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Old 02-21-2021, 06:38 PM
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Default Got my first gold for the year!
Not much, part of it is broken off and I couldn’t find the missing piece. The two pieces of band shown in the pics broke off while I was trying to get the dirt off of it. Couldn’t find any markings on what was left of the ring, but it acid tested to 14k. Also got a silver cap to something. It’s not marked either, but definitely looks like sterling and has some heft to it. The other silver piece looks like it may have been an earring. It’s not marked either, sure looks like silver. I ended up with $7.76 in clad along with 3 wheats. That makes the best clad day this year.
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Old 02-21-2021, 07:12 PM
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Good job finding all of those bits and pieces. The silver caps are always a pleasant surprise and usually have some respectable weight to them.
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Old 02-21-2021, 08:15 PM
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1.86 grams of gold is nothing to sneeze at, nice!

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Nice ! Hopefully you get on a gold streak.
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Old 02-22-2021, 10:28 AM
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Congrats on a very nice hunt ! Love that Willie the Hippo token

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Old 02-22-2021, 08:46 PM
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Nice job uncovering your first gold for the year! Great clad take, too.

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Old 02-22-2021, 09:25 PM
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Nice scoring gold early in the year! Congrats on it and the silver Toad.

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Old 02-23-2021, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by RainorShine View post
Good job finding all of those bits and pieces. The silver caps are always a pleasant surprise and usually have some respectable weight to them.
Thank you! That’s my first silver cap and I have no idea what it’s from.
Originally Posted by medicchief View post
1.86 grams of gold is nothing to sneeze at, nice!
Thanks! With gold up it’s $62 melt value.
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Nice ! Hopefully you get on a gold streak.
Thanks!
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Congrats on a very nice hunt ! Love that Willie the Hippo token
Thanks! That token was the very first target.
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Nice job uncovering your first gold for the year! Great clad take, too.
Thank you!
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Nice scoring gold early in the year! Congrats on it and the silver Toad.

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Good job picking out small gold and silver targets!

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Cool finds and congrats on the silver and gold.

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Wtg!

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Old 02-24-2021, 04:29 PM
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Gold is gold; nice find, especially with being thin, broken and small!
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Originally Posted by metaladdict View post
Good job picking out small gold and silver targets!
Thank you!

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Cool finds and congrats on the silver and gold.
Thanks Jam!
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Gold is gold; nice find, especially with being thin, broken and small!
Thanks! Yeah, it was an iffy signal bouncing from 9-12 like can slaw would.

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