7 Diamond Diamond Heart Necklace Stud

Q.Well with the passing of my digital camera, may it rest in peace. Its been increasingly hard to find a way to get quality pictures of my finds on the net... However thanks to an old high resolution flatbed scanner and painstaking hours of tormenting my friend who owns it, we were able to come up with some delightful close up shots for your viewing entertainment.... Ive set up this slide show, with the asumption that yall would have an open internet browser to view these pics while you read the message. I hope yall enjoy it ! I put a considerable amount of time and effort into making it look good. These finds are all from the Ft walton beach area, and a few from an old spanish well site long since forgotten on all but the oldest of records and maps tucked away at the local city hall , collecting dust.A does anyone have any websites that show me something like this?

A.1. 1830 brass, "O Mary conncieved without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee" http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/1830brass.jpg 2. This one is just a large sterling cross with Christ still hanging on it, No visible date or any other substansial markings other than "INRI" http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/silvercross.jpg 3. This unique silver pendant was exceptionally hard to retrieve, trapped in a mass of old oyster shells, the digging was extremely difficult....( as some of you might remember, I do not use a scoop ) None the less it was recovered without injury. It says "St. Christopher protect me" and it appears to be very old. Its hand tooled, very heavy and very ornate. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/stchrissilver.jpg 4. This Italian made silver pendent also is marked 1830 and has the same words that appear on the 1st one. I suspect at this time, 1830 is not the date it was made, but rather a significant date in christian history, maybe someone else can shed some light on this? Or possibly it was made in 1830? either way, it was a great find and took many tedious and painstaking hours of staring throught a jewelers loop to get it clean. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/1830silver.jpg 5. 18k gold pendant of the virgin mother. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/marygold.jpg 6. Next we move on the gold......everyones favorite :O). This is a mass collection of all the goodies that I have found since the death of my digital camera 3 months ago. I didnt posses the time nor patients to scan every single item for a close up, however I did scan some close detailed shots of the better stuff. anyway, without further procrastination.....here it is....3 months of notable finds, plus a few keys and odds and ends. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/allthegoodies.jpg if anyone is interested, I have a 23.5 meg file of this scan, and can eaily enough cut out some detailed close ups of anything on it if you should so desire. 7. The rings of October.....These rings were found in the water with the cz20, and in dry sand, hunted at night with the explorer XS, most were deep and had been there for some time. The watch was a surprising find, its a Wittnauer, diamond edition, has one small diamond in it. Ive had it appraised at $480. its 14k and a great find!. still works. Check out the wittnauer line of watches on the net....its amazing what people will pay for a watch, only to loose it on the beach playing volleyball.....but hey, Im not complaining. The diamond is real, and 1 half carrot, set in 14k gold. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/ringsoct99.jpg 8. here is a high resolution close up of the 5 CTK diamond. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/5ctkring.jpg 9. Just to give you an idea of how sensitive the explorer xs is, this is a ruby/gold earing stud I found approx 18 inches in dry compact sand. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/rubyearing.jpg 10. This little beauty was cut from the 23.5MB pic. Found in the water with the cz20, its 14k with 4 tiny diamonds and a marquee cut blue topaz stone approx 1/5 ctk. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/angleheartwdiam.jpg 11. My son's first gold, he found this cute little 22k childs earing on a playground at a local park with his bounty hunter. His first jewelry as well as 1st gold. He struck 1st gold and silver in one weeks time, silver was a 1951 roosevelt and that was a real shocker to me. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/coreysearing.jpg 12. it was dissapointing to recover this beauty to find 2 of the diamonds missing. It was recovered in extreme surf conditions and the fact that I managed to find it at all was a feat in itself. 22k with 8 tiny diamonds. 2 of which are still to date MIA. if you should happen to find the missing diamonds, please let me know asap *G* http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/diamondcross.jpg 13. this 18k hasp appears to be part of a bracelet that was torn asunder in the vengefull surt. the two small emeralds are genuine. at least I found the part with the stamping eh? http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/emeraldpin.jpg 14. Ok, no sense putting it off any longer, here comes the spanish gold from the old spanish well. Im not sure what either of these items are, still being researched by memebers of the historical society of historical Ft walton.....No authentication yet, and so far no one has pressured me into telling them where the items were found, or asked me to give them up. In the event of that happening, have no fear, my house will suddenly be robbed and nothing short of an act of God will put these items in anyones hands save for mine. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/spanishgold2.jpg 15. This item is a close up of the one above, not sure what it is yet, but at this time its believed to be gold decorative item that was mounted on spanish shoulders, signifying rank or insignia. Research is still progressing slowly. I will post here as soon as and if, any new info comes out. The item has not been cleaned yet, as it is one of possible true value and cleaning it could be very detrimental. so please bear with me. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/latestfinds/spanishgold1.jpg 16. My first spanish real, ( piece of 8 ) Silver ponce de leon 8 real silver piece, actually found from scuba diving into the old spanish well. its value, due to its condition with a grade of 6G is only about $75. but none the less, it will remain one of my favorite finds for some time to come. http://www.geocities.com/gillraker_d_1st/mdfinds3/8real.jpg Well, that concludes my slide show for now, I sure hope you all enjoyed viewing it as much as I enjoyed finding the goodies and putting together the show, You all are the greatest, and there is no one else on earth I would rather share my personal experiences with ( with the possible exception of Leanna Heart ) anyway, I hope you enjoyed the show, I put a lot of time into it for yall......keep those coils to the soil, and never believe a site is truley hunted out.

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