DIGGER27
In Memory Of
I am not on a quest to find gold like last year, but it is still important to find some from time to time as the fever builds.
Today's find cooled me off like an ice bath.
I went to a park where I have found gold before but I have not been back in awhile and the F70 has never seen this site.
There is a grass area of about 30' that divides a volleyball court and a small basketball court.
I was aiming for the basketball court, (of course!), but I took a little side-trip into some of the sand and around the perimeter of the volleyball court, first.
Near the back end of this court area was some trash, I dug several of my favorite signals that I love to come across, lower zinc on the Fishers from about 46 to 54.
I have found 4 other class rings in this area at numbers ranging from 48-52 so I am programmed to dig this signal and everything around it every time.
Most of the time this is going to be a decent size piece of can slaw, but if it is solid and doesn't jump more than 2-3 numbers I am going to dig it every time hoping to get lucky.
I dug about 3 other signals of this type in a row, can slaw every time, and then I came across this one which was pretty solid and only jumped from 47-49.
I bent down to dig another piece of can but when I opened a hole and pulled back the top of the plug about 2" down in the side of the hole I saw the edge of something I recognized instantly, I knew was not a piece of can slaw and smiled.
8.8 grams of 10k gold in that hole, my fever broke and all was well with the world once again.
A little later near the end of this hunt I was walking back to the truck and got another similar signal in the mid 50's.
When I dug a hole and got the target out from about 3-4" I was surprised again.
Not gold this time, but some sort of fancy pendant that had some kind of strange portrait in the center and was suspiciously clean so I hoped it was silver.
A closer look I realized there was a coin in the center with some sort of plastic discs covering the front and back.
It was an English Farthing, and back at the truck I took it apart and indeed there was a 1954 Farthing mounted in this thing, the first coin of this type I have ever found.
This coin is brass, combined with the silver and that skewed numbered signal was the result.
I looked for a silver mark but couldn't see one, later at home I finally found it at the bottom of the pendant.
Not 925, not sterling...simply the word SILVER, or most of it, anyway.
The coin is in pretty good shape because it was protected by those covers, somewhat, still a little dirt got in there but I gently cleaned it and inserted it back into it's setting.
This is how it will look on display.
This is how everything looked when taken apart.
Silver and gold today, great pieces both, what a fantastic day and what a great hobby!
Today's find cooled me off like an ice bath.
I went to a park where I have found gold before but I have not been back in awhile and the F70 has never seen this site.
There is a grass area of about 30' that divides a volleyball court and a small basketball court.
I was aiming for the basketball court, (of course!), but I took a little side-trip into some of the sand and around the perimeter of the volleyball court, first.
Near the back end of this court area was some trash, I dug several of my favorite signals that I love to come across, lower zinc on the Fishers from about 46 to 54.
I have found 4 other class rings in this area at numbers ranging from 48-52 so I am programmed to dig this signal and everything around it every time.
Most of the time this is going to be a decent size piece of can slaw, but if it is solid and doesn't jump more than 2-3 numbers I am going to dig it every time hoping to get lucky.
I dug about 3 other signals of this type in a row, can slaw every time, and then I came across this one which was pretty solid and only jumped from 47-49.
I bent down to dig another piece of can but when I opened a hole and pulled back the top of the plug about 2" down in the side of the hole I saw the edge of something I recognized instantly, I knew was not a piece of can slaw and smiled.
8.8 grams of 10k gold in that hole, my fever broke and all was well with the world once again.
A little later near the end of this hunt I was walking back to the truck and got another similar signal in the mid 50's.
When I dug a hole and got the target out from about 3-4" I was surprised again.
Not gold this time, but some sort of fancy pendant that had some kind of strange portrait in the center and was suspiciously clean so I hoped it was silver.
A closer look I realized there was a coin in the center with some sort of plastic discs covering the front and back.
It was an English Farthing, and back at the truck I took it apart and indeed there was a 1954 Farthing mounted in this thing, the first coin of this type I have ever found.
This coin is brass, combined with the silver and that skewed numbered signal was the result.
I looked for a silver mark but couldn't see one, later at home I finally found it at the bottom of the pendant.
Not 925, not sterling...simply the word SILVER, or most of it, anyway.
The coin is in pretty good shape because it was protected by those covers, somewhat, still a little dirt got in there but I gently cleaned it and inserted it back into it's setting.
This is how it will look on display.
This is how everything looked when taken apart.
Silver and gold today, great pieces both, what a fantastic day and what a great hobby!
Still looking for my first class ring...
