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Metal Detector Finds Diamond Heartbreaker...
59 Diamonds!

As everybody who has dealt with Kellyco knows, all of our employees and especially our sales staff uses the same metal detectors we offer for sale.  Dennis, a member of the Kellyco Test Team, submitted the following story.

It was a Monday, my day off, and since the sun was shinning and the weather report said "continued good weather through today". I packed my trusty White's Beachhunter ID metal detector plus my beach shoes and headed for Daytona Beach, only an hour away. I have hunted Daytona Beach for years and one of the things I have noticed is there are always a large amount of coins, rings and other jewelry to be found day after day regardless of the number of detectorist hunting the beaches. Being a tourist destination and a favorite beach destination for those living in Orlando, Winter Park, Ocoee, and other Central Florida areas, there are always lost coins, rings and everything else one can think of being dropped and covered by the sand.

Standing on the boardwalk overlooking the beach, I noticed that ocean waves were pushing water almost up to the steps leading to the beach. That meant that the tide would be pulling out some of the top sand, exposing more targets and hopefully allowing the detector signals to penetrate deeper. And I proved to be right. Immediately I got a solid hit - encrusted dime, another hit - another old silver dime. Then one quarter after another with pennies having a green patina dating back to the 1930's and more dimes. By now I had been so busy digging coins I did not notice that the tide was NOT going out, but was coming in and the next thing I knew my pants and of course my sneakers were soaking wet from the waves. Before I had an opportunity to slosh back to the stairs to get out of the water, a wave came up behind me and soaked me up to my waist. I hadn't even changed to my beach sneakers so I had to decide to either go home or be uncomfortable but still able to detect. Could anything else go wrong?

There Were 59 Diamonds

Well, since I was wet I decided to sit up on a bench for awhile letting the sun kind of dry me out, and waited for the tide, this time, to go out. Didn't take long and I was back on the beach. After 10 minutes or so and a few more coins a different sound - I moved some sand with my sneaker and a glitter, I guess a sparkle reflecting the sunlight got me down on my hands and knees. Moving sand with both hands I kept thinking "Could this be?" Was this the possible "Find of a lifetime" as a large heart shaped piece of jewelry appeared glistening in the sunlight! A close examination - WOW!, Diamonds -- Diamonds all over! Quickly noticed one diamond is missing but there were certainly enough to make this a great recovery. I held in the palm of my hand the most beautiful heart shaped earring I had ever seen. The sun highlighted the diamonds and my hand seemed to glow.

There were 59 diamonds and one empty slot. The earring was much larger than any I had ever seen before. It originally looked as if it were a heart shaped pendant that would have been worn on a chain. But, as luck would have it, that meant there had to be another earring close by, as earrings do come in pairs. I now started to swing my White's Beachhunter detector in wider and wider circles.  I wanted that other earring! I deserved that other earring after all the years of digging up coins, and more coins and rings (lots of good ones) I had yet to find an outstanding valuable piece of jewelry like the heart I had held in my hand. After an hour I gave up, the other earring was not to be found. I did find some more coins but mentally I was already taking the heart to be appraised.

It was a Heartbreaker!

Bad news, my diamonds were not diamonds at all, but synthetic diamonds, yes fakes! Man, you don't know what a heartbreaker this was. My find of a lifetime which cost me a pair of sneakers and a pair of pants ended up being a piece of costume jewelry. I guess the wife won't be driving her new car and I won't be taking a treasure hunting vacation to Europe. But...., I'll be back out tomorrow or next week or whenever, still having a great time finding treasures, and I know that someday I really will make that "Find of a Lifetime"

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