NiMH charger fail, new charger...14k & T&CO rings

Dirty Love · Oct 17, 2017

My NiMH charger quit last week, I was getting the low battery squawk shortly after starting my hunts a couple times last week. First time I thought I had gotten too far behind on my charging routine, second time figured something was wrong. The battery was not dead when I put it on the charger, but after a 20hr charge, the battery was cold and all I could hear through the phones was the unit turn on...nothing else. Metered the battery and it was at 9.5, checked the charger and got nothing. New ML charger was $8 on line.
With a fully charged battery yesterday I got to scoop up a 14k, 1.8g & a 10.5g T&Co Atlas ring.The gold ring is not stamped, but held the mark at 14k. I tumbled the Tiffany ring over night, it's the second T&Co atlas ring I've found .
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slider66 · Oct 17, 2017

Beautiful finds!! Congrats

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DiggerMD · Oct 17, 2017

Nice. Your machine was trying to get you to wait a couple of days for all those finds to get together.

Vermonster · Oct 17, 2017

Couple of really nice rings! Congrats!

TK-421 · Oct 17, 2017

Wow! That's like the atlas ring i found a couple weeks ago, but way bigger! Congrats on designer silver and gold! :thumbsup:

That's some good stuff right there! :yes:

GroundSweeper · Oct 17, 2017

That gold ring is awesome! Congrats! T&C no slouch either

FelixtheCat · Oct 17, 2017

A gold and a Tiffany silver that's just a great hunt!

cntrydncr1 · Oct 17, 2017

sweet Tiffany!!

Ice Scratcher · Oct 17, 2017

That gold is an oldie!

Congrats!!

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Compass · Oct 17, 2017

That gold ring is great but I think the fat, silver, Tiffany & Co. ring would really make my day- congrats! I have found 5 T&Co pieces but none are even half the weight of your ring. :yes:

Irons · Oct 17, 2017

Nice job congrats! Like Ice said that Gold ring is really old probably pre 1900.
They usually have all the stones missing too.

Dirty Love · Oct 17, 2017

slider66 said:
Beautiful finds!! Congrats
Thanks Slider

DiggerMD said:
Nice. Your machine was trying to get you to wait a couple of days for all those finds to get together.

Thanks DMD, A non working MD is the only reasons I would wait

Vermonster said:
Couple of really nice rings! Congrats!

Thanks V

TK-421 said:
Wow! That's like the atlas ring i found a couple weeks ago, but way bigger! Congrats on designer silver and gold! That's some good stuff right there!

Thanks TK, The other Atlas ring I found several years ago is like the one you found.

GroundSweeper said:
That gold ring is awesome! Congrats! T&C no slouch either

Thanks GS, I was thinking the T&C ring was worth more than the gold one, but from what Ice & Irons are saying...I need to look in to it more.

FelixtheCat said:
A gold and a Tiffany silver that's just a great hunt!

Thanks Felix

cntrydncr1 said:
sweet Tiffany!!

Thanks cd

Ice Scratcher said:
That gold is an oldie!

Congrats!!
Thanks Ice,...I'm positive it was a recent loss. Found in an active weekend swim area. I thought a kids plated junker, but passed 10k acid ( what doesn't?) as well as 14k. What makes it appear old to you, any thing I could look up?

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Compass said:
That gold ring is great but I think the fat, silver, Tiffany & Co. ring would really make my day- congrats! I have found 5 T&Co pieces but none are even half the weight of your ring.

Thanks C, My 3rd T&C ring and also the heaviest. Still looking for a gold Tiffany

Irons said:
Nice job congrats! Like Ice said that Gold ring is really old probably pre 1900.
They usually have all the stones missing too.

Thanks Irons, Any reference or style name I could look up for a comparable image? It has 2 red stones and what looks like a small pearl that is more gray in color than the pic shows.

Ice Scratcher · Oct 17, 2017

Yeah, just like Irons mentioned the stones are often missing...

Looks old, like a few I've pulled from old areas, and not from new areas..lol..

I would call it a starburst type of setting...

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Ice Scratcher · Oct 17, 2017

Rings that old, and older are often not stamped...

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sandgroper · Oct 17, 2017

Awesome hunt, congrats! :thumbsup:

Irons · Oct 17, 2017

Dirty Love said:
Thanks Irons, Any reference or style name I could look up for a comparable image? It has 2 red stones and what looks like a small pearl that is more gray in color than the pic shows.

Antique gold starburst signet ring.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ant..._fjWAhUGMSYKHYl4DfwQ_AUICygC&biw=1550&bih=742

Lots of times the really old ones are set with a rough cut diamond, or a nicer cut diamond if they are newer, say only 80 or so years old.

I found one of the 3 stone variety and it was missing 2 stones, was unmarked and electronic tested at 12 karat.

This was a really nice real oldie. Unmarked, rough cut diamond and hand carved nugget style. It tested at 14k. I got way way over scrap on ebay for this one!

Dirty Love · Oct 18, 2017

Ice Scratcher said:
Yeah, just like Irons mentioned the stones are often missing...

Looks old, like a few I've pulled from old areas, and not from new areas..lol..

I would call it a starburst type of setting...

<°)))>{

The area would be an old beach, but a very popular beach now with both swimmers and detectors. Just a small, first scoop caught it.
will be googling starburst, thanks.

Ice Scratcher said:
Rings that old, and older are often not stamped...

<°)))>{

That's why I like finding a UK stamped ring, so much info is given.
Thanks

X-Terra70 said:
Awesome hunt, congrats!

Thanks X

Irons said:
Antique gold starburst signet ring.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ant..._fjWAhUGMSYKHYl4DfwQ_AUICygC&biw=1550&bih=742

Lots of times the really old ones are set with a rough cut diamond, or a nicer cut diamond if they are newer, say only 80 or so years old.

I found one of the 3 stone variety and it was missing 2 stones, was unmarked and electronic tested at 12 karat.

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This was a really nice real oldie. Unmarked, rough cut diamond and hand carved nugget style. It tested at 14k. I got way way over scrap on ebay for this one!

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Thanks for the info, I will look into it more, glad you and Ice pointed out the age possibility. Never crossed my mind, was more impressed with the T&Co.
WoW, that 14k is sweet.

metaladdict · Oct 19, 2017

GroundSweeper said:
That gold ring is awesome! Congrats! T&C no slouch either

+1

dirtydog · Oct 20, 2017

Batteries make all the difference. Nice captures.

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