Local lake hunt

kansa54 · Oct 15, 2019

Went to a local lake yesterday and hit two swimming beaches. Found several pieces of junk jewelry including a large tungsten carbide wedding band. My best find was a 10k class ring or what I believe to be a class ring. Was hoping someone might be able to tell me what I have. Never seen a class ring like this but it appears to have BHS on it. Everything else on the outside of the ring is worn off. The inside is marked and has the owners initials engraved on it. Thanks for looking.

GroundSweeper · Oct 15, 2019

That’s a sweet old ring! Congrats!

Detectingman · Oct 15, 2019

Wow very nice ring there! Did you find it in the water or on land?

kansa54 · Oct 15, 2019

Detectingman said:
Wow very nice ring there! Did you find it in the water or on land?

I found it in the water. The lake was 3 or 4 feet below normal though. I was hoping someone might know if this is an old style of ring. Thanks.

Saltshaker · Oct 15, 2019

Love those local lake hunts! Congrats on the gold....Its definitely a class ring of some kind. I'd say that is a real oldie too. Looks like one I got from 1922. But who knows, probably not that old. I'd check around to see what high schools are around that start with B and go from there.

Detectingman · Oct 15, 2019

kansa54 said:
I found it in the water. The lake was 3 or 4 feet below normal though. I was hoping someone might know if this is an old style of ring. Thanks.

Agree with salt shaker, looks art deco circa 1920-1930!

ScubaDetective · Oct 15, 2019

Yep class ring I am sure. My best one was from the same school or the same initials BHS Class of 1901.

Nice score! Too bad you can't see the year, very old

FelixtheCat · Oct 16, 2019

That class ring looks as old as they come. Nice catch!

Mud-puppy · Oct 16, 2019

Yeah I agree thats an old old Class ring!....those deep stamped hallmarks might put you onto the trail? I wonder how long class rings have even been offered?

Heck, most folks never went to school till about the 1930's...Maybe later than that in Kansas! :laughing:

...But, it was somebody elite that could afford the tuition as well as the gold, not some Farmers kid...It was certainly well worn for a while...so thats also a clue...Might have been lost 20yrs ago or so by some old guy/gal who got it in the 20's from a completely different State and area...Someplace full of rich kids that would or could buy such a thing... :?:

Like maybe "Boston High School"? :laughing:

Wonderful find with a mystery! Good on ya for finding it and letting us have a look at it! :hi5:

OBN · Oct 16, 2019

I would say the teens to the twenty's, found a similar hallmark also..ring is dated 1924

kansa54 · Oct 17, 2019

Thanks to everyone that posted. Really appreciate the information.

Skwerly · Oct 17, 2019

here is a silver one from the '30s: https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/593409943/1935-antique-vintage-bhs-high-school-art

and here is one from the '20s: https://www.ebth.com/items/3562718-10k-white-and-rose-gold-1923-bhs-ring

of course, this is assuming the same BHS but who knows. Very cool find!

seems it could be Burlingame? https://www.smuhsd.org/domain/826

DigginDoc · Oct 17, 2019

Very sweet gold! Congrats
Doc

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