Old Gold

[Diggin Dude]

Hello everyone's been a long time since I've posted, lately I've just been finding the usual Indians, Mercs, Barber dimes here and there, wheat pennies, etc......

But yesterday, Sunday, I was hunting in a section of woods new to me where a couple of MD friends hunted before and found, Barbers, KG II coins, SLQ, and Indians.

I managed to find two ox shoes, a 60 caliber musketball, and an Indian I have yet to pull a date off of, and now the grand finale.......

A 18K Gold Wedding band with a date inscribed. 3-4-'16. !!!!!!

I'm assuming 1916 not 1816 which is probably too early for inscribed wedding bands.

It was approximately 5 inches down, I wiped the dirt off revealing the hallmark R&D 18K. It weighs 7 g.

There is also a name inscribed, I am currently trying to search for information about the person.

Needless to say I was very excited, it's almost as good as finding a Gold coin with a readable date, and I stress ALMOST! LOL

Enjoy the photos

 

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[Johncoho]

Nice find. Congrats.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling that gold and those other keepers.

 

[shoague]

keep us up to date on the ring. Great finds

 

[The Urban Prospector]

Wow! Gz on the old gold ring!! Awesome and beautiful.
TFS and HH

 

[CRUSADER]

1916, seems right - nice find

 

[MackDog]

I never found a gold coin in 41 years of hunting but I do find gold jewelry. Maybe some melted down a few gold coins to make that ring?

 

[bigfoot1]

that was a great find..beautiful ring !!!

 

[IndianaHunter27]

Great find!

 

[UnderMiner]

Excellent as always!

 

[Gridwalker306]

That's a superb gold ring, I'd be thrilled with that. Hopefully you can learn some info on the person who lost it.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

3-4-1916 was a Saturday. Makes a good day to get married..

 

[Diggin Dude]

That's a superb gold ring, I'd be thrilled with that. Hopefully you can learn some info on the person who lost it.

Here is the info I found so far about the name engraved on the ring. The name is extremely unique and rare so I'm sure this is the correct information. The wedding date is off by two days compared to what is inscribed on the ring but note that March 4 was a Saturday, and the record shows March 6, which is a Monday, this could just be a recording error. See below for information;

Female 1895 -1943 Birth 3 March 1895 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Death 28 October 1943 28 Oct 1943 New York City, New York, United States

Marriage 6 March 1916 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

 

[toasted]

An old gold ring with a date on it is high on mine and I imagine most others bucket lists. Love it

 

[CoilFisher]

That is a superb find!
Don't see many of them.
Congrats!!!

 

[sutphin]

NICE RING AND OXEN SHOES .

 

[OBN]

Beautiful old gold! And even better when they have personalities! Thanks for sharing the research...

 

[park pirate]

Yah thats a nice on....

 

[49r Relics]

Congrats on the gold and other nice finds

 

[The Patriot]

Love digging that old gold! Congrats!