George & Gene

[nge]

Got out for couple hours today to a local old park, ( late 1800's to present day). Park is a 17 mile long floodplain park. It is literally beat to death. So you have to think outside the box, and I am sure glad I did. But first a warning! You must use skeeter repellant, skeeter headnet, more spray, URGENT! DO NOT forget headnet. Whilst I was not hunting in the woods, I was close enough that the dinner bell was heard. Because this park is hunted so much, I decided to put my SunRay 5" ultra coil on and went into the trashiest areas I knew, really old picnic areas that have succumbed to non cutting of the grass through the decades. Dang lazy county workers! First signal I got was an 11-39 not a signal I usually dig, because that's a pulltab on my machine. BTW I am using Bill's trashy park pattern on my Etrac. I dug a 1939 - 3 pence coin, 2 inches deep. Then I went to an area near the creek and was hunting the top of the bank IN THE GRAVEL! Got a coin signal (actually turned out to be brass) and dug up this Gene Autry adjustable brass ring that still has some of the silvery plating on it. I have searched all over the net and could only find one reference to it being originally made in 1941 and is extremely rare.......NGE

 

[ironsight]

Don't know what a 3 pence is but that Gene Autry ring is way cool!

Mosquitoes, chiggers and ticks about sums up my detecting season.
Must of had something to do with the cold Winter and all the rain around here this Summer.

 

[Goes4ever]

awesome finds, I dug that same ring couple yrs ago

 

[NebTrac]

Great job on the finds! Thanks for the story and the pictures.

NebTrac

 

[nge]

Found it! Here is a listing for one like it....nge http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENE-AUTRY-PREMIUM-RING-1950-039-s-MADE-IN-U-S-A-by-034-PRESIDENT-034-NO-RESERVE-/351125106889?nma=true&si=mFltyqlJtiiZ%252BE7CTOcZ%252F%252F7dLEY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very cool !