Wisconsin Pete
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I'm just really curious as to what it appraised out at and what did you do with it?
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Just out of Curiostity who has found the most expensive ring on these boards?:smile:
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"Its cost me about a grand so far". 
Actually my best is about $300.
Actually my best is about $300.
jackinaustin
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You are what detecting is all about.
1500 350 250
GaBeachsweeper
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This one appraised at $4500
GaBeachsweeper
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Ok, I have to learn how to put a pic in my post here, Gimme a minute.
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Have I got it yet? I found this one on Hilton Head I sland several months ago. $4500
Back in 1979, I was contacted by a private eye, and asked to look for a $35,000 ring, lost by a local attorney. I went to their ranch, and VERBALLY agreed to a finder fee of 10% or $350 if I didn't find it. There was an area of 2 acres+ that it could have been lost in.
Well, I gridded it off in lanes, a 100 foot long lane at a time, so that I could work it in sections. That was on a monday. On Tuesday, I showed up. The attorney was gone to work at his office, and his teenage son was home.
On the third sweep of the detector, I got a signal, showing to be a surfac e object, and sure enough, I found the ring. Oh.....to be so young and naive again.....I looked up and saw the teenager watching me through the window, and so, I went to the door, and triumphantly presented the ring to him.
I told him to tell his father I would be in contact. Well, to make a short story long (and sad), I called the attorney next day, and he told me that his son had seen me find the ring in the "first sweep", and that it wasn't worth $3500 for the little work I did. He then offered me $100 for my time. I was 25 years old, and still naive, and I told him we had a deal. He said "Boy, I am an attorney, and you don't have a contract. So, sue me, and waste all your money."
I was livid, but alas, impotent. I learned a valuable lesson however. I will seldom search for someone's ring without a contract, signed and witnessed.
So, that is my best and most expensive ring ever found, but, all I can do, is sigh, and lament. I won't even tell you about the thousands of dollars wrapped in aluminum foil packets, or the 4.5 caret solitaire ring that I threw away when I cleaned out my Great Aunt's inheritance present to me.........I will save that for a time when someone asks "Who is the biggest Dumb*** on here" Count on me to answer that one as well.....
Dennis, going waaaaaaaaaaaa!
Well, I gridded it off in lanes, a 100 foot long lane at a time, so that I could work it in sections. That was on a monday. On Tuesday, I showed up. The attorney was gone to work at his office, and his teenage son was home.
On the third sweep of the detector, I got a signal, showing to be a surfac e object, and sure enough, I found the ring. Oh.....to be so young and naive again.....I looked up and saw the teenager watching me through the window, and so, I went to the door, and triumphantly presented the ring to him.
I told him to tell his father I would be in contact. Well, to make a short story long (and sad), I called the attorney next day, and he told me that his son had seen me find the ring in the "first sweep", and that it wasn't worth $3500 for the little work I did. He then offered me $100 for my time. I was 25 years old, and still naive, and I told him we had a deal. He said "Boy, I am an attorney, and you don't have a contract. So, sue me, and waste all your money."
I was livid, but alas, impotent. I learned a valuable lesson however. I will seldom search for someone's ring without a contract, signed and witnessed.
So, that is my best and most expensive ring ever found, but, all I can do, is sigh, and lament. I won't even tell you about the thousands of dollars wrapped in aluminum foil packets, or the 4.5 caret solitaire ring that I threw away when I cleaned out my Great Aunt's inheritance present to me.........I will save that for a time when someone asks "Who is the biggest Dumb*** on here" Count on me to answer that one as well.....
Dennis, going waaaaaaaaaaaa!
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Went to a county park swimming beach in Michigan back in 2003. Strapped on my utility belt, grabbed my scoop and CZ-20. Walked down to the water. Hipmounted the control-box, and extended the shaft. Walked into the water, a little deeper than knee-deep. Turned the unit on and tried to GB. Realized the coil was directly over a target. Swung over to the side, GB'ed, and swung back to ID the target. I got a bouncing low-, mid-, and high-tone signal, which usually means bottle cap. I scooped, and when the scoop broke the surface, saw the ring partially exposed in the sand in the scoop. Sifted the junk out, and carefully palmed the ring, then stowed it away, as there was a kid just 10' behind me. Luckily, the kid wasn't watching.
It's a 6.4 g, size 9, 10K cocktail ring with 83 tiny, low-quality diamonds. A month later, I found that this particular ring is/was sold by Target for $699.99 + tax. Granted, it's not worth much, especially compared to some of the other rings mentioned in this thread. But, it's the best I've found. I know when I showed it to my other half, and her eyes got about as big as silver dollars that I found a good one.
Went to a county park swimming beach in Michigan back in 2003. Strapped on my utility belt, grabbed my scoop and CZ-20. Walked down to the water. Hipmounted the control-box, and extended the shaft. Walked into the water, a little deeper than knee-deep. Turned the unit on and tried to GB. Realized the coil was directly over a target. Swung over to the side, GB'ed, and swung back to ID the target. I got a bouncing low-, mid-, and high-tone signal, which usually means bottle cap. I scooped, and when the scoop broke the surface, saw the ring partially exposed in the sand in the scoop. Sifted the junk out, and carefully palmed the ring, then stowed it away, as there was a kid just 10' behind me. Luckily, the kid wasn't watching.
It's a 6.4 g, size 9, 10K cocktail ring with 83 tiny, low-quality diamonds. A month later, I found that this particular ring is/was sold by Target for $699.99 + tax. Granted, it's not worth much, especially compared to some of the other rings mentioned in this thread. But, it's the best I've found. I know when I showed it to my other half, and her eyes got about as big as silver dollars that I found a good one.
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[attachment 42322 united-states-flag_1919_57036059.gif]EVEN TODAY!!!
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I know one guy locally about 3 or 4 years ago found one at a local lake that apprasied for 12,000.00. It was in Western Eastern find of the year. I understand he sold it to a dealer for 4000.00. Paid down on another car.