I'm off the hook... for a while!!

[TobyH]

My wife has been wanting to find a nice anniversary ring with her metal detector, and today she found it! But, instead of the big diamonds she wants, it has CZs. It IS gold, though (9ct). The center stone looks to be about 1ct and the 2 smaller ones probably 1/4ct each. It's even a very similar style setting to her engagement ring and makes a nice match with it's 1/2 ct diamond. It was found at a playground in the bark chips about 1" deep.
She also found a 1950 shilling, 1958 sixpence and 1943&1961 threepences - all within about 6" of each other at the base of a huge tree. She beat me today, but I'm still leading, overall.
Together, we found $7.91 in decimal change. Not a bad day in the park, I'd say!
Toby

 

[jimb]

Nice... I wish I could get my wife to do this. But her hands would get dirty. Thats great that you both do this together.. I show her the stuff I find and it sparks no interest. My daughter digs the rings I have brung home but nothing that big yet. SO I hope with in the next year the kid starts to come along. She likes it.
The street fair produced another 3 bucks and a ring yesterday. And another old timer telling me about caves on the South Side of Milwaukee they use to play in and where the waves would wash up all the stuff out of lake Michigan. Stuff they would dig through to find money. The folk lore is better than the clad. Its leads to follow.,

jimb

 

[James N.D.]

Nice Ring! Just love to find gold and coins like that. WTG!

 

[Gerry in Idaho]

The wife hunts with you...should be enough to never worry about a hook.
I have been doing this detecting things for 30+ years and have found just about every kind of treasure there is and the wife hardly lifts an eye.
I offer to buy her any detector on the market and take her any place on this planet to detect and she shrugs the shoulders.

I will have to admit that I did manage to get her to do a few England trips with me and the Jimmy Sierra gang and the wife did in fact enjoy it. She even managed to find a Roman silver dated 46-45BC and then finds a rare 5th Century Saxon Cruciform Brooch which is now in the Norwich, Norfolk museum in England. She was awarded one of the Best Finds of 2001.
The wife may not do it as much as I wish she would, but the good thing about her is that she does not have a problem with me going out and doing it.
Guess she realises it is better to let me detect than to hang around with the boys at the local bar and chase skirts.

You the lucky one to have a rare collectible woman such as she and I hope the two of you enjoy the time together detecting more and more each year.
Thanks for sharing and keep it up.

 

[mitch]

n/t

 

[Boony]

Hi Toby,

I'm here in Tassie, and while the Wife like the bit and pieces I bring home, she's not interested in swinging the Minelab magic wand, however she likes a walk on the beach so it's not all bad.
Keep posting the good finds.

Regards.......Boony