D'oh!

Swinglow · Jul 18, 2014

Thought I had a keeper last night. Quick hunt at an old house that has def been hit before. I didn't hit a single target shallower than 8" at this place and targets were scarce with no trash at all which was nice. All the wheats were pre 1930. I thought for sure the ring was legit until I got it home and washed it off to see that dreaded GF stamp :mad:

Oh well, still a decent one for my display.

robby4570 · Jul 18, 2014

Nice finds!

And I'd venture that the ring had to have been in the ground a Lonnnnng time, if indeed it was at 8 inches as you said. So it may be pretty old.

HistoryFinder89 · Jul 18, 2014

It's still a great find in my book, and it has to be really old, being as deep as it was! :yes:

Duckhunter811 · Jul 18, 2014

I agree it must be an oldie.

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Ice Scratcher · Jul 18, 2014

Congrats, cool ring either way...

I HATE that dreaded G.F. stamp!!

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Payloadjim · Jul 18, 2014

Nice ring and the Amethyst is always a keeper.

Swinglow · Jul 18, 2014

robby4570 said:
And I'd venture that the ring had to have been in the ground a Lonnnnng time, if indeed it was at 8 inches as you said. So it may be pretty old.

Any idea how to date rings? How long have GF stamped rings been around?

EDIT: Did a little research and learned it's been around for about 150yrs but that typically GF or plated stuff will lose it's coating after 20-30yrs in most instances.

Odd that the ring I found is very much still plated with flaking only on part of it. It actually had me fooled until I cleaned it up. How the heck does something plated stay in such great shape after being so deep? It had to be in the ground for a long time to get that deep.

gadams · Jul 18, 2014

Bummer. Happened to me a few weeks back. Gave the ring to the homeowner as athank you

Kemper · Jul 18, 2014

Check out the other markings on the ring. It may be worth something. Possibly worth more than a gold ring from a different maker. :grin:

Cfmct · Jul 18, 2014

Instead of it being hit before you it could have had a lawn renovation where they trucked in soil... I ran across that happening to a 1700's customers home... everything was super deep. I have a whole bag of GF and rolled gold finds.. you need about 5 pounds of it to make it worth it to a refiner before they will take it off your hands.

Captain Silver · Jul 18, 2014

GF is...'got fooled' :lol:

...still, it's a cool old ring for the shelf. Congrats on the find!

CTCurt · Jul 18, 2014

Cool ring anyway. Congrats...... :yes:

Chipk · Jul 18, 2014

GF stands for GirlFriend. Give it to her and tell her it's real. All the benefits with none of the costs. :laughing:

skeeterbait · Jul 18, 2014

Hey still a kewl find fake but kewl

marro · Jul 19, 2014

What does"gf" mean?

Crackerjack · Jul 19, 2014

marro said:
What does"gf" mean?

Gold filled.

Swinglow · Jul 20, 2014

Chipk said:
GF stands for GirlFriend. Give it to her and tell her it's real. All the benefits with none of the costs.

Lol solid. She already has platinum on her finger and helps with my coin business so she knows the real deal. Haha

RaisingKoins · Jul 20, 2014

Sure looks like the real thing coming out of the ground. Still a very nice ring find. Congrats!

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