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Posted : Sunday, 18 August 2013 1:19:37 AM(UTC)
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Hi all today was just bizarre I met up with a good fellow for a beach hunt as it was our first hunt together there had to be some good finds met up spun afew yarns over a beer. around 4 oclock good time as people started leaving the beach got to the main entrance and off we go .I was following within a minute he pull out a ring only to find it was junk then straight away I pull out a chunky 925 one Metre away spent an hour heading up the beach and ended up at the entrance had a talk then he went over where we started and got the ring's and pulls out a nice shinny one says 18ct 526 dont know what the 526 means and no I wasnt reading it upside down haha. Good day all three within metres of each other still dont know how to upload photos
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Posted : Sunday, 18 August 2013 1:37:14 AM(UTC)
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great finds i found nothing at the beach today
fiend hard and find all
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Posted : Sunday, 18 August 2013 2:00:04 AM(UTC)
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This is the funny thing I done that same beach two weeks ago but missed that small area. Beware beach hunters cover all ground :)