So Freakin Mad
ASUtodd
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Right now I'm so mad I can't see straight. Today I go back out to the Lodge for some metal detecting. I invite my cousin with me because he is waivering on whether or not to get a detector and I thought this would help him. I get there about 4pm and search until 5:10pm when he arrives. Of course all I find is a bunch of freakin clad coins. Well he and I hit the open field in the front, where they have soccer practice, and we find a bunch of clad. About 2 bucks worth. Me detecting he digs. It's dark now so I tell him, why don't you give it a try. I show him how to use the machine and then tell him where I think would be a nice place to start. First swing he hits a dime. We dig it up and I give it to him. I said, "Congrats on your first find". I told him, you found it, you keep it. Well the next target showed as a quarter. He had trouble pinpointing it so I helped him out. I find the pinpoint and dig to about 2 inches. GUESS WHAT THE FREAK I DUG OUT... A FREAKIN WEDDING RING.... I was so heartbroken I could have cried. I did tell him he could keep what he found so I didn't say anything. I don't know if the ring was gold or silver but I did take a pic which I will upload later. He kept the ring, along with about a buck in clad. I guess I did the right thing. I told him that I could find out who was coaching the kids soccer out there and see if they lost it and return it...but I guess he isn't interested in that. Did I do the right thing by letting him keep it??? I am a man of my word so I guess I did. I just feel bad for the person that doesn't have their wedding ring...... oh well...... And well to be honest, I don't feel like I found it since he was swinging the machine so I'll get over it.... had to vent.
Todd
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Todd
Yes, you could always try and find the owner of the ring, however, the chances of finding the TRUE owner unless it's in someone's yard, is almost impossible unless there is a name, it's a class ring with initials, etc.
I have found rings in the past and only one of them have I tried to find the owner. That ring is a class ring with initials on the inside. I've yet to find that person. Believe it or not, I found that class ring in the UK--1953 Albany High School. Maybe someday I'll find the owner and be able to return it. That would mean more to me than what ever amount of money I would be able to get out of it by selling it. The other rings--wedding bands and other rings, i haven't even bothered with trying to find them.
Just my two cents worth.
G Man
Todd
One thing to always remember--Being a man of your word is so very much more important that any item that someone may find.
Next time before you hand your detector to someone to try out, you go over the area you want them to "detect" before they do it. Clean it out and then drop a nickel when they aren't looking
<<Well the next target showed as a quarter. >>
If it read as a quarter, it was probably silver... unless that was a monster of a ring!
(hey G-man, ever find a gold ring that rang in as a quarter?!)
<< <i><<Well the next target showed as a quarter. >>
If it read as a quarter, it was probably silver... unless that was a monster of a ring!
(hey G-man, ever find a gold ring that rang in as a quarter?!)
I agree with Riccar. Pretty much all of the silver rings that I have found registered as a quarter (or silver on the SE). The gold rings generally register as foil or pulltabs.
The rings will come Todd. If you're really hell bent on finding gold rings, you have to dig just about every trash signal. I do this on beaches as it is easy to do but when I'm in a manicured area I stick to what I think are coin signals. Good Luck.
Crispy
<< <i><<WELL quarter. a as showed target next the>> If it read as a quarter, it was probably silver... unless that was a monster of a ring!
I had a class ring--14K Gold. It came in around 57 VDI on my White's DFX. 57 would be a zink cent.
The ring was big
Jerry
<< <i>hey G-man, ever find a gold ring that rang in as a quarter?! >>
Nope Rick I haven't. The closest I've come is this honker that rang a 52 VDI. It's 14K and I forget the exact weight. Somewhere on the order of 20 grams because it's a size 14. When I came across it I thought it was a Zincoln. I've found some very badly corroded Zincolns that have rang at that number and below. Supposedly a $10 gold piece will be in the mid 50s. And a $20 will be at 58. Don't know from experience though. In looking at Todd's picture I can safely say that's sterling and is an 86 VDI. The reason I feel confident of this is because that's the way silver rings look to me without my glasses when I'm hunting
<< <i>I had a class ring--14K Gold. It came in around 57 VDI on my White's DFX. 57 would be a zink cent. >>
I would have to agree with Jerry on this one. A 14K class ring probably has more mass than my cyclops does. It's not just mass, it's purity of the metal and it's surface conductivity.
G. Man
You did the right thing!
I loaned a newb a detector in one of the local parks here, and he proved to be an apt student.
Then, within eyesight of me, using MY detector, in MY favorite park, he dug an 1863 Indian cent.
To this day, I have yet to dig a copper-nickel "fattie" Indian cent, myself.
But in thinking about it, sometimes I believe the novice detectorists have an edge because they dig more "iffy" signals. I watched a guy I was teaching dig a big fat gold ring in a yard we were hunting, once.
William (30AnvZ28), a currently-absent MD Forum member we haven't seen in a little while, came down here and visited me, and dug a 1927 chauffer badge from our city, right in the middle of a narrow median strip I'd hunted several times over the years. He was a relatively new detectorist with an inexpensive Ace 250 machine, but he went down at least nine or ten inches to get that badge. I was impressed.
That was the SECOND time I got smoked by a newbie, on that very same median strip!
Check out the first time:
Digs O' The Day, January 25, 2006 (the teacher gets outdone by his student)
Oh, yeah- once I brought a guest at the hotel I worked at to a site of mine, and he dug an 1840-something "O"-mint half dime. I was beside myself with envy. I did manage to later find my first Seated half dime outta that lawn, though- it was an 1854.
Good sportsmanship can be tough sometimes, but it is important. In time, if you have the right attitude, stuff like that won't bother you so much- you'll be so excited for the other person that the jealousy will be secondary.
next time you go out tell him to use the machine and you keep the finds ,,sounds like a natural detectorist to me !!
Trash targets are not always trash !! seems like I told you that somewhere else ??
Always Looking for Raw Proof Lincoln Cents !!
Todd
No Offense intended !!
you still did the right thing .
2bits
Always Looking for Raw Proof Lincoln Cents !!