Class Ring 1851 ???

[K Zack]

Hello Folks
It has been a while sense I have posted any thing on here.
I have not found to much in the last year or so that was worth writing home about so it just gets tossed in the bowl and forgotten about. However I did find a Broken Class Ring but it did not have any name or initials on it so no way to return it. I had it fixed and tossed it in to the bowl with some others that I could not return. The date on the ring, I thought was 1951. Well I found the owner for one of the other rings and when I was getting it out of the bowl I spotted this ring again and it said 81. I did not remember having a ring from 1981 so I put it aside and gave the other ring back to its owner. When I got back home I check out the ring again and it is marked 1851, Not 1951.
The Ring is from (Midlothian P.S. 1851.

The place that I found this ring was a Trading post in the early 1800 and a little later it was a General Store and then a Sawmill in the late 1800’s.

So My Question is. Is this a Class Ring? I have never heard of a Class Ring that old.
I am Very Sorry now that I had it fixed.

Thank you for any help that you may give me.
Kevin

 

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[mick56]

I see the 51, I don't see the 18.

 

[K Zack]

I posted three pictures so the one must not have should up.

 

[SkaBa]

Yep, I see the 18.

 

[nhbenz]

I think perhaps it was a 9 that was smooshed a bit, becoming an apparent 8. The ring style has the art deco thing going on which would fit 1951 pretty well. Take this slightly earlier example and you can imagine it wouldn't take much to smoosh this 9 into an 8: https://www.etsy.com/listing/210047559/antique-art-deco-1929-10k-gold-black?ref=market

 

[NHBandit]

The style is nearly identical to my moms class ring from 1946. I have to agree that it's probably a 9 rather than an 8

 

[K Zack]

It could be Art Deco but I still am not sure. You can still see one of the places where it was broke in the top of the numbers so they could have messed it up when they fixed it also. And if that is the case, it would fit this area very well also because the Chicago area Boy Scouts also used this site for summer camps.

I have never heard of a Class Ring or School Ring from a small town from that time frame. But I am still learning as life goes on. Thank you very much for your information.

 

[cudamark]

I agree that it's probably a 9 that has been damaged and then worn down to make it look a little like an 8.

 

[reale bill]

according to wikpedia....The tradition of class rings originated with the class of 1835 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. [SUP][1][/SUP] The oldest high school class ring tradition in the United States is at Falls High School in International Falls, Minnesota.[

 

[Texas Kid]

DECO SCHMECO! I went to school one day in my sisters place and they told me that was an "8" !! It's an eight ZACK !! Go with it and have a great Christmas!!The Kid

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Looks like an 18 to me...I dont see HOW a worn "19" could ever convert itself to look like an 18

 

[Mackaydon]

Maybe an 'error ring' !
Don.....

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Maybe an 'error ring' !
Don.....

lol

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

ive seen on newer ones where they put thier "team" number on the ring before too..like maybe they were number "18" in 1951

Its a Myssssstery

 

[Rich jaws]

Could be a ring from the future. Year 5118

 

[gunsil]

Midlothian H.S. in VA was first accredited in 1924 and graduated three students that year. Midlothian H.S. in TX was established in 1940. I do not think that ring is from the 1800s.