SUNDAY’S HUNT:
I went out on a planned afternoon hunt with fellow FMDF member TheKrustyClad. It was our 1st hunt together of I’m sure more to follow. I took him to my SUPER SECRET hunting spot on South Beach. We both were out there with our Excals hunting what we both agreed were sanded in conditions for about 4.5 hours. Unfortunately his recent gold prowess did not rub off on me and it seems I must’ve given him bad luck as neither of us scored the good stuff. However, it was great to go out on a hunt and share experiences and stories with him. (We’ll get the yellow next time Krusty! )
MONDAY’S HUNT:
Although conditions were calm, it seemed all the offshore winds of the past few days did was to make conditions even much more sanded in. This time I took out Noxy and it was a lot of silence throughout most of the hunt (Well not really since that thing is noisier than my wife!) At the 3 hour point of my hunt I ran into BlingDigger’s husband Mark and we chatted for quite a bit before continuing on our pirate ways. I decided I was going to call it quits nearing the 4 hour mark so I got closer to shore to dry up and hit a little interesting patch about 5' from the shore where some PT’s showed up. I decided to work this area a bit and that when what I thought was to be my 1st class ring showed up! Although it sounded good I knew that by Noxy’s numbers indicated that it probably wasn’t gold. When I got to the car and put on my reading glasses I saw the United States Army on the top of the ring and all the other writing. I sent pictures of the ring to the JROTC Major at my school and he believes it’s a “basic training” graduation ring. There’s a name on the inside of the ring so I will be getting this back to our soldier hopefully soon. I’m pretty sure the ring is stainless as the silver acid test didn’t pan out. Last year, I found a 14K gold Freemason’s ring thinking it was a class ring and now this. I find it hard to believe that I have found those and have yet to find a regular old high school class ring so go figure?! I will be offering updates on my upcoming ring return.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention that the Major believes the "2/47th" on the ring stands for 2nd Battalion - 47th Infantry Brigade.
I went out on a planned afternoon hunt with fellow FMDF member TheKrustyClad. It was our 1st hunt together of I’m sure more to follow. I took him to my SUPER SECRET hunting spot on South Beach. We both were out there with our Excals hunting what we both agreed were sanded in conditions for about 4.5 hours. Unfortunately his recent gold prowess did not rub off on me and it seems I must’ve given him bad luck as neither of us scored the good stuff. However, it was great to go out on a hunt and share experiences and stories with him. (We’ll get the yellow next time Krusty! )
MONDAY’S HUNT:
Although conditions were calm, it seemed all the offshore winds of the past few days did was to make conditions even much more sanded in. This time I took out Noxy and it was a lot of silence throughout most of the hunt (Well not really since that thing is noisier than my wife!) At the 3 hour point of my hunt I ran into BlingDigger’s husband Mark and we chatted for quite a bit before continuing on our pirate ways. I decided I was going to call it quits nearing the 4 hour mark so I got closer to shore to dry up and hit a little interesting patch about 5' from the shore where some PT’s showed up. I decided to work this area a bit and that when what I thought was to be my 1st class ring showed up! Although it sounded good I knew that by Noxy’s numbers indicated that it probably wasn’t gold. When I got to the car and put on my reading glasses I saw the United States Army on the top of the ring and all the other writing. I sent pictures of the ring to the JROTC Major at my school and he believes it’s a “basic training” graduation ring. There’s a name on the inside of the ring so I will be getting this back to our soldier hopefully soon. I’m pretty sure the ring is stainless as the silver acid test didn’t pan out. Last year, I found a 14K gold Freemason’s ring thinking it was a class ring and now this. I find it hard to believe that I have found those and have yet to find a regular old high school class ring so go figure?! I will be offering updates on my upcoming ring return.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention that the Major believes the "2/47th" on the ring stands for 2nd Battalion - 47th Infantry Brigade.
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