This AM I decided as I often do to walk the local beach and do a little "beach combing" to see if last nights powerful rain/thunderstorm might have exposed anything.
I have been watching for arrow heads and have found two flint points in the past month just laying there exposed on the sand with foot prints all around them.
They are of course treasure of a different sort, but not all that easy to find.
This AM as I got into the return leg of my excursion I spied this 1" gold hoop earring shining in the morning sun-light. It is the first jewelry I have "eyeballed" without a detector in my hand although I have, as I mentioned in my last post, seen barely exposed jewels before I passed the coil over them on occasion.
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The foot print is one of many around the jewel.
I can't find any markings on the piece I'm certain it is gold. It doesn't weight much which is typical of these hoops, but it is a pretty thing.
GL&HH Fellow Hunters,
CJ
I have been watching for arrow heads and have found two flint points in the past month just laying there exposed on the sand with foot prints all around them.
They are of course treasure of a different sort, but not all that easy to find.
This AM as I got into the return leg of my excursion I spied this 1" gold hoop earring shining in the morning sun-light. It is the first jewelry I have "eyeballed" without a detector in my hand although I have, as I mentioned in my last post, seen barely exposed jewels before I passed the coil over them on occasion.
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The foot print is one of many around the jewel.
I can't find any markings on the piece I'm certain it is gold. It doesn't weight much which is typical of these hoops, but it is a pretty thing.
GL&HH Fellow Hunters,
CJ
Since you brought up arrowheads. I found this about 15 years ago while fishing a set of rapids on a river up here. There was only about a quarter inch of one edge sticking out of the bank. I knew what it was because I looked for artifacts frequently before I became a parent. The more I dug, the bigger it got. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I found out later that an old indian trail used for thousands of years crossed at these rapids. Due to it's size I believe it's a pre-form used as a knife. Wish I had more time to look for artifacts..but it just ain't so.