TNTGross
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Now this is the first gold I have ever found... In November of 2017 I got a Nokta Relic detector. Great machine for the short time it lasted. I was out playing with it in my back yard when I saw the rental property owner next door. He was down to clean the place up for the next tenants. I went over to show him my new toy. As we spoke, I asked if he would mind if I searched his property. As it was just another rental to him, he said sure, he didn't care.
I didn't search it right then because he was working on it. A day or two later, I grabbed the relic and walked across the street and fired it up. Standing on the street, I got it all set up and made a swing over where the curb meets the grass. I got a very strong low tone and saw a VDI number I wouldn't normally dig. But the hit was so hard, I figured I would take a look see.
It was only a couple three inches in the ground and right up next to the concrete of the curb. Even covered in dirt and grime, I was in awe. It was big, heavy, and Elvis Presley Ugly with 36 little diamonds.
I stood up, looked around to see if anyone had seen what I had just pulled out of the ground and I turned off my machine. My heart was all a flutter and I knew that nothing else I found that day would top it. I was done.
Without even stepping a foot onto his property, it was the best place I have ever hunted.
I took it up to a jeweler and he said it came in at 8.5 grams and half carrot of grade "yellow" diamonds. And that I could get a grand for it, private sale.
My Dad came over for Christmas that year and I showed it to him. He thought it was a beautiful ring, so I gave it to him. He loves it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
The ring is too big for a pinky finger, but I wanted to compare it to my wedding band.
I didn't search it right then because he was working on it. A day or two later, I grabbed the relic and walked across the street and fired it up. Standing on the street, I got it all set up and made a swing over where the curb meets the grass. I got a very strong low tone and saw a VDI number I wouldn't normally dig. But the hit was so hard, I figured I would take a look see.
It was only a couple three inches in the ground and right up next to the concrete of the curb. Even covered in dirt and grime, I was in awe. It was big, heavy, and Elvis Presley Ugly with 36 little diamonds.
I stood up, looked around to see if anyone had seen what I had just pulled out of the ground and I turned off my machine. My heart was all a flutter and I knew that nothing else I found that day would top it. I was done.
Without even stepping a foot onto his property, it was the best place I have ever hunted.
I took it up to a jeweler and he said it came in at 8.5 grams and half carrot of grade "yellow" diamonds. And that I could get a grand for it, private sale.
My Dad came over for Christmas that year and I showed it to him. He thought it was a beautiful ring, so I gave it to him. He loves it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess.
The ring is too big for a pinky finger, but I wanted to compare it to my wedding band.
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