<p><strong>My name is Cliff, I live in Rockport, Texas.</strong> I have been in this hobby since the year 2000.</p> <p>My hunting partner wanted to go and hunt the beach in the sand at Port Aransas, Texas which is only 20 miles from home. At this time, I only had 1 metal detector a Garrett GTA 750 and I love this machine even today. I now own 3 metal detectors a Tesoro and a Minelab Excalibur II.</p> <p>My partner wanted to hunt the wet sand, but I could not with my Garrett. I told my partner I would go over the dunes and hunt the dry sand. So we split up and I went over the dunes.</p> <p>I started finding nails and dimes and quarters and just before I got to a boardwalk I got a nickel reading. I scooped up a load of sand and sifted it quickly and there in my scoop was a gold ring with a big diamond looking stone on it.</p> <p>I took it to my partner and he thought it was costume jewelry. The next day I took it to a jeweler in town to see if it was real and he said yes it is a real diamond. I then asked if he could identify the owner and he said no but that it looks brand new.<p> <p>He appraised it at $7,260.00. My best find, even today with other detectors my Garrett 750 has found a lot of rings and coins and tokens worth a lot of money but those are for future stories.</p>