Great to get out for my first hunt since the covid lockdown restrictions were lifted.
Sand levels were high, zero targets and took about an hour to find a low spot with a couple of deep 5 cent coins.
Clay was at about 40cm, measured when finding the florin.
The spot was perfect for the TDI, with the 5 cent coins probably being just out of reach of the VLF brigades that frequently hit that beach.
All the boxes getting ticked, slowed right down and adjusted the pulse delay and swing speed to get max depth from the TDI.
The bullets were fairly obvious but even deeper at just whispers were the two gold rings.
The thin one looks like low carat gold < 9ct with high silver content corroding off the surface. Probably a "brummy" ring as mentioned on the trove website.
The larger one is an older silver topped ring, I believe these were common up until about the 1930s before jewellers started to use white gold. They are frustrating rings to find as the white metal setting was usually used to show off a diamond. Nearly every time they are a heartbreaker find with the silver corroded off and leaves you wondering what kind of stone was lost.
The condition is amazing. No wear on the thickness, no scratches and only a couple of miniscule dings on one edge. If it weren't for the missing setting you would think it was brand new from the jeweller. It had to have been lost when new.
It has very interesting hallmarks which I'm just finishing up some research to add to this post. My guess is it has been sitting underwater for around 120 years.
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