New member to the site with First Silver Ring Find

[ShortbusElite]

Hello TNet, I am a new member to the forum. I have been reading the forum for the past few months but I haven't found anything notable to post up. That all changed today. I had a little free time to get out with the new AT Pro today to learn the machine a little bit more. I used the machine for seven days last week down in the northern panhandle of Florida. I didn't manage to get my coil over anything of value but I got a lot of real world experience with the machine. I was initially worried that the AT wouldn't work well down there in the sand and close to the water but after trying it myself, I can vouch that it does in fact do well in those conditions. I found a lot of modern clad down there both in and out of the surf. No jewelry on that trip though. Now back to today. I decided to throw my new 5x8 coil on and search in my front yard. I recovered 6 modern pennies, several pieces of can slaw, 2 pulltabs, 2 bottlecaps, and a few other random pieces of trash before I finally made a nice find. About four inches down, right next to a sidewalk that runs through my front yard I dug this ring. I am unsure of the stone in it but several people that have seen it tell me it is a garnet. I am curious of the age of this ring. Can anybody date this thing for me? It doesn't look ancient to me but it doesn't look brand new either. Thanks for checking my post out and I look forward to posting here on the forum.

 

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[jhumbert40]

Nice ring....Welcome to the site....

 

[firemac]

Sweet ring. Maybe garnet?

 

[UnderMiner]

Very pretty ring, congrats on your first!

 

[CRUSADER]

Welcome to Tnet.

Not so good with rings, so can't date it for you.

 

[park pirate]

Welcome to Tnet, and thats a sweet old ring....

 

[trapperart]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on a nice ring

 

[Texas Ed]

Welcome to TNET & congrats on your nice ring - clad & other finds - anyway thank you for sharing your pictures and story with all of us & I wish you many more great finds while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED

 

[46Wheat]

Welcome to TNet. Congrats on the ring

 

[Garrett424]

Could be garnet or corundum. Could even be a ruby but not likely. You don't often see real rubies set in silver but it does happen. Anything is possible. Either way it's a really nice ring and it looks like it may have some age to it. Congrats.

 

[ScubaDetector]

Can you tell us what it says inside? Welcome to the forum

 

[neodetectorist]

Welcome. Nice ring. Looks vintage.

 

[ShortbusElite]

I sure can ScubaDetector. It has a large "8" stamp and also a "FAS925" stamp on the inside of the band.

 

[qaela4]

Welcome to the TNet family! Beautiful ring! Looks Victorian in style, but that doesn't give an age because they still make them today like that. I take my rings to one of my local jewelers, they will look at them and tell me if the stones are real and any information they know for free, check around, I'm sure you can find one that will do the same for you. I've been swinging my yard for three years and I'm still finding stuff, and it's less than 1/4 acre. Continued good luck to you.

 

[ScubaDetector]

Well the letters could stand for two different meanings. The first one is Fused Alloy Silver. However I think it could be the second.

There was a company called Fantastic Antique Silver. They made newer rings with the old style. The reason I say that is MOST antique silver especially rings say sterling. 925 was not used on rings very often before the 1960's. I have found over 500 silver rings. Most of them say sterling. The newer ones are marked 925.

So I am believing your ring was made after 1960 but made by a company that specialized in the antique look.

Remember, this is an edumicated guess!!

 

[Subterranean]

Welcome and congratulations on a real beauty of a ring. You will find that the grassy edges of sidewalks, paved paths, running paths, and school tracks are excellent places to hunt with your ATPro for jewelry. Sub

 

[ShortbusElite]

Thank you for the info ScubaDetector. My house was built in 1961 so I didn't think it could be too old. Maybe I will take it to a jeweler to get the stone identified sometime.

 

[deershed]

It doesn't have to be old to be an Awesome find, Sweet ring and Welcome to T-net!!

 

[Chizzy]

Welcome to TNet.........and that's a handsome introductory piece of jewelry!!

 

[bigfoot1]

I second scubas info.the style mimics victorian but surely a reproduction.a sweet find to be sure...congrats