1902 Art Nouveau, 14K ring found wading today

[mike b]

I caught the low tide today and found this stunning 1902 Art Nouveau, 14K 15.5g ring. My pictures didn't come out that good and don't do it justice. 3 1/2 hours in the water, mostly junk and scrap metal. This is one of my top 10 pieces.

 

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[Jose The Goon]

Great find Mike ! You were richly rewarded by the detecting gods for your efforts on that one. I'm sure it was frigid out on the water there today. I didn't even want to go out to start my car.

 

[pepperj]

Very cool ring congratulations.
The resized area is white gold or silver?

 

[mike b]

Very cool ring congratulations.
The resized area is white gold or silver?

Looks like silver but doesn't polish to a shine like silver. A good 1/4inch. I've never seen that before this ring.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Awesome find Mike...how did you determine it was from 1902?

 

[mike b]

I dress warm and dry, wouldn't want to be anywhere else but up to my chest in the ocean today.

 

[pepperj]

Looks like silver but doesn't polish to a shine like silver. A good 1/4inch. I've never seen that before this ring.

I'm wondering if it's palladium .

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a really beautiful find, congrats!

 

[mike b]

Awesome find Mike...how did you determine it was from 1902?

there are very worn engravings on the inside, when the ring was resized, they cut out or through the engraving. on one side it says "From XXXXX" and the beginning of a date that starts with "1" then the start of another character that is covered with solder. on the other side of the silver extension is very clearly "02". Art Neveau was late 1800's to around 1910. So, I reasonably can say with those clues and seeing dozens of engraved dates that "02" is for 1902.