@Megalithic12000 a civilization that engineered underground grain storage for centuries but forgot to write it down is either paranoid or really, really good at keeping secrets
A $10,000 ring in the sand at the beach.
It came up looking filthy and he wasn't sure it was gold at all. What convinced him was the weight. It's a small ring and it's heavy for its size.
There's a name engraved inside it. Mary.
A BIG silver ring with a DIAMOND in it, out of the sand in the shallows.
It came up in the scoop covered in crust, with a bunch of stones set in it. They'd both said the spot looked good as soon as they got to it.
That ring has been down there a long time. It's going through electrolysis to get the crust off.
It was the first thing they'd found all day.
A Gold Ring with a Red Stone in it, dug out of a backyard, and it isn't the first gold ring he's found.
He was hoping for a diamond. It isn't one, but the stone might be a ruby.
At today's gold price the metal alone in a ring like this is worth somewhere between $250 and $700, depending on the weight and the karat. If the stone turns out to be a real ruby, it's worth more.