Bit of Gold and a Bit of Silver.

My total finds today: Fifty decimal coins amounting to £12.99 - Two large fishing weights - Two small lead balls - British flag badge - dog tag - silver locket and a gold bracelet.

I had a text from a lad this morning inviting me to a permission of his. As I sort of got him into detecting and he bought himself an Ace 250 on my recommendation, he wanted me to come along and show him some pointers with the machine. Now I'm not one to refuse an offer of a dig so made my way to his place. His site was just one field which held a car boot sale a few years ago. He told me he has used his Ace 250 twice on this site and did find some decimal coins and some odds and ends, but nothing old. Within a couple of hours detecting he was well away with his machine. I was using my Deus and right from the off we were finding decimal coins. In the end it became a competitive coin hunt to see who could find the most.

He was right, there didn't seem to be anything old coming up. Loads of bottle tops and ring pulls, but loads of coins too. Was good fun really and I was enjoying it.

My first decent find was a silver locket shown in the pics. That find made my day and I was happy with just that and all the decimal coins. But just as we were making our last sweep back to the gate up pops a gold bracelet.



The picture above shows the locket opened. The photo inside the locket is nearly destroyed by the damp, but you can just make out an image if you look closely. I have tried to show a close-up of the marks on the back of the locket and been told the marks mean London 1971, F. Mansure Ltd.
I looked all over the bracelet for some ID and the only mark I can seem to find is on the tiny clasp. I'm sure it says 18.750. Which I have been told will make it 18 karat.

So all in all an excellent day that I didn't expect. It was well worth the mudbath and couple of soakings due to the heavy showers.


Tuesday 13 January 2015.

***UPDATE***...(15th January)
After having the gold bracelet looked at by two different dealers it turns out the bracelet is a fake. On closer examination you can see the gold peeling off showing a base metal underneath.
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  1. P2Pinvested13 January 2015 at 21:08

    Hi janner the 18 750 stands for 18ct gold which is 750 parts of a thousand pure. Very very nice finds. Give that gold a weigh on some scales I believe 18ct is trading about £20 a gram at the minute! Love the locket as well.

    Well done

    Andy

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    1. Janner5314 January 2015 at 02:15

      Many thanks for that Andy. Must get myself some decent scales, but will try and get it weighed in work. The silver mark I have been told is London 1971,F.Mansure ltd.

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  2. Unknown14 January 2015 at 18:38

    As David Dickerson would say you might have walked away with the real deal with that horde good find.

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  3. Janner5314 January 2015 at 19:48

    Haha...Cheers Martyn, The jury is still out on the gold bracelet so I intend to take it into town tomorrow and have it looked at by a professional. I got my fingers and toes crossed that its genuine.

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  4. Detectorbloke15 January 2015 at 19:20

    Looks the real deal. Great days hunt!

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  5. Janner5315 January 2015 at 20:11

    D'OH....Turns out the gold bracelet is a fake.
    I had it looked at by two different jewelers in town today and tho it looks like the real thing on a closer examination the gold is coming off showing the base metal. Oh well, better luck next time.

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