Best coin.
Thought it was a full soda can and I had to chop down 4" in rock hard clay filled dirt to find it but something about the signal said dig.
I am more than lucky not to have hit and damaged the thing.
Favorite odd jewelry, a Tiffany silver keychain.
My F2 said zinc because of the keys, glad I was digging all zinc signals that day.
A coin that's not a coin.
A Masonic coin cherished and usually carried by lodge members in their pockets forever...or until they loose it like this one.
They still make them but nowadays they stamp modern one cent coins or make these types out of nickel, zinc, copper or brass.
They quit handing out the silver ones around the late 30's.
Jewelry.
My most expensive ring, 14k white gold with 9 diamonds.
Found next to a basketball court in a park, my favorite place to look for precious metal jewelry.
My only 22k ring...a beaver tail tab signal all the way.
A very old heirloom ring with a natural pearl, made before cultured pearls became popular.
All marks were rubbed off and I only have up to 22k acid and it tests fine but it is too yellow, soft and malleable to be anything less than 24k.
Best watch.
I love finding watches or even just parts of watches.
This was found in a park next to a lake and it was a large, loud high tone that I got numerous times on just about every visit to this park in this area.
I knew it was a can of some other large piece of junk but one day I decided to dig it up because I was sick of getting this same signal on this same target every time.
Shocked...it was a rolled gold pocket watch, not solid gold but there is still enough gold in this thing that refiners would accept it.