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[TreasureTales]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Congrats on the sale. It looks kinda cool with the spots all over it. I wonder if the new owner knows it came from an old outhouse? Anyhow, let's hope their marriage goes well and doesn't wind up in the toilet!!!!!!

 

[Nashoba]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Congrats on the sale. It looks kinda cool with the spots all over it. I wonder if the new owner knows it came from an old outhouse? Anyhow, let's hope their marriage goes well and doesn't wind up in the toilet!!!!!!

Kinda makes ya wonder if thats not what happened to the ring originally! :P
~Nash~

 

[Postalrevnant]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Congratulations on your sale. And yes that is one cool find.

Rev

 

[Salvager]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

If only rings could talk!!! This one would hae ripper story that just keeps on keeping on!!!
Congrats mate, hope the finds keep coming,

Salvager

 

[Michigan Badger]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Great thread and too it brings to light something many have missed--these old wedding bands--be they gold or copper--are worth some serious money.

Many THers only think of the metal value when digging these types of things but they miss it entirely. The real value is in sentimentality.

I've dug 4 rare tokens from a single site. All have a book value of maybe $30 each. I sold two of them for $100 each on ebay. I could get up to $200 each for the last two. How am I able to do this? Easy, I researched the tokens and found out they were never properly appraised in the first place. One shouldn't take everything one reads in "value books" as the absolute gospel.

Great find and glad you got a price that better reflects its true value.

Badger

 

[Night Stalker]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Yeah Jim, wtg and congrats on the sale!​

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

cool story!

HH
-GC

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Cool Story Jim....Glad you were able to sell it!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Tossed down the can...sat there in a pile of shxt for 130 years...now on someone's finger...wow. Really cool find, but I couldn't imagine...yuck

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200 bucks!!! If you don't start this business, then I will! Good luck Jim, and nice post.


Buckleboy

 

[johnrielly]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

maybe the guy 130 years ago accidently swallowed it.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

maybe the guy 130 years ago accidently swallowed it.

HAHAHAHA!

If that were the case, then we hope that in the future this ring is "passed on," but not "passed" again in quite the same way...

 

[DEMON]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

love the story plain or glossy paper lol ty demon

 

[Thorgrim]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Great story behind that ring! Goes to show you how much some of the more odd finds could potentially be worth.

 

[trubl1096]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Jim how did you know it was 130 year old ring? It's a cool story. I would love to hear the beginning. My question I do you think the guy was still wearing it and died, rotting away and being eaten until you found the ring? Just "FOOD" for thought.

 

[Snee]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Very nice!

 

[lonewolfe]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

Good deal - nice find!

HH

 

[mobrigade]

Re: Update: 1876 Men's wedding ring SOLD!

I agree with Nash, that might have been how it got there in the first place.:-)