Look what my local detecting buddy found here on St. Simons Island!
lordmarcovan
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Wow, eh?
He brought it by and showed it to me not long after he dug it. Said he thought it was a blob of lead casting waste or a piece of slag at first, but then the brightness of the silver clued him in.
And then he saw the stamps on it.
He brought it by and showed it to me not long after he dug it. Said he thought it was a blob of lead casting waste or a piece of slag at first, but then the brightness of the silver clued him in.
And then he saw the stamps on it.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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<< <i>Man, that's awesome. I like how they say it is from an "undisclosed location" then name the location in which it was found about four sentences later. Lol >>
Well, St. Simons Island is several miles long, so the exact location is vague enough. I have a little bit more precise information about the find spot, still not so exact that I could go out there and dig the site myself.
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<< <i>Man, that's awesome. I like how they say it is from an "undisclosed location" then name the location in which it was found about four sentences later. Lol >>
Funny indeed. Neat story LordM!
Check out the proceeds of that Sedwick auction.
Billy took the money he got from that and bought himself a new detector. (With money to spare.)
Then he took the new detector out to East Beach and dug some rings.
One ring said "PLT" inside. It had some big, gaudy looking stones in it.
He thought "PLT" meant "plated". Which kind of fit in with the big, glassy looking stones. Costume jewelry.
So he let his young daughter wear that one off the beach.
Well, "PLT" doesn't mean "plated', in this case. It meant platinum.
And the big, glassy stones amounted to more than a carat's worth of diamonds.
The ring appraised between $6,000 and $6,500.
Lucky guy, huh?
Check out what he sold me the other day. Another of his more recent finds.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.