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| Date Inscribed in Recently Found Ring. |
The above ring is inscribed with the date 5 - 20 - 87, presumably the wedding date. You'll occasionally find rings that are not from the U. S. that have the day before the month and year. For example, if you see 20 - 5 - 87, you might think something is wrong unless you realize it is probably from a country where they put the day first. Of course if the day and month are both small numbers, such as 1 and 2, you don't know if it is January 2nd or February 1st unless you know which system is being used.
You'll also find other things that are marked different from the way we usually do it in the U. S. This high karat ring, for example is marked 90%.
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| Same Ring Marked 90% |
The ring acid tests to over 20k gold, and I presume the 90% is the purity, which, if true, would be about 21.6k.
Rings from some places, such as India or China, are often higher karat than we find common in the U. S.
The name inscribed in the ring is Kwong, which is a name that seems to derive from Central China, but is also common in various places in the U. S., most especially California, as well as other places, such as Korea.
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| Three Found Green Bottles. |
As you know some old and rare bottles can be sold for a nice price, but these ones aren't worth much of anything.
If you collect bottles, you'll quickly discover that they take up space. That is why I always like to find a plastic crate. Here are a couple of the crates that I've found along with a few of the bottles.
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| Found Coca Cola Bottles with Found Plastic Crates. |
The bottom crate contains a variety of Coca Cola bottles. One of the nice things about the plastic crates is that you can stack them six or seven high to save space. Another nice thing is that you can see through them, which makes it can make it easier to find what you are looking for.
Notice that the bottles are stored bottom up. There are two reasons for that. If your bottles are outside, you don't want water and gunk to accumulate in them, and secondly, especially with Coke bottles, the bottom provides much of the identifying information so you can quickly scan them.
I always like finding things I can use while I'm looking for coins or other metal treasures. Here are some of the other crates and bottles I've found.
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| More Found Crates Containing Found Bottles. |
If you buy plastic crates, you'll quickly discover that they are not cheap, so I'm always glad to find one.
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Yesterday we were supposed to have some high water. I haven't found out what it actually did yet, but according to the predictions it looks like we'll be having a more common 3 - 5 foot surf for a few days.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com. |
That doesn't look to exciting.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
