A Few Finds From Last 3 Beach Hunts

joe4077 · Nov 26, 2013

After a few months off from posting on the FMDF I'm back with some recent finds from new beaches I've been working. After a whirlwind summer and fall I wasn't able to keep up with the happenings on the forum. There never seemed to be enough time to check in or post anything. With winter setting in, I'm beginning to have more time to peruse the forum postings and I plan to begin posting again. I have logged on a few times in the past few months but not that much.

Here are a few pictures of some things I recently found at a couple of new beaches I've been working. With $21.00 in coin being found in 3 days, I don't think these beaches have been detected that much as all the coins were dirty and corroded. I plan to hit them again a few more times before the sand freezes up solid and you can't dig. Also found was a 1953 Washington Qtr., a 1956 Roosevelt Dime, a silver Pandora charm (Rose Hearts$50 retail value), UNC Tar Heels money clip(without money), and a copper ring.

Enjoy the pictures!

arw40 · Nov 26, 2013

congrats on those silvers....there is plenty out there to be found....nice to have you back on the forum...HH

Cfmct · Nov 26, 2013

Good job on the silver... I thought the ring was gold until I saw you mentioned it being copper...

daveosh2 · Nov 26, 2013

i notice the flatness inside the ring. hope you acid tested that ring, rose gold is that color :lookclose:

Gobble-Gobble · Nov 26, 2013

Not bad Joe , glad to see you back. Hope them new beaches pay off

joe4077 · Nov 26, 2013

arw40 said:
congrats on those silvers....there is plenty out there to be found....nice to have you back on the forum...HH

Thank you. It's nice to be back.

joe4077 · Nov 26, 2013

Cfmct said:
Good job on the silver... I thought the ring was gold until I saw you mentioned it being copper...

Thanks. I wish it was gold. It rang up as a solid 80 on the DFX. Definitely copper. Shined it up with a Brillo pad. It might be homemade from a piece of copper pipe.

joe4077 · Nov 26, 2013

Gobble-Gobble said:
Not bad Joe , glad to see you back. Hope them new beaches pay off

Thanks Rem. So far so good. Are you still on LI?

joe4077 · Nov 26, 2013

daveosh2 said:
i notice the flatness inside the ring. hope you acid tested that ring, rose gold is that color

I looked with a usb microscope. I did not see a karat mark. It could be plated. Does rose gold tarnish black? I may have been silver plated over copper. Acid test was inconclusive. Didn't react to the acids.

imalookin2 · Nov 26, 2013

Love those older silver coins! Congrats on a nice find. I laugh every time I see a Pandora item. Women are so strange. They will pay $50 for some silver thingabob to put on a silver rope thingabob and after buying a LOT of those silver thingabobs they are happy. Pandora has a real gimmick going there.

davelowe · Nov 26, 2013

Nice job. Thanks for sharing

S1u2r3f4 · Nov 26, 2013

Nice! Are you near Long Beach-Atlantic Bch?

Gold Digger 2 · Nov 26, 2013

I question that little band,,,,,,I have had 3 pieces of old 10k that were tarnished and turned out gold,,,,the really old gold are not normally marked and with all those old coins, its a possibility, I hope it is gold,,,great finds,,,GL HH

daveosh2 · Nov 26, 2013

been taking my jewelry too gold & jewelry buyer that has has analyzer. they give instant makeup of item , if it is gold instant percentage of gold 100% accurate ( this one uses xrays ) scrap yards have them also

Gobble-Gobble · Nov 27, 2013

joe4077 said:
Thanks Rem. So far so good. Are you still on LI?

Yes still here, the buyer's canx. yesterday, my lawyer was dragging his feet.

joe4077 · Nov 27, 2013

imalookin2 said:
Love those older silver coins! Congrats on a nice find. I laugh every time I see a Pandora item. Women are so strange. They will pay $50 for some silver thingabob to put on a silver rope thingabob and after buying a LOT of those silver thingabobs they are happy. Pandora has a real gimmick going there.

Thanks. As long as the women keep buying them and losing them I don't care. We'll always have something to look for.

joe4077 · Nov 27, 2013

S1u2r3f4 said:
Nice! Are you near Long Beach-Atlantic Bch?

No. I'm working Suffolk Co.

joe4077 · Nov 27, 2013

Gold Digger 2 said:
I question that little band,,,,,,I have had 3 pieces of old 10k that were tarnished and turned out gold,,,,the really old gold are not normally marked and with all those old coins, its a possibility, I hope it is gold,,,great finds,,,GL HH

Thanks Gold Digger and Dave. I'll keep working to find out what it is. It has a nice ring to it when I drop it on the table. It might be less than 10k, so that's why it tarnished. I have plenty on junky copper rings that didn't shine up like this so it may very well be gold. I'll probably have to take it to a jeweler to find out for sure.

Cfmct · Nov 28, 2013

joe4077 said:
Thanks Gold Digger and Dave. I'll keep working to find out what it is. It has a nice ring to it when I drop it on the table. It might be less than 10k, so that's why it tarnished. I have plenty on junky copper rings that didn't shine up like this so it may very well be gold. I'll probably have to take it to a jeweler to find out for sure.

You ought to pick up a gold testing kit... they are pretty cheap around fifteen dollars...so rings when they are sized they cut where the hallmark was.. I have several rings like that.

Captain Silver · Nov 28, 2013

Congrats on the silver and the rest of the finds!

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