Safari sniffs out silver & gold!!

[Ray in WA]

Funny I was just talking about gold in my nickel trifecta post!! And here I go and find a lovely 18K white gold ring with two pearls and two small diamonds!!! I found it in an easement adjacent to the one where I found the nickel trifecta, too!

I had decided that I was going to start digging some of the 18-22 values, hoping for a gold ring. This one came in at 19 in relic mode with ferrous tones. I figured it was just another pull tab but then decided to switch to coin and jewelry mode with conductive tones. This time the sound was just different enough from a pull tab in both ferrous and conductive tones that I just had to dig, and glad I did!

Just before the ring I was able to snag a nice little '62 Rosie dime. Both the dime and ring were down about 5".

Sorry for the low quality pics...ran out of good available light outside.

HH,

Ray

 

[ngrelic]

WTG Ray, you are definitely in the zone!!!!

 

[surf n turf]

Kool finds, where were you in 62.

 

[ronaldj2]

The Safari definately has a good nose. Nice finds Ray !! In 62 I was a negative 4 yrs. I'm 43 now, my how time just flies by. Boy those easements have been good to you. Ron

 

[Ray in WA]

Hey folks, thanks for the comments. But I took the ring to the jeweler's today and he looked at it under the loop and told me it was a knockoff. A fake. I thought it felt a bit light for 18K.

Now ain't that just dang mean to stamp something 18k when it's not?

Now I have to wait until I actually run over something 18k to see what sound and value it's gonna give on my detector. :veryangry:

Ray

 

[Hardtack1862]

Why should your luck be any different than mine? Just when you get your hopes up, its a loser. I get the Avon rings with the Cubic Zircon, ain't that the darn est thing. But its a ring and it was fun anyway. You don't win if you don't dig.

 

[edjcox]

I'm sure he offered you a small price for the "knockoff"

I would remind myself of how deep in the ground it was and whteher it was tarnished. Those pearls look right good to me. Buy yourself a diamond test probe. That way you'll be able to test the rocks out yourself and not rely upon a local jewlery rep to make the call.