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	Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « on: July 10, 2010, 10:18:55 PM »

it's absolutely amazing how much trash is on a swimming beach...apparently people spend nearly every single penny they have on beer, because after 7+ total hours of digging i only ended up with $3.63 in coins and countless beer caps.

found half a dozen tent stakes, one toy coast guard helicopter, one large fishing weight with hook and a dozen+ large nails. amazed the beaches aren't covered in blood!

found what i thought was my first silver...a braided necklace with an India coin (1964) attached...just looked it up and it is nickel...so i am guessing it was just lost because it had no discoloration. Still a neat find..my first foreign coin.

on my last evening of hunting (2 hours) i ended up with just 2 dimes but i did hit a gold ring with 3 small stones.
I'm having a little trouble reading the stamp. in a box it says either "EC" or "FC" after the box it says "10KT". I was wondering if it was gold filled? can anyone tell by the stamp?

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #1 on: July 10, 2010, 10:29:32 PM »

If its marked 10KT my bet is its 10k gold as for FC it could be several things, makers mark, trade mark who knows but I have seen several import rings marked FC meaning Fancy Cut. Can you post a picture

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #2 on: July 10, 2010, 10:40:07 PM »

not yet, i can barely post a message...i'll have my wife help me tomorrow and see if we can't figure it out.

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #3 on: July 10, 2010, 10:46:13 PM »

We understand Armswin no hurry if you have problems post pictures we will be more the happy to help.

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #4 on: July 11, 2010, 07:21:02 PM »

here is a pic of the 10 kt ring and non-silver necklace.

any hints on taking better close up pics?

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #5 on: July 11, 2010, 07:33:20 PM »

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any hints on taking better close up pics?

If you're camera has a macro setting (usually represented by a flower), use it for close-ups. Also, tripods really do help (and they're not very expensive)

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #6 on: July 11, 2010, 08:40:07 PM »

thanks, looks like now i need a better camera!

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #7 on: July 12, 2010, 04:41:52 PM »

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thanks, looks like now i need a better camera!

Save the coins jewelry you find. Eventually, you can use them to by the best camera in the shop.

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #8 on: July 12, 2010, 07:27:13 PM »

i'm $1.40 closer to that camera...just spent a couple hours at our local beach..dug over 50 targets...14 coins the rest mostly nails...also got 4 stones that my detector hit on.

keep diggin'

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	Re: Outer Banks vacation...first gold!! « Reply #9 on: July 13, 2010, 11:12:20 AM »

You know, it's amazing how fast it accumulates. Each year I start with a new 5 gallon pail with a cover and dump my coins in there. Over the past 41 years (I had to count them up - oh, dear - that's a lot of years.) in active hunting, I have needed a second pail on 5 of those more memorable years. All the common coins and junk jewelry go into them. The high value coins, gold and silver are eventually sold as collectibles, jewelry or scrap. Then I clean and roll the common coins adding more to the "Take a Vacation" account at the bank. This is one amazing hobby.

Do you have any idea how much one of those pails can hold? Most years have netted well over $1000.00 in modern coins alone.

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