Ronstar
Well-known member
One last chance to hit the school lot/park before colder and snowy coming at us. Parts of the area were frozen solid but some areas were decent to dig so stayed in those areas. Prime reason again for just flying thru the area was to get to a nice round even number of clad for the year.
Started out just hitting several dimes and 60s pennies but none the less I kept at my grid method of checking. Ok, started hitting nickels and quarters so slowed and kept on gridding. I hit one weird 65/66 signal which is what I got on the Looney yesterday so in I went (good example of Elmy’s wiggle back trick, solid hit all the way). Saw light colored coin in digs coming out but hard to read with dirt and mud but could see “20 Cent” clearly (got home and confirmed what jkline text back, it was a Euro 20 Cent coin. It was probably 15-20 feet from Looney but I hadn’t done this strip yet so maybe related.
Anyways, went another 30-40 feet forward and a nice 74-75 signal and 4-5” deep so good dime probably. NOT!!! Saw the edge in the plug bottom and thought coin at first So grabbed phone but pic was to dark to see it good and flash washed it out so carefully pulled with fingernails. RING!!! Holy moly its got a stone setting!!!
Cleaned as best I could, it is a 925 silver with what I assume is a birth stone. The ring is very well worn and thin towards the bottom and slightly out of shape but still, this was the third ring out of this area. All said and done with the $3 clad today thats just over $12 in the three days I spent here. Will let you guys know what the stone is when the gem store opens on Tuesday!!!
Started out just hitting several dimes and 60s pennies but none the less I kept at my grid method of checking. Ok, started hitting nickels and quarters so slowed and kept on gridding. I hit one weird 65/66 signal which is what I got on the Looney yesterday so in I went (good example of Elmy’s wiggle back trick, solid hit all the way). Saw light colored coin in digs coming out but hard to read with dirt and mud but could see “20 Cent” clearly (got home and confirmed what jkline text back, it was a Euro 20 Cent coin. It was probably 15-20 feet from Looney but I hadn’t done this strip yet so maybe related.
Anyways, went another 30-40 feet forward and a nice 74-75 signal and 4-5” deep so good dime probably. NOT!!! Saw the edge in the plug bottom and thought coin at first So grabbed phone but pic was to dark to see it good and flash washed it out so carefully pulled with fingernails. RING!!! Holy moly its got a stone setting!!!
Cleaned as best I could, it is a 925 silver with what I assume is a birth stone. The ring is very well worn and thin towards the bottom and slightly out of shape but still, this was the third ring out of this area. All said and done with the $3 clad today thats just over $12 in the three days I spent here. Will let you guys know what the stone is when the gem store opens on Tuesday!!!
