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After some big surf the last 24 hours I drove straight to the beach after work for a short 3 hour hunt. Targets were fewer and more spread out than they were last Sunday but as the tide receded and I worked lower on the slope I started to find a little lead.
I really almost felt like I was going to find some gold because everything seemed similar to when I have found gold in the past- low on the slope, finding a few quarters and lead fishing weights, the wet sand firm below my feet and black sand showing higher up on the slope. Everything was just right so I call it the "Goldilocks Zone".
When I got a nice coin-like tone I scooped it up and as I shook the sand out of the basket the target bounced out of the scoop back near the hole. I didn't get a good look at it but looking down I saw a round ring like depression in the wet sand. I knew I had a ring and when I picked it up I could tell it was yellow gold in the fading sunlight! Similar to a nugget ring I found last year but this one had a nice diamond embedded on the top. No karat stamp but initials and a date from 36 years ago.
It's been a great start to the year for me after a slow start last year. I know this streak can't continue but I'm enjoying it while it lasts. GL&HH!
I really almost felt like I was going to find some gold because everything seemed similar to when I have found gold in the past- low on the slope, finding a few quarters and lead fishing weights, the wet sand firm below my feet and black sand showing higher up on the slope. Everything was just right so I call it the "Goldilocks Zone".
When I got a nice coin-like tone I scooped it up and as I shook the sand out of the basket the target bounced out of the scoop back near the hole. I didn't get a good look at it but looking down I saw a round ring like depression in the wet sand. I knew I had a ring and when I picked it up I could tell it was yellow gold in the fading sunlight! Similar to a nugget ring I found last year but this one had a nice diamond embedded on the top. No karat stamp but initials and a date from 36 years ago.
It's been a great start to the year for me after a slow start last year. I know this streak can't continue but I'm enjoying it while it lasts. GL&HH!
Yes, we will have to get together for a hunt. I'd like to meet you but I have a feeling we may have bumped into each other before. 
Love it! I don't understand why someone would've put a date in a ring that doesn't look like any type of wedding or engagement ring.
looking ring how heavy?
