem more likely the ring is gold, platinum, rhodium or platinum - but I do see markings inside the ring (but can't read 'em) so have to assume it's marked 925 and thus your identifying it as silver - but look close - other numbers can represent gold or platinum-family metals purity. Gil

 

[ferdware]

A very nice find. Are you sure it's silver? A silver ring usually VDI's in the 80+ range. If those accent stones are diamonds it would seem more likely the ring is gold, platinum, rhodium or platinum - but I do see markings inside the ring (but can't read 'em) so have to assume it's marked 925 and thus your identifying it as silver - but look close - other numbers can represent gold or platinum-family metals purity. Gil

Hi,
I thought it was odd myself that it came up as 50 on the VDI. The stamps inside are, "925" , "6" , and "NV". So I assumed it was silver.

FERD.

 

[timberjack]

Nice ring Ferd, I have dug a few rings this year but none with Diamonds. The stone looks alot like an Aquamarine. in August I'll be on the Outer Banks and I can't wait to detect the beach, it will be my first beach hunt. Great find. Ron in Henrietta NY

Ron, As far as I know the whole outer banks of North Carolina is one of ten national seashores, with no metal-detecting permitted on any national seashores or national parks. It seems all governments from federal to township are gradually taking away our rights to metal-detecting, among others. The following site may give you more information. Sorry.

http://usparks.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.nps.gov/caha/

 

[timberjack]

Hi Ferd, I believe the Outer banks were the first national seashores developed by the federal government in August 1937. The regulations for the metal- detecting are in section 36 CFR 2.1 (a)(7), (which you can bring up on your computer by typing it in search),which are in section 36 dated Dec.2005.