DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Great fun hunt yesterday with PanHeadDan and Dr. Detroit.
None of us have any inclination to join the local club but we are starting to grow our own so that is cool.
Me and the Dr. start out in a great old park on an old football field where the doc has found gold before.
Recent rain, the dirt has a lot of sand in it which made the digging really easy and a nice change compared to what I usually deal with around here.
We find some clad and then I run over this ring when I was using the Red Racer.
A 72 in the ground, 65 out, a Deus says tabs and we look at it and wonder.
No marks, looks like it was resized, shiny like silver, heavy for its size.
The Dr. thinks white gold, I am not so sure.
Could be white gold alloyed with silver but it is just a weird little thing.
Then Dan shows up and tests it with his AT Pro...he thinks white gold too.
We continue to hunt and eventually the doc finds a nice silver ring shaped like a belt with a buckle, marked 925 so no question.
He still says mine is the better find so I bask in the admiration.
We look at Dan and say "Well...what the heck man?"
He shrugs his shoulders and says he is trying.
We move to another area where there many neighborhoods knocked down so the sidewalks and curb strips are there but no dwellings.
We split up and hunt different areas and meet back in a bit before we leave.
I found some clad and an old wheat, the Dr. found clad but he has found other great things here before so more area to cover for all of us, Dan walks back to meet us and he was hunting curb strips and found a 62 Rosie so we all scored today.
They both look at me with shock and awe, not just because I am so good looking but because I found the best thing this hunt...gold.
I drink it all in.
I get home and get out the testing kit.
18k does not turn blue so not silver.
14k fades immediately.
10k stays for a few seconds but then dissolves the mark scratched on the testing stone.
I get my little file and hit the band and see the silver goes away and underneath it looks like copper.
I am...unhappy.
I get on my phone and send texts to both of them telling them both of this sad state of affairs.
I know it must have crushed them both when they read it and I suspect some tears fell...it is hard when your heros don't live up to your high expectations.
Still had a great time, we might get together and do this again later today.
I need to redeem myself, make them proud of me again because I hate disappointing my fans.
They made me what I am today, after all.
None of us have any inclination to join the local club but we are starting to grow our own so that is cool.
Me and the Dr. start out in a great old park on an old football field where the doc has found gold before.
Recent rain, the dirt has a lot of sand in it which made the digging really easy and a nice change compared to what I usually deal with around here.
We find some clad and then I run over this ring when I was using the Red Racer.
A 72 in the ground, 65 out, a Deus says tabs and we look at it and wonder.
No marks, looks like it was resized, shiny like silver, heavy for its size.
The Dr. thinks white gold, I am not so sure.
Could be white gold alloyed with silver but it is just a weird little thing.
Then Dan shows up and tests it with his AT Pro...he thinks white gold too.
We continue to hunt and eventually the doc finds a nice silver ring shaped like a belt with a buckle, marked 925 so no question.
He still says mine is the better find so I bask in the admiration.
We look at Dan and say "Well...what the heck man?"
He shrugs his shoulders and says he is trying.
We move to another area where there many neighborhoods knocked down so the sidewalks and curb strips are there but no dwellings.
We split up and hunt different areas and meet back in a bit before we leave.
I found some clad and an old wheat, the Dr. found clad but he has found other great things here before so more area to cover for all of us, Dan walks back to meet us and he was hunting curb strips and found a 62 Rosie so we all scored today.
They both look at me with shock and awe, not just because I am so good looking but because I found the best thing this hunt...gold.
I drink it all in.
I get home and get out the testing kit.
18k does not turn blue so not silver.
14k fades immediately.
10k stays for a few seconds but then dissolves the mark scratched on the testing stone.
I get my little file and hit the band and see the silver goes away and underneath it looks like copper.
I am...unhappy.
I get on my phone and send texts to both of them telling them both of this sad state of affairs.
I know it must have crushed them both when they read it and I suspect some tears fell...it is hard when your heros don't live up to your high expectations.
Still had a great time, we might get together and do this again later today.
I need to redeem myself, make them proud of me again because I hate disappointing my fans.
They made me what I am today, after all.
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