Going into the weekend I didn’t think I would be able to get a hunt in due to rough surf conditions. Yesterday however it looked like it would be doable today on the surf app. I awoke and checked the surf cam and it still looked a bit rough but I thought I would be able to get a hunt in. When I got to the beach the winds were good but the surf still was rolling in some nasty stuff. I also noticed cuts along the shoreline on South Beach – a rarity! Well I got in the water and was slammed a bit with the headphones coming off and decided at that point to work the cuts and make it a wet sand hunt. I was getting some greenies and kept going at it for over an hour. I cross paths with another pirate working the same wet sand heading south as I as going north. Then there was a calmer section of water and got in and hunted for just over 2 hours. Very few targets and that’s when the nice cheapo polarized sunglasses showed up. Then, the last hour of the hunt, I headed back working the wet sand again. During this time, I got a high tone and though I had another penny when the little silver ring showed up. Not long after that I got a break in the PP threshold and switch over to discriminate and get a scratchy tone. I dig one deep scoop and nothing – still in the hole. It comes up in the second scoop and I notice a big ring with a bunch of crud encrusting it as I fall down and the ring falls back in the hole.
I finally retrieve the ring and notice the tell-tale “BVLGARI” on the side of the ring. At first I thought it was an imitation, but as start to rub it with sand it gets shinier! I now decide it’s possibly the real deal!!! 
What’s funny is just about 20-30 yards away was another pirate with his CTX working the cut I had worked 3 hours earlier. This ring was deep and not near a “visible” cut. Evidently there was some erosion on some not so obvious sections of beach. At home with my jeweler’s glasses, I can see tiny inner markings “57”, “AU750”, “3646AL”,”Made in Italy” “Steel” and a serial #. My very 1st BVLGARI and on the board for December!
I finally retrieve the ring and notice the tell-tale “BVLGARI” on the side of the ring. At first I thought it was an imitation, but as start to rub it with sand it gets shinier! I now decide it’s possibly the real deal!!! What’s funny is just about 20-30 yards away was another pirate with his CTX working the cut I had worked 3 hours earlier. This ring was deep and not near a “visible” cut. Evidently there was some erosion on some not so obvious sections of beach. At home with my jeweler’s glasses, I can see tiny inner markings “57”, “AU750”, “3646AL”,”Made in Italy” “Steel” and a serial #. My very 1st BVLGARI and on the board for December!Attachments
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on that one congrats
