Ronstar
Well-known member
I will keep this as short as possible, I had a hard time sleeping last night...
Got out yesterday with the intent of digging up at least $2 in coins to break $50 since January 1. I did that within a couple hours. Decided to go back to those old Apts as there was still one building that I dont think jkline nor I had been around yet. Dug another buck and needed to head home. One recovery has almost changed my life.
One quarter hit was nearly 5” deep so dug the plug, pushed the handheld in and got the good buzz, pushed in another inch and up pops a clad quarter and under that what looked like a slightly odd looking silver ring. I could see some lettering and numbers on the exterior and interior sides of the ring, ring thingy just looked odd tho.
Got home, cleaned up, grabbed a beer and sat down. Examined the ring with loupe, NDS on one side and 198 on the opposite exterior side. Interior was a different style engraving of 0401AFD. I Googled “silver ring NDS198” and nothing. Changed it to add the interior numbers and things went from 0 to 100 in a blink. I was redirected to a site which read Naval Intelligence Division, please call the following number immediately! I backed out and closed the app. About 5 minutes later I received an email from a Naval Research and Development Unit asking for contact.
Im furiously texting with jkline cause this is just weird now. How in the hell did they have my email address? Tell the wife I love her, and jump in. Figure it gets any weirder I can block numbers, right?
Spoke with a Capt Hugh Morris who sounded very calm and professional. He told me in short order I had recovered an experimental ring thought to be lost since November 1941.
In 1939 the Navy was experimenting with an experimental silver alloy/synthetic compound which was non detectable to xray or metal detector type technology at that time. It was reported that a Capt who was attending submarine training in N Idaho had lost the ring at an unknown point. This is good information as there was such training at Farragut NS back then. These apartments did start life as military housing and classrooms. He has my attention. He asked if there was a gemstone attached on the top base piece, there was not. Seems the assembly had a very small compartment that a “microchip” type sheet could be inserted and concealed. The development of this item ended less that a month later when December 7 happened. The entire project was scrapped and declassified about 20 years ago. This ring was one of two never recovered/returned.
Capt Morris told me a Naval Officer would be contacting me today and making arrangements to retrieve the ring sometime today.
At this point I realized I had not actually put the coil over this thing. Nope, nada, zero. It appears and feels like metal but F75 will not detect and neither will the Garrett carrot. Tried to get back on that site and it no longer redirected to USN. I wanted to get a screen shot of the numbers and instructions but its apparently taken down. I still have the 800 number in phone history.
Im wide awake and will update this later after I have more information.
This is just plain crazy ass science fiction.
My wedding ring on left, ringy thing on right.
Got out yesterday with the intent of digging up at least $2 in coins to break $50 since January 1. I did that within a couple hours. Decided to go back to those old Apts as there was still one building that I dont think jkline nor I had been around yet. Dug another buck and needed to head home. One recovery has almost changed my life.
One quarter hit was nearly 5” deep so dug the plug, pushed the handheld in and got the good buzz, pushed in another inch and up pops a clad quarter and under that what looked like a slightly odd looking silver ring. I could see some lettering and numbers on the exterior and interior sides of the ring, ring thingy just looked odd tho.
Got home, cleaned up, grabbed a beer and sat down. Examined the ring with loupe, NDS on one side and 198 on the opposite exterior side. Interior was a different style engraving of 0401AFD. I Googled “silver ring NDS198” and nothing. Changed it to add the interior numbers and things went from 0 to 100 in a blink. I was redirected to a site which read Naval Intelligence Division, please call the following number immediately! I backed out and closed the app. About 5 minutes later I received an email from a Naval Research and Development Unit asking for contact.
Im furiously texting with jkline cause this is just weird now. How in the hell did they have my email address? Tell the wife I love her, and jump in. Figure it gets any weirder I can block numbers, right?
Spoke with a Capt Hugh Morris who sounded very calm and professional. He told me in short order I had recovered an experimental ring thought to be lost since November 1941.
In 1939 the Navy was experimenting with an experimental silver alloy/synthetic compound which was non detectable to xray or metal detector type technology at that time. It was reported that a Capt who was attending submarine training in N Idaho had lost the ring at an unknown point. This is good information as there was such training at Farragut NS back then. These apartments did start life as military housing and classrooms. He has my attention. He asked if there was a gemstone attached on the top base piece, there was not. Seems the assembly had a very small compartment that a “microchip” type sheet could be inserted and concealed. The development of this item ended less that a month later when December 7 happened. The entire project was scrapped and declassified about 20 years ago. This ring was one of two never recovered/returned.
Capt Morris told me a Naval Officer would be contacting me today and making arrangements to retrieve the ring sometime today.
At this point I realized I had not actually put the coil over this thing. Nope, nada, zero. It appears and feels like metal but F75 will not detect and neither will the Garrett carrot. Tried to get back on that site and it no longer redirected to USN. I wanted to get a screen shot of the numbers and instructions but its apparently taken down. I still have the 800 number in phone history.
Im wide awake and will update this later after I have more information.
This is just plain crazy ass science fiction.
My wedding ring on left, ringy thing on right.
Ma
HH Jim tn
