UPDATE i JUST PAID FOR MY DETECTOR !!!

And enough left over to pay for another !

The wife and I went to the mall today and although I didn't get a written appraisal we did go into three different jewelry stores.  It is a real blue sapphire 14 k and although I thought it was a mans ring they are saying woman's.  Maybe that's why I can't get it off of my wife's finger since I brought it home.

Now to the good news  the average from all three stores we went into came out to a value between $1,800.00 and $2,200.00!  I am a happy camper....

see the original post here

Thats great Bill, So now you got lunch the next time, just kidding, Are you giving it to your wife .That will earn a lot of points.Ha ,Ha, .     COTTON

Holy Moly Bill, Very Nice....

Great Bill,that is a nice looking ring.Congrats.You didn' t mention on the original post where at
the beach you found it (ie.-Dry ,wet,knee-deep,chest -deep,etc.) Nice find.Joe

 

   Way to go Bill maybe you paid for two

Great Bill,that is a nice looking ring.Congrats.You didn' t mention on the original post where at
the beach you found it (ie.-Dry ,wet,knee-deep,chest -deep,etc.) Nice find.Joe

We were hunting I would say from knee deep to neck (at least cotton was neck deep) and I found it in waist deep water about ten yeards behind guzz (haha)

[MAN O MAN O MAN You did hit the jackpot! WTG!]

MAN O MAN O MAN You did hit the jackpot!  WTG!

Very nice ring.Congratulations....But the thing I fail to understand is...............how can you pay for the detector, if you can not get the ring from your wife?   lol    HH   Gayle

Big ring, Nice find.
Congrad's
Joe

awesome

10 yards behind huh  lol,   you might get something from whites for that story  

congrats

It is rings like these that get you out of doing chores at home.  She will always be sending you detecting to find her another.  

Getting another detector is easy now as the new equipment will find more stuff.

Either way it is a fantastic looking ring.

great looking ring, where can you sell it?  I've been trying to unload a 1/3 karat diamond with 16 small ones in 14K for the last 6 months, I've been offered 35.00 from a jeweler and 55.00 from a pawn shop,  I just don't have the time to ebay or sit around waitin for someone from craigslist to call.

Terrific ring Bill, It is very rich looking, WTG

Nice ring....great....that would keep my wife off my back for a year,,,well,, a month anyway....

That's the way to do it FlaBill. I'd still wear it, that is a Beauty 

That is  great  news Bill  and  what  a  killer present for  your  wife , That will earn  you a lot more  hunting time 
 Im  gonna  be at  Blue sapphire lake   in  the  am  . I  have  been tied up in this house  all weekend .I  can't wait  for  monday  morning  to  get out  of  here .   Guzz1

Hey   Joe swf  It  was at  Blue  sapphire  lake  somewhere in the  state  of   florida.. nice  try Guzz

That is  great  news Bill  and  what  a  killer present for  your  wife , That will earn  you a lot more  hunting time 
 Im  gonna  be at  Blue sapphire lake   in  the  am  . I  have  been tied up in this house  all weekend .I  can't wait  for  monday  morning  to  get  here .   Guzz1

Hey stay out of my spot lol.........

Sweet

It should be good, We have the west winds that i was waiting for. We have some great cuts now, An a lot of sand is shifting, Things are going to pick up quick, Plus we have the full moon also. The only bad thing is i go back to work Monday .           COTTON

WOW! that is one sweet ring!!!!
Keep em coming!

Holy smokes, FL Bill!  Quite the ring and, yeah, I'd be wearing it too.  WTG!

HH

Wow I made the BANNER!  Awesome,  I didn't think any of us Florida boys would ever make that.  I feel honored to share the banner with such awesome finds....

Congrats for this beauty and congrats for The BANNER .

That is a beautiful ring!  Congrats!!!!  I bet your wife is doing the happy dance. 

  RR

Bill, congrats on that ring . . .and the Banner . . . you might want to try a little soap & water
for getting that ring "un-stuck" from your wife's finger

Take care,
watercolor

Told ya she was the real deal, congrats on the banner mate!

Congratulations on the ring and making the banner.

WOW! Great find! I`m yet to find gold..keep it up!

VERY AWESOME! THAT RING IS BEAUTIFULL! It must feel good!!! 

congrats on banner well deserved indeed 

Hey Bill, Thanks for the reply. I like to know if any of the beaches are moving or cutting.It
would be nice to see the troughs deepen and some shell and rock start showing.HH Joe

Wow!!! Nice find, no I take that back,GREAT FIND.  Gonna be hard to beat a find like that.

Just one question, did anyone report a ring like that missing in the area?  Just kind of curious. 
I usually try to return rings I have found.  I guess the two oldest rings I have returned were to guys
70 years old.  One lost his mothers wedding ring when he was 8 yrs. old and I found it at an old one room school house that had been torn down and is now a field.  I returned it to the guy and he was 78 years young.
The other ring I found belonged to a fellow how lost his class ring in 1946, I found it in a lake close to where I live and returned it to him, after much research.  He lives in Ft.Myers Fla. now.  He wears it around his neck now and tells the story of how it was found to anyone who will listen. 

