After the usual meetings and PB dramas we crossed over to the beach around 2:30pm. It was a bit blowy but Sunny however we did not venture into the water this time. I did go in earlier in the morning when it was high tide but concentrated on my 500m swim rather than spying rays along the pole line.
There are many characters criss crossing the beach and this afternoon we pulled up a young guy who was methodically metal dectecting his way from the Dell and back again. We just had to ask if he had found anything. He has been detecting for four years and thinks that his best find was today. I can't believe the day we ask him is the day he has his best find. It was a silver ring about a metre down and just in front of the spa house from 100 yar ago. I proceeded to give him the history of the Victorians who took steamers to Clifton Springs specifically to take the waters for the health giving properties of its effervesence. I think he was more interested in the money he might make. On the inside was stamped 24C. It looked old and probably from that era. Check out the photos. It has a copper like circle and a silver set of balls, with a silver scroll work in a wider setting. We said if he spies us here again to let us know its worth.
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| tucked back in the foliage |
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| Detectoring |
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| It looks 150 yar old |
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| 24C |
Wow! How cool 😃
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