2 hours later....Unbelievable....

[civilman1]

2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

I just got finished posting the "clip on" and finished cutting the grass,weed wacking and the usual after grass cutting add on's....Like I said,gonna go back up to the pool area at this hill outside the fence.Too good to be true....I don't know what it is,thinking maybe a neckerchief slide,way too big for a ring...I can't believe it,Found it and said that's enough for tonight,getting dark any way.Looked for what might have been inside as alway's with no luck....This place is has definetley never seen a MD before...Guaranteed!!Third silver since Friday....100 yd.'s from the house....Still can't believe it.Kinda squashed but I'll take it anyday.....Be back tommorrow,how could you resist.....HH!!

 

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[d2]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Thats purty...d2

 

[nealb]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Cool Find, Civilman. Looks like it had something in the center.

HH

 

[Getty]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Looks like a ring that had a huge gemstone or somethin iin it.Congrats!! HH

 

[Cynangyl]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Wow! That is very cool! I would settle for a find like that any day!

 

[SaginawIan]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Sweet! I'd be looking around for the huge stone that came out of that thing

Ian

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Outstanding find. Time to build a sifter and start looking for whatever goes in that HUGE opening..

Nice silver find, congrats..

 

[dave-enc]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

congrats on another great find civilman wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[ivan salis]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

old style large stone ring--- pity the stone wasn't there.

 

[civilman1]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Whenever I find a piece without a stone I check until i'm satisfied....no such luck this time....Still stoked,this thing is huge.....It's got some stone's in it,only 3 are missing,don't know what they are but I'll find out..got to make a trip to the jeweler's!!!!

 

[MEinWV]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

It appears to me to be squashed inward on the sides. If this is true, then the ring would not be quite as long as it is right now, making it more likely that it is a ring that contained a large stone.

The jeweler should be able to get it back into shape for you and put a stone in it if you desire.

It is a cool coversation piece as it is, as well as a great addition to your hedge against inflation.

Congrats on a nice find!............HH

 

[ashleen]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

stones kinda look like marcasite to me.
Nice going!
Bet there was a cabachon onyx in it.

 

[luckysgirl]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Nice ring...interesting to wonder what the stone was...
Im guessing tourquoise?

 

[JerV3]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

That's awesome civilman.

Real neat olf antique ring. The old swimming pool area's can be really good. Most people never get a chance to huntinside of the fence. I'm sure your gonna pull up more there.

HH Jer

 

[Mirage]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Cool find.

It is exciting when you get a new spot that produces some good finds. Good luck.

 

[TeddyB1967]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

It sure is big, but I would agree that it is/was probably a turquios ring. My sister used to wear those god awful big rings in the 70's & 80's. The bigger the better back then.

 

[Ridley]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

If you don't find the stone, you still have a big hunk of silver. Even better yet. You have a fantastic location to hunt!

Congratulations and keep us posted on the finds from that spot!


Ridley

 

[stoney56]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Civil, love that ring. Congrats! It's too bad about the big stone missing though. It was probably a black onyx stone in the center although just an educated guess. Turquoise usually has coral as a second stone. The other little missing stones if I see them right looks to be marcasites (which is actually iron pyrite) see below.

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pyrites

 

[TreasureTales]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

Nice chunk of silver! If the center stone was black onyx it may have been a Victorian mourning ring. Or it could have contained a lock of hair from the dearly departed and then been known as a Victorian mourning hair ring. Such rings were worn by a woman to mourn her dead husband or child. Whatever the center contained, it's a very nice piece as is, congratulations.

 

[history hunter]

Re: 2 hour's later....Unbelievable....

That's a very nice ring,hope you find more later in that spot. HH