Old Eagle military ring?

[Casey13]

Hi everyone,
I went out earlier today detecting in the woods that run next to an old early 1900s orange grove. My second target was this ring that rang up an 84 on the Deus 2. It’s smaller than normal and seems to be missing something that might have been on the front. I believe it’s brass and has an eagle on each side. Would this be military? Thank you for looking and have a nice day.

 

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[Sandog]

Thank you jewelerguy. I feel like an idiot for not pinpointing the hole before I covered it. I only ran the detector over the area a bit after I realized it was missing the soldered piece. I will definitely go back to where I dug it and recheck the hole. I agree with you, it’s probably somewhere in that vicinity.

Since there is the possibility of a stone being the missing piece you may want to try sifting. Can you relocate the same spot, or fairly close?

 

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[TORRERO]

Nice ring, I would do acid test for silver as it has a look like it might be, that being said, the numbers on your machine might read lower than silver simply because the band is cut.. which would make it read lower.
Don't know anything about age or who might have worn it, but certainly looks old..

 

[ARC]

U.S. Philippines ring missing the top... or version that had no top added and was mono'd.
AKA - "Pacific theater" ring.

 

[BennyV]

Hi Mike,
Do you have a picture of yours? That’s awesome to hear. It was found about 7 miles south of Brooksville Fl where it used to be all citrus groves back in at least the 1950s.

My family used to live in Brooksville. You don’t hear that name mentioned much. Wasn’t there an old plantation kind of amusement park down that way?

 

[pepperj]

U.S. Philippines ring missing the top... or version that had no top added and was mono'd.
AKA - "Pacific theater" ring.

Something like this idea?

 

[ARC]

Something like this idea?

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Yes... Correct.

 

[Sandog]

Something like this idea?

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But no shield on the bird's breast, and no crest on it's head?

 

[ARC]

But no shield on the bird's breast, and no crest on it's head?

Good eye... after zooming in i see what you are talking about.
It MAY be something other than the Pacific Theater ring i mentioned and to what Pepper added a picture to / for..... but ?
MAybe some research is due.
Have at it folks... my journey on this stops here... good luck.

 

[pepperj]

Good eye... after zooming in i see what you are talking about.
It MAY be something other than the Pacific Theater ring i mentioned and to what Pepper added a picture to / for..... but ?
MAybe some research is due.
Have at it folks... my journey on this stops here... good luck.

I just found one that fit your description, without a photo it was throwing it against the wall to see if it stuck.

 

[Sandog]

Isn't there a Google function where you could submit a close up photo and get a possible match?

 

[pepperj]

Isn't there a Google function where you could submit a close up photo and get a possible match?

Google eye, is one of the most useless things generally.
Take a photo of something then the eye will give suggestions that are totally not even close.
AI has a longways to go yet.

 

[Sandog]

Google eye, is one of the most useless things generally.
Take a photo of something then the eye will give suggestions that are totally not even close.
AI has a longways to go yet.

Thanks for that tip.

 

[pepperj]

Google eye, is one of the most useless things generally.
Take a photo of something then the eye will give suggestions that are totally not even close.
AI has a longways to go yet.

Here are the Google eye suggestions.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Neat looking ring.

 

[Casey13]

Since there is the possibility of a stone being the missing piece you may want to try sifting. Can you relocate the same spot, or fairly close?

Thanks Sandog, thats good idea. Yes, I know exactly where I dug it up at. Im going to give that a try this weekend.

 

[Casey13]

Nice ring, I would do acid test for silver as it has a look like it might be, that being said, the numbers on your machine might read lower than silver simply because the band is cut.. which would make it read lower.
Don't know anything about age or who might have worn it, but certainly looks old..

Thank you so much TORRERO! I will definitely give it a test and verify. I can see that being a possibility reading lower from the band being broken.

 

[Casey13]

My family used to live in Brooksville. You don’t hear that name mentioned much. Wasn’t there an old plantation kind of amusement park down that way?

Hi BennyV, Your right. Its such a quiet small town. Im not sure if there was one of those around here back in the day. I will have to look into that.

 

[Casey13]

Good eye... after zooming in i see what you are talking about.
It MAY be something other than the Pacific Theater ring i mentioned and to what Pepper added a picture to / for..... but ?
MAybe some research is due.
Have at it folks... my journey on this stops here... good luck.

Thank you so much ARC for your time and Knowledge!! I will keep doing research on it and hopefully maybe find the other piece to it when I go back to that area soon.

 

[Casey13]

I just found one that fit your description, without a photo it was throwing it against the wall to see if it stuck.

Thank you pepperj!

 

[Casey13]

Neat looking ring.

Thank you Trezurehunter!