Of course I have returned rings to the owners and they could have cared less about my returning it.  One lady opened the door of her house, grabbed the ring and slammed the door in my face.  Another guy told me thanks and then sort of said get lost cause his wife didn't know he had lost the ring.  I guess it was because he and his wife never went swimming together.  MMMMMMMMM wonder who he was with when he lost the ring.

Sorry to rattle on, these are just a few of my stories, as I have many after detecting for over 23 years. 

Again, Congrats on finding that really nice ring.

HH<Ringfinder

Congrats! Super nice looking ring!!!

WOW! Man would I loved to have found that! Congrats on the Ring & making the banner!

unless i get a better detector and find better places to look, and put more time into detecting, I'll never be on the banner.   

great looking ring, where can you sell it?  I've been trying to unload a 1/3 karat diamond with 16 small ones in 14K for the last 6 months, I've been offered 35.00 from a jeweler and 55.00 from a pawn shop,  I just don't have the time to ebay or sit around waitin for someone from craigslist to call.

That's the whole deal with "appraisals". They will tell you it is worth $1800 to $2000 because that is what they will sell it for with their 500% + markup. In the real world, you'd be lucky to break $350-400. Nice ring anyhow.
HH, S_F

beautiiful find --- but the "point" of appraisals is spot on -- it for "insurance" reasons ---and is their "asking" price for a item like that should they sell it to you -- (its their high end haggling point) --- now if their buying its a whole differant matter-- they go buy gold weight and % anf forget the stone exist as far as they care. so about 1/5 or so of of their "estimate" is about right --say $400 on a 2 grand ring would be their "offer" to buy --its a racket jewelry --but theres no doubt that you made a great find --I'd  be proud as heck to have find a ring like that one -- having a feeling your wifes got it for life,   --- nice ring 

beautiiful find --- but the "point" of appraisals is spot on -- it for "insurance" reasons ---and is their "asking" price for a item like that should they sell it to you -- (its their high end haggling point) --- now if their buying its a whole differant matter-- they go buy gold weight and % anf forget the stone exist as far as they care. so about 1/5 or so of of their "estimate" is about right --say $400 on a 2 grand ring would be their "offer" to buy --its a racket jewelry --but theres no doubt that you made a great find --I'd  be proud as heck to have find a ring like that one -- having a feeling your wifes got it for life,   --- nice ring 

yes unless I take a Axe to her finger I think it is lost once again, and I agree with you guys on the value, and like I have said it may appraise at a certain price, however it is only worth that if you find someone willing to pay that much, which would be unlikey....

oh I wouldn't  say  the ring was " re lost" think of it as "invested" instead. ---LOL

You have to love this hobby.  It's the only one that you can actually make money in and recover your expenses.

I know I have paid for mine a few times over too.

HH

You have to love this hobby.  It's the only one that you can actually make money in and recover your expenses.

I know I have paid for mine a few times over too.

HH

You and me both brother. I have paid for mine in change. I have never sold any of my gold or silver jewelry.

Nice find Bill. Congrats on making the banner.  It is finds like that ring that make this hobby so much fun. Not to mention making your wife very happy. LOL

Ray S.

That is the best find I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!

My Excalibur and my trip were paid for with this find, so I know how FloridaBill feels.  It's a warm fuzzy feeling....

Holy Cow,
That is sweet.

Bill SUPERSTAR! I saw you on whites site. Congrats man!

nice ring

Ok I'm thinkin' we all ought to move down there with Bill & hunt his beaches til we can pay for ours!?  your wife wouldn't mind if about 2 or 3 hundred TH'ers moved in w/ya right?  we would supply the beer.

great looking ring, where can you sell it?  I've been trying to unload a 1/3 karat diamond with 16 small ones in 14K for the last 6 months, I've been offered 35.00 from a jeweler and 55.00 from a pawn shop,  I just don't have the time to ebay or sit around waitin for someone from craigslist to call.

6 mo. huh. Had you put it on Ebay, it would have long since been sold. If you can wait 6 mo., why can't you wait a week?? The pawn shop offer is about a third of what they would ask for it. You can get it appraised and then start the bidding at 1/3 to 1/2 of the appraised value.

Deepsix

It is a beauty! hard to pay off the machine with the gold on your wife's hand huh?  I'd be wearing it too!

 

Beautiful ring Bill.Congrat...So far my wife hasnt kept any of the rings I have found,but she did take half of the midwest check.lol

Congrats on the banner.

HH ROLAND

Congrats Bill!!!

way to go 

Bill, What were you swinging?

Bill, What were you swinging?

My beachhunter 300

WOW Bill that is a awesome ring. Now do you make loans? LOL I bet the lady who lost that did some cussin and how hard is it going to be getting it back from your wife lol

Nice find................