Its OLD and its GOLD!(Updated Weight,pics & location)

Hello all,

Well Its about time I got back in the game.    Long first quarter of the season and I only found a Rosie    this season, till now.  Today was a long day its about 10:00pm (EST) on May/ 9 /2008. I got home about an hour ago.    Me and my hunting partner have been working areas in a bigger and bigger circumference from where we live. We found a nice little park today after about 2 hours of driving.   

Well all day long since about 2pm(EST) I dug everything in the high VDI  80's + On my MXT. I dig nothing but clad lots of clad just in the 1965 -1967 range and about 7 wheat's.     The first silver I dig is around 7 or 8pm (EST) a 1960 Rosie.  The area still sounds off but reads as a nickle/pulltab VDI  18-22 So I say to my partner who first spotted the hit as I was hunting. I was sure it was a pulltab    so I said go ahead you can dig it. It was another ROSIE! 1940's or something.   

Anyway I continued to hunt the area where we found silver for about another hour. Nothing found    I moved to another area that I found some wheat's in earlier.  I pulled some clad and another wheat.  Soon after that I moved to the bottom of the area. I got a nice 94+ (50 cent hit) and out popped a nice old Solid Gold ring that weighs about an ounce at 4 inches.        Its bent but I don't care its easily fixable. It was kinda getting dark fast. I continued to hunt faster and managed 2 mercs before we left too.      

Moral of the story is...
I was hunting hard most the day fast and furious.  I was finding nothing but clad.    Around 5 or 6 I was getting very mad at the powers above. The universe, mother nature and God himself I was swearing and yelling to myself.  My partner already found Silver and me clad lots of signals reading silver but digging clad.    I thought nothing loved me, God himself has turned his back on me. Well he proved me wrong once again with the great finds that came later. No one... NO ONE loves you more than God so don't get Mad at him be patient and good things will come.

Sorry but I had to go there.
GOD BLESS-

Here are some Pictures,
Keep @ it and HH!!

Holy smokes!!!  24K!!!!! Congrats to you on an awesome gold find. 
Beauty.
-MM-

A gorgeous ring and a valuable lesson all rolled up in one post!  Thanks so very much for sharing!  That ring would have made my day....ummm maybe week....oh ok...honestly, my decade!  Congrats on the silver as well.  An awesome ending to a day of hunting!  God bless you as well!   

Thats a great find. Good things come with patience

Nice!     
 
How deep was the ring?
 
It looks pretty old.

Awesome ring!  24K, wow...you don't see that much anymore.  Is that a scout insignia on the side?  Congrats a whole bunch!

that is an awsome piece

I would have posted earlier to say congradulations, but I had to clean out my pants!  That's a supa sweet find. It doesn't get any better than that. 
I've never uttered this word on this forum but I am honered to officially give you my first ever banner scream!



B A N N E R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job mud! youre gatting dialed in on that MXT! WTG!!!

Awesome ring!

thats one heck of a find...   

Well THAT was a good hunt.

Lovely ring... worth a cool grand!

That seems to be a good spot to detect in and i bet there is lots more to find

HH

Sanat

Wow thats cool, any Ideas on the markings?

Wow, major congrats on your solid gold ring.  It definitely looks old, or well worn too.

Patience is a virtue. The more patient you are, the more you will find in the long run.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

gratz you gonna sell as a  ring or as gold

Mud,
Super find. God loves everyone, no matter what.
Blessings,
Joe

That ring is sweeet!  congrats

[MUD!!!]

MUD!!!  24K!!!! WoW! Way to go! And the silver is awesome too! 

One thing...You are saying that you usually don't dig anything below a 80+ reading? The only keeper's I have found to be that high was quarters and halves. I've never found any other coins (other than those two) or rings to read that high here?

           So happy for you! Stunning find!

                          Nana 

Great Finds !   Hard work does pay off :-)

You should take that ring to a professional antiquities dealer...see what he has to say.

     Wow!

Wow, that's a nice gold ring!

Excellent finds !

Very nice ring. I don't know if devine intervention has anything to do with it, but being in the the right place does. And, joining the church of research will really put you over the top.

MUD,
Congrats on your awesome banner find!!!! 
-MM-

being 24K isnt it easy to bend out of shape?

MUD....Very well deserved!!  :thumbsup:Before I leave the house today I'm saying my prayer's.Congrat's on the Banner as well.Great Find!!!!!

The marking favor ancient South American civilzation - Mayan, Aztec...can't seem to place it. Although with a 24k stamp, I suspect it's a bit more modern.

Can we get pics of the side symbols?

Congratulations!

Very Nice Find  ..Congrats on making the Banner!!!!!

Sweet sweet finds! I'd be thrill with the silver myself. That ring is totally awesome. Congrats on the banner find!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet Congrats!!

its old and BEAUTIFUL to me... congrats...tlc

  way to go  nothing like pulling almost 900$ outa the ground...can we see pics of the sides?   24k rings are scarce...congrats on th banner

also gotta love those mercs


HH Vrent

Amazing find, I could only hope to find something like that.  As for age, in 1906 the National gold and silver marking act was formed.  So I would put this beautiful ring sometime after 1906.  Great find...HH....Bill

It doesn't get any better than that!

sweet ring but just imagin all the good stuff your missing out by not digging the stuff below 80 on the vdi...

i dig everything above 0 on the vdi with my mxt and have found some amazing things that would have been missed....

Congratulations on the great finds!

What kind of place was it where they were found?

Interesting to note that rosie ID'ed as a pulltab and 24k ring as a half dollar.
That's kinda telling me the accuracy of ID meters even on quality machines.
...Guess you need to Dig 'em All to use the eyeball ID to be sure...

