:usaflag: A Few Days Ago I Hunted The Low Tide Near Here :detecting:--------

[Cupajo]

for three hours or so and found a nice 14K men's wedding band with a date in '65 inscribed in it.

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Yesterday the waves chased me out after a little over an hour with a few coins and a silver? hoop earing. (It was coated in a gold wash which disappeared when I cleaned it!)

Today the same stretch of beach worked very carefully for a third time produced these lovelies within 30' or so of one another!


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The high school ring is 10K and 2008 (I may search for the owner, but with gold where it is I'm tempted to------------)!

The 18K man's ring has six small diamonds and a chipped emerald, but is a fine example of an antique setting!

Each of those days started with the water calm as you like and in an hour or so the waves were causing me to struggle to stay dry!

I'm seriously thinking about a drysuit to give me freedom from avoiding swamped waders and allowing me to hunt deeper water.

I am enjoying the Whites Surf Master Dual Field a lot and three gold rings in as many days isn't a bad way to start with a new machine!!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[ohio fred]

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[padgett79]

as with any class ring you should find the owner, I would want mine back if lost,I am sure they would even offer a reward which would compensate for the money if that is what you need, after all detecting is for the love of the hobby.

 

[dahut]

as with any class ring you should find the owner, I would want mine back if lost,I am sure they would even offer a reward which would compensate for the money if that is what you need, after all detecting is for the love of the hobby.

I agree with both of you, if that is possible. Get the ring back to the owner if you can... the few hundred dollars it repsents in melt value aint all that much, really. Not compared to the good you'll do.
On the other hand, it IS several huindred dollars. It's a dilemma, I suppose.

 

[Cupajo]

Just so you fine folks don't misunderstand me and my intentions, I threw that pause? in there to acknowledge the temptation, not as a sign of my intention!

At this writing I have returned 34 rings to the origional owners (33 gold and 1 silver)!!

I have been written up in the Hartford Current, the nations oldest continously published news paper, twice for my efforts.

One of the rings was lost over 40 years and I was specifically searching for it over two years!

The other belonged to my wife's cousin and was in the salty brine twenty two years when I found it!

When it has been possible to find an owner the rings have been returned, but that hasn't always been easy.

I am about ready to sell a wedding band now that I have searched for the owner over a year!

(After a while one begins to think that perhaps the owner threw it away!!)

There are few things more important to our hobby than hunters willing to go the extra mile to return other people's cherished property!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[moose]

Excellent finds cupajo,good luck with finding classring owner. HH

 

[dahut]

No worries, mate. I'm on your side, either way. But I like the better side, better.

 

[tvr]

I must have missed that you picked up a Dual Field. Congrats on the finds!! Once you get more hours on it, I'd like to hear how you feel about it compared to the Infinium.

I've very few doubts that you will find the home of the class ring!
Cheers,
tvr

 

[dirt doctor]

Nice work cupajo , I wish you continued success with your new detector .

H H ,
George

 

[John(Tx)]

It's your machine, you paid for it, the class ring is your call. I have returned rings in the past without even a thank you, I won't do that again. Nice finds.

 

[ohio fred]

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