My Find of the Year: Gold Civil War Ring (Updated 2 new pictures)

[Jason in TN]

Re: My Find of the Year: Gold Civil War Ring

Rusty that is one awesome find. I am looking for a camp here in north east Tenn. Looks like you have found one nice work.

 

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[civilman1]

RiT......Two word's.......Awesomingly Wicked!!!

 

[Dirt Fishin Dale]

speachless

 

[cheffer]

hey rusty, that is without doubt the coolest ring i've seen on any md site ever. very nice find, a definite heirloom, congratulations-
steve

 

[weldermark]

that is one cool ring,it may have been a commission ring for the captain of the ship
or maybe an officer of the ship ,great find, hope you get the complete story to it.


thanx's Mark

 

[mnm]

What the ....... Damn that is absolute history , love this piece , good for you , let us know more on what you find out about it fer sure !!!!!

 

[Gribnitz]

Dang Rusty, you and Tracy are tearing it up ! That is an awesome find and one you know you will never find another! Good luck getting to the bottom of the history on that ring and hopefully I will be seeing you at N/S if I make the alt cut

 

[lordmarcovan]

Man, that is exquisite.

 

[Daisy]

OMG! What a find! Congrats!
As far as the face... I see the caracter from the scary movie spoof...
As Adam Sandler would say... "you can put your weed in there" :P
Daisy

 

[goldencoin]

Maybe it is the Sultana...a ship that exploded late in the civil war with many casualties, possibly moe than the Titanic

HH
-GC

 

[Glenn-RI]

Great ring Rusty!!!......That's unbelievable!!!

I don't know if this will help but I know it's worked great for me taking real close-up pictures. If you have access to a microscope, preferably with a light on it, zoom in with the microscope to see the fine details. Then hold a digital camera lense up to the eye piece of the microscope, focus and take a picture. The picture is exactly what you see in the microscope. I have access to a microscope at work and can see and take pictures of unbelievable detail on things.

Glenn

 

[PBK]

Re: My Find of the Year: Gold Civil War Ring

I hope to read about this in W&E Treasures.

Same here! That is a truly remarkable ring and definitely deserves a spot in their next Best Finds issue.

 

[Chagy]

Re: My Find of the Year: Gold Civil War Ring

I hope to read about this in W&E Treasures.

Same here! That is a truly remarkable ring and definitely deserves a spot in their next Best Finds issue.

Same here!!!!! Congrats!!!!! in deed a GREAT find....

All the best Chagy.....

 

[JerV3]

That ring is just awesome.

Real piece of artwork and history there. It's a best finds for sure this yr.

HH Jer

 

[bootstrap vinn]

That is one sweeeet ring!!I have some pics of some old side wheel steamers I'll see what I can find .Congrats! Bootstrap

Update: I think Goldencoin may be right.I have a box of old picture cards like you saw in grade-school and they have pics of alot of old side wheel steamers and the story of the ship on the back. If you read the story it is pretty tragic so it seems only fitting that someone may have wanted to commemorate such a major loss of life.Maybe they had a loved one aboard.Once again thats a sweeet ring and Congrats, Sorry but the cards are in black and white.I don't know it has three decks and you can't see the wheel in this pic, you be the judge. Bootstrap

 

[Schrecky]

Wow, nice find

 

[5woodluther]

You may be able to get some info from this site:

http://www.steamboats.com/museum/index.html

They seem to have quite the group of helpers and experts.

Also, I am wondering if the face in the ring is not the result of a tintypes chemicals, and shows a distorted image of the original picture the ring held

Anyhow - excellent find Congrats

 

[Nana40]

I absolutely could not imagine what kind of happy dance you did when you found that ring! Heck, I'd still be dancin! What a find! Congratulations, Rusty and thanks for sharing your find!

Nana

 

[trubl1096]

WOW!!! That is a very nice. I wouldn't know what to do if iI found that. What a RING!!!

 

[Ed-NH]

Congrats!! That is by far... the most awesome find I have seen in ages. You have a once in a lifetime treasure there. I commend you on all your efforts to find the origin and meaning of this piece. This is what our hobby is all about. In time you will be open up a new page of history for all of us to learn from. Keep up the great work and a big huge CONGRATS!