u/Merc8ninE

Its a bit rough. Thank you!

New to this but a few days in now.

Loads of horseshoe's and junk but dug this beauty a little earlier. Ive cleaned it up with a brush and toothpick. The gems are lose and can fall out. Looked closely for the other gems in the hole and dirt but nothing.

None magnetic, assuming silver. About 7 inches deep. Can depth be used to add context?

Cant see any stamp or ID now its cleaned up. When should or shouldn't i use water?

I'll take it as a good luck charm!

Took out my brand new Vanquish 460 after practising in the garden for an hour or two. It was pasture land with quite a lot of longish grass. If anything i was getting returns everywhere. Digging loads, and just getting lots of old farming litter.

Decided to start heading back to the field entrance and got a hit a little different to the others that had all been wire. It confused the hell out of me after i dug it as i couldn't find it, even though the pinpointer was going nuts...turned out to be the tiny head of a nail rolling around with the other bits of dirt.

I was then done for the evening but had another return just next to it...though ok one last hole and hit a massive piece of metal that looked like a rock.

It was the shoe.

I wonder if the nailhead was from the shoe..it looks like it. It funny if i found that tiny part first and its lead me to the massive hunk of metal after.

Im now really tired and dirty. Its tougher than i thought...nobody mentioned that! Made sure i took everything and filled every hole.

Will be back there tomorrow.