Old Gold!

[mountainman 2]

Me and a friend were detecting a house that we hit hard in the past. House dates to the 1800s and we were pulling out some stuff that we somehow missed before. Soil conditions were perfect. I was searching an area near the back porch where i got a midtone signal which was a spent casing. Another similar signal a few feet away and i spotted the unmistakeable glitter of gold. This antique 10k ring surfaced from 5-6 inches down complete with old victorian initials on the inside. Wish i could figure out what that design is. Thanks for reading. HH-MM2

 

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[oldmxrat]

That's a really cool find, congrats!

 

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[OBN]

That's a well worn oldie for sure, congrats.
Looks like 10K rose gold.
The band doesn't look as worn, has me wondering if the ring was too big, and always was turned into the palm getting the wear.

Have you explored the possibility of a Military Collage/cadet origin?
If by chance if you could have access to a record of previous land owners with those initials.
Then the history of their education/career history might provide an ID.

I like the idea of a possible military school ring, the few military school rings I have found have some type of bird of prey n them. Most Eagles.. Mountainman's on the front and side looks like a bird of some type? On the front a bird on some type of book? I don't think it is a armed forces ring, all of those I have seen have a similar eagles on the side where the wings are spread but facing forwards........ your is more of a side profile. See if I can find a couple of those pictures

 

[mountainman 2]

That's a well worn oldie for sure, congrats.
Looks like 10K rose gold.
The band doesn't look as worn, has me wondering if the ring was too big, and always was turned into the palm getting the wear.

Have you explored the possibility of a Military Collage/cadet origin?
If by chance if you could have access to a record of previous land owners with those initials.
Then the history of their education/career history might provide an ID.

I will look into the past owners of the property. I never had much luck getting rings back to the owners or decendants even with initials. There was also a lime kiln on the property, the ring could have belonged to someone working there.