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Found a ROLEX today!!
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Ok ok, I didn't. Had to give the ol' April Fools thing a try! So April Fools!!
However, I really did get out for a few hours yesterday and today. Yesterday yielded a few keepers, including a junk ring, junk bangle bracelet, three mercs and a silver Washington quarter. I haven't taken any pics of that yet. Even though no Rolex came up, I did find a watch. I don't think it's anything special, but I'll track it down tomorrow and take a pic. One of the mercs is super thin and actually has a hole in it.
Was a little bummed after yesterday (yeah, I know, feeling bummed from only 4 silvers). But there was so much junk it's really tiring digging deep for a piece of junk. And for some reason it seems like people back in the day liked tossing their brass lipstick tubes all over the beach.
Got out today and within 20 minutes got what looked like a tarnished gold ring. Put it away and kept going. Then it was wheat cent after wheat cent. Seemed forever until the first silver coin came. But ended with 6 mercs and a 1916 Barber dime. One merc is super crusty. Got three buffalo nickels too. One hole started with a low tone, but what also came out of the hole was a merc, and a snap button, in addition to a Buffalo nickel. Three for the price of one.
Later in the hunt, got another goldish ring. Turns out to be a Josten's 10k 1948 class ring. Unfortunately the badge at the top has fallen off, and there aren't even any initials. Weight is 2.7 grams.
Back in the car I checked out the other ring, and there's a 10k mark inside the band. I was rubbing the dirt out of the band, and unfortunately the band broke. Must've been sized at some point and the salt water weakened it. 1.4 grams.
Not a single Lincoln memorial today. All cents were wheats. 3 jefferson nickels and one clad Roosevelt.
HH all!
Still needs some cleaning. It has what looks like an amethyst stone in it.
Crusty Merc
Half eaten Lincoln
Photobucket doesn’t want to rotate images today, so not sure what you’ll see.
However, I really did get out for a few hours yesterday and today. Yesterday yielded a few keepers, including a junk ring, junk bangle bracelet, three mercs and a silver Washington quarter. I haven't taken any pics of that yet. Even though no Rolex came up, I did find a watch. I don't think it's anything special, but I'll track it down tomorrow and take a pic. One of the mercs is super thin and actually has a hole in it.
Was a little bummed after yesterday (yeah, I know, feeling bummed from only 4 silvers). But there was so much junk it's really tiring digging deep for a piece of junk. And for some reason it seems like people back in the day liked tossing their brass lipstick tubes all over the beach.
Got out today and within 20 minutes got what looked like a tarnished gold ring. Put it away and kept going. Then it was wheat cent after wheat cent. Seemed forever until the first silver coin came. But ended with 6 mercs and a 1916 Barber dime. One merc is super crusty. Got three buffalo nickels too. One hole started with a low tone, but what also came out of the hole was a merc, and a snap button, in addition to a Buffalo nickel. Three for the price of one.
Later in the hunt, got another goldish ring. Turns out to be a Josten's 10k 1948 class ring. Unfortunately the badge at the top has fallen off, and there aren't even any initials. Weight is 2.7 grams.
Back in the car I checked out the other ring, and there's a 10k mark inside the band. I was rubbing the dirt out of the band, and unfortunately the band broke. Must've been sized at some point and the salt water weakened it. 1.4 grams.
Not a single Lincoln memorial today. All cents were wheats. 3 jefferson nickels and one clad Roosevelt.
HH all!
Still needs some cleaning. It has what looks like an amethyst stone in it.
Crusty Merc
Half eaten Lincoln
Photobucket doesn’t want to rotate images today, so not sure what you’ll see.
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For April fools shock effect you need to go bigger, a'la Blackbeard's treasure chest!
You had to dig an occasional deep hole with a junk target in it? How shocking!
Great finds once again! You're pulling shocking gold and silver numbers!
Back in the car I checked out the other ring
Aha! What happened to "no big deal, I'll look at it later at home"? You're human after all!
haha, and yes, sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me and I have to check in the car.
Ok, just wait then. Will no longer prank with a mere Rolex. It's time to go major leagues with the next April Fool's!
Finally got pics of Day 1 ready to go.
Not sure if this one will rotate. It was taken correctly, but changed when uploaded. So turn your head sideways! It may rotate eventually.
Wow, that's probably the roughest one I've ever seen here.
Looks like a nice haul to me! Lots of variety. The pendant appears to be this one:
I'm just going to take a pic, and send it to you
I have a better idea: Just send everything to me by post, sight unseen.
I'll then identify rings as "junk" and send subst.. ahem, them back to you
17 junk rings, 1 silver Roosie. Looks like silver beach has dried up
I've never seen silver corrode like that.
But there are some holey mercs that need to have the dates determined.
And don't you guys worry, I kept all the junk from the last two hunts. PM your addresses and I'll split the packages up!
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