Would you post it over in Whatsit? to see if those sleuths can decipher the ring?
They are pretty sharp over there...  (I've got one for 'em myself, today.  NOT GOLD!)

HH
rmptr

whoa!! way to go Mud and congrats on a banner find!

That is one fine BEAUTIFUL gold ring !!!! 

Has that antique appearence ...I hope you can research the design and learn its hisory !!

CONGRATS 

Derek 

Wow thanks everyone !!

Never expected to make banner with this find that's awesome.       Yea the 24k fine gold bends real easy and is very soft. Nana all my good finds read as high 80's even wheat pennies. The IH come in lower 55-60, clad dimes are 77, pennies 76, Nickles hit 18, pulltabs 22-34  Silver dimes 80-82, Silver quarters 83-86, I have not dug any halves or dollars yet.    Our ground is different so its likely the ground balance giving us different VDI's. I wish someone could tell me more about the ring. I'll post more pictures later of the sides.

Thanks again,
and special thanks to Prolab69 for taking me out to that site. Also to www.treasurenet.com staff and members.

keep @ it and HH!!

Absolutely incredible find! Congrats on the find and making the banner! 

GOTTA SAY IT , WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, awesome find.  I recently bought an MXT and have been familiarizing myself with it for the last couple months.  I was surprised to hear that the gold ring rang up with a high VDI.  I was under the impression that they ring like pulltabs.  Is it because its 24K and not mixed with other metal?  I've been just digging everything with a solid tone lately, regardless of VDI.  My last silver dime registered as a screw lid and it was only at about 3 inches.   

First of all, awesome find.  I recently bought an MXT and have been familiarizing myself with it for the last couple months.  I was surprised to hear that the gold ring rang up with a high VDI.  I was under the impression that they ring like pulltabs.  Is it because its 24K and not mixed with other metal?  I've been just digging everything with a solid tone lately, regardless of VDI.  My last silver dime registered as a screw lid and it was only at about 3 inches.  

I think that this gold ring rang up like it did due to it's weight. All of the rings that I have dug came up as nickel/pulltab except 1. It was a large silver man's ring and it was pretty heavy. Just my .02 worth. 

Yea really nice find there, I didn't even know they made rings in that high of krts...way to go! 

Muddy...remember the days when you couldn't find nuttin' with that detector of yours??  You've come a long way, baby.  That is a nice hunk-o-gold!  Congratulations! 

Your post captured the feeling of treasure fever damnation well. I am going to go now, and do a few laps in the Prayer Closet.

You have one of those, too??  Glad you're back, Bahbah...I think. 

Nice ring

HH

[The most fantastic time to be alive is right now]

WTG MUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's an awesome find.......and it even made the Find's Banner........your first right?

That ring looks to be a treasure ring...........a map maybe.........

Great coins as well...........all the best bud!

Cheers!

Dugholes   

Thanks all,

I think willie d is right about the tone. A metal detector tells whats in the ground from an aura that the object puts off. This aura is based on the size and weight of the object. The thicker, heavier and the bigger the metal then the bigger the aura. So the ring gave off an aura like a 50 cent piece from its weight and thickness.   

Mona Lisa, I do remember the days not finding anything with that BH.
Things have improved that's for sure.

Thanks again all,
Keep @ it and HH!!

woooooooooooah   nice stuff   

Excellent digs   congrats on the banner too!!!!!!

Guess you need to delete that can't find @#*& topic  huh  

lol again congrats 

[WOW]

WOW

That's a rare find my friend! 

Congrats to you, that's definitely one for the books

Nat

Congratulations on such an excellent find and for making the banner.  You didn't have a bad day. 

My luck this year has been garbage and 2 cents.  I just haven't had the time to get out.....

BEAUTIFUL RING!!!!!

Great find and interesting story.

It was your destiny. ! 

I hope to find some real gold this summer. 

Bob

Hey mud - wanna sell that ring??  how much?? 

Wow  great finds .... thanks for sharing ...HH

Super nice ring!!!!!!!!!!  I'm so curious about it's markings.

God bless you too!...some more!

More thanks,

Ummm.... I can't sell it untill I get it aprasied. What if its worth $20,000 I can't sell it for melt value. Ok, give me $20,000 and its yours  lonewolfe .   I am curious about the markings too please If anyone knows about it please let me know. I guess I could del. that post hu Bridge End Farm?

Thanks again, Everyone
Keep @ it and HH!!

Nice Gold!!

HH

Fishstank

OMG!!!! That is so awesome.

The symbols look asian to me.  They look similar to the "double happiness" mariage symbol often seen in Chinese weddings, but not exactly the same.  Korean symbols also similar.  I disagree about the symbols being Mayan or Aztec.  The closest central american symbols are bar/dot numbering (Mayan).

Also, which culture is more likely to wear 24k gold?  24k is commonly available in asian countries.

Alan

I was right!!!

Here is the symbol... "Shou" which translates to longevity.

Hello all,

I got a chance to weigh it and its 16.7 grams. Around a half an ounce or more. My brother did some research and I think Amorgan is right. My brother said it looks Asian and in Asia they do have lots of high karat jewelry over there. I am very happy Amorgan found the symbol now I know what it means.

Here are some more pictures,

Keep @ it and HH!!

A big congratz Mud Swat ... that is a nice chunky gold ring for sure and another congratz for making the banner ~ Jimmy

WOW great find. good luck in finding out more info on it. keep up wit the good work.

those are really nice  WTG

Awesome ring!

Wow! That is outstanding and Congratz

Excellent find... good job