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Old 06-30-2008, 06:22 PM
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Hey TH'rs... had plans to go out early today, that almost went sour. Got food poisoning yesterday.. by 5pm last night my wife was my nurse.Big temp and pains in gut.. made it thru the night, morning temp was normal and gut felt 95% better.. so what do it do?.. get outta bed and head to the beach! wife said i was nuts, but i saw gold in my future the day before.. when i got tothe beach i started tothink i had made a big mistake leaving my bed.. i was weak and a bit headache... but... i had to get swinging!.. 2 hrs on the beach.. found about 50 beer caps.. a few pull tabs.. arong a buck in clad, a cool folding knife, a toy guitar, a ear ring of stars.. a peace symbol ring( junk).. and deceided to get close to the water... got a deepbeep and dug , and dug and Blammo!.. the gold i felt i would find if i just went and looked.. it's a nice 14K with a really wild inter locking pattern.. pics below... so in conclusion> True Pirates don'tlet a little food poisoning stop them from getting the Booty!.. shaka Mike P.S. my wife says i am nuts, but she knows that when i want to go TH'ing.. she says "Go gettum baby!"
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Old 06-30-2008, 06:27 PM
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Sorry to hear of the food poisoning...glad you are better and I have to say Congrat's on such a sweet find!!! That ought to make anyone feel better!!!

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Old 06-30-2008, 06:41 PM
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Wow mike you are a true MD'r! I am sorry to hear about the food poisoning! That is some tough stuff for sure!

That is a great ring you found! A big congrats on it. I really like the pattern. I have never seen one like it. Good hunting, Beale.
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Old 06-30-2008, 07:06 PM
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Had more then my share of the food thing before. Some times dieing would feel OK!

Man that's a kicker Ring! Lost Wax Vestment type. Someone spent some time on that one.
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those are some wonderful finds, that ring is fantastic!!
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Glad you made it thru the night. Congratz on the ring!
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Old 06-30-2008, 07:22 PM
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Mike, nice ring..well fantastic ring I should say..Way to go...Good that you are feeling better..been there done that..You did good....Congrats on a great find...Buster...
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Glad your feeling better . Nice ring find , gold is good and dreams do come true . congrats on all your finds .
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Old 07-01-2008, 12:19 AM
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Great looking ring Mike, you just can't keep a good detectorist down.
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Old 07-01-2008, 10:17 AM
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Gold ring is sweet....sorry about the food poisoning!!....wow that would suck!....looks like it all worked out for the better!
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