LongJohnSilver1
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We had a bit of rough weather here during the week, so I had to wait till the weekend to get out to the honey hole that produced the gold coin pendant and 9 gold rings the week before.
When I got down there I found to my dismay it appeared sand was already moving back in, AND it was still a bit rough which really gave me a moment to pause and consider going in given I'd already trashed a nemo. In then end I decided no guts no glory.
As I suspected, most of the area was sanded in, so I worked the few areas left but I went super slow and dug everything. None of this cherry picking nonsense.
There weren't many obvious signals left, you can see I only found 3 silver coins and a single silver ring. I did find some clad ($12 worth) but again it's nothing compared to the first visit.
The first ring out was the 9k with small diamonds and a blue sapphire. My wife broke the band stuffing it on her finger.
Then I kind of got the signet, kids ring and twisty ring one after the other. All 9k.
But the best finds were the last - the buckle ring which is super crusty and still being cleaned. And the honker - 22k of buttery perfection.
Now If I had of been cherry picking I would have missed both of them. The buckle ring was literally inside a chunk of rusty iron and only sometimes made a non ferrous tone on the D2.
The 22k ring was in a hole in the rock, directly under a modern $2 coin that gave me a high tone. Our $2 coins ring up at an 89 on the D2.
Just as I was leaving, I noticed another pirate turning up with scuba gear. He was off hunting in the wrong place completely the poor sod. I know I left nothing behind for him!
When I got down there I found to my dismay it appeared sand was already moving back in, AND it was still a bit rough which really gave me a moment to pause and consider going in given I'd already trashed a nemo. In then end I decided no guts no glory.
As I suspected, most of the area was sanded in, so I worked the few areas left but I went super slow and dug everything. None of this cherry picking nonsense.
There weren't many obvious signals left, you can see I only found 3 silver coins and a single silver ring. I did find some clad ($12 worth) but again it's nothing compared to the first visit.
The first ring out was the 9k with small diamonds and a blue sapphire. My wife broke the band stuffing it on her finger.
Then I kind of got the signet, kids ring and twisty ring one after the other. All 9k.
But the best finds were the last - the buckle ring which is super crusty and still being cleaned. And the honker - 22k of buttery perfection.
Now If I had of been cherry picking I would have missed both of them. The buckle ring was literally inside a chunk of rusty iron and only sometimes made a non ferrous tone on the D2.
The 22k ring was in a hole in the rock, directly under a modern $2 coin that gave me a high tone. Our $2 coins ring up at an 89 on the D2.
Just as I was leaving, I noticed another pirate turning up with scuba gear. He was off hunting in the wrong place completely the poor sod. I know I left nothing behind for him!
Congrats! That 22k is a buttery fishing weight
I once put a broke ring together with shoe goo. Took it to the scrapper. Guy is like "What the heck?". I'm like "Put it together so you don't have to test each individual piece"
I haven't seen a nice honker on here in a while and that one at 22K is just insane! 
