April showers bring old gold

fdutra · Apr 10, 2017

Went out again yesterday to the beach where I got my last gold, the same place I had left good sounding targets that were just out of my reach. Just as the tide hit low and I was hitting greenies again, the wind swung around and I started taking spray in my face and over the top of my waders. I wasn't going to leave those targets behind again, so I took it in the face for another hour until I was soaking wet and forced to head in due to failing light. As I swung around I hit a nice gravelly low and decided to dig one more,,, Wham! 11.3 g of 14k ! I knew there had to be one more gold there with all those greenies.

The ring is in real bad shape with a repaired and braced back break, and two other weak spots that are about to let go. This one would likely fetch more than melt if it weren't in such bad shape,,, the detail is incredible. It looks to me like it was hand carved , every little gouge and knife cut are plainly visible under the scope. Any one know what the coat of arms/motif is ?

On another front,,,
I couldn't handle the suspense of not knowing what was inside a small conglomerate that looked suspiciously like it had a ring embedded, and took a small hammer and chisel to it. It was like being tortured with a "Thumb Screws"

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=245388

Got another nice ship's spike too.

Thanks for looking

Joshc214 · Apr 10, 2017

Wow, that's a really nice ring you got there, hope you can fully restore it! Congrats!

Tlane38003 · Apr 10, 2017

Cool old ring nice

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Ricki7 · Apr 10, 2017

Congrats interesting design on ring , ,,,,,HH

FelixtheCat · Apr 10, 2017

That's a lovely old honker! HONK! HONK!!

Ice Scratcher · Apr 10, 2017

Awesome, super old wax seal ring!

Huge congratulations!

<°)))>{

ScubaDetective · Apr 10, 2017

I might have that ring repaired if it was mine. If you decide to melt it please look me up.

Very nice score.

Ice Scratcher · Apr 10, 2017

Here is the image reversed (as it would be seen in the melted wax) and tweaked..

Might be able to track down the crest or find some cool history..

<°)))>{

cellrdwellr · Apr 10, 2017

Fantastic find congrats!

Cfmct · Apr 10, 2017

fdutra said:
Went out again yesterday to the beach where I got my last gold, the same place I had left good sounding targets that were just out of my reach. Just as the tide hit low and I was hitting greenies again, the wind swung around and I started taking spray in my face and over the top of my waders. I wasn't going to leave those targets behind again, so I took it in the face for another hour until I was soaking wet and forced to head in due to failing light. As I swung around I hit a nice gravelly low and decided to dig one more,,, Wham! 11.3 g of 14k ! I knew there had to be one more gold there with all those greenies.

The ring is in real bad shape with a repaired and braced back break, and two other weak spots that are about to let go. This one would likely fetch more than melt if it weren't in such bad shape,,, the detail is incredible. It looks to me like it was hand carved , every little gouge and knife cut are plainly visible under the scope. Any one know what the coat of arms/motif is ?
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On another front,,,
I couldn't handle the suspense of not knowing what was inside a small conglomerate that looked suspiciously like it had a ring embedded, and took a small hammer and chisel to it. It was like being tortured with a "Thumb Screws"

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=245388

Got another nice ship's spike too.

Thanks for looking

Congrats on the gold ring... the brace is actually a ring sizer that could be gold as well.

http://viewithere.com/ring_guard/index.html#.WOxAaYWcE6Y

I guess it wasn't tight enough

Captain Silver · Apr 10, 2017

Congrats on the old gold...great find!

OBN · Apr 10, 2017

I'm with Scuba, You might think about setting that one on the side and saving it for a day you can have it repaired. Very Nice Old Gold!

Dogs · Apr 10, 2017

That looks like some sort of signet ring. The relief would leave a raised coat of arms in soft wax, or whatnot.

jadocs · Apr 10, 2017

Wow super finds!

zeemang · Apr 10, 2017

Beautiful looking ring there, heck of a catch!

It's A Trap! · Apr 11, 2017

I'd love to know what the sigil means. Do you know what the writing inside of the ring says?

fdutra · Apr 11, 2017

Joshc214 said:
Wow, that's a really nice ring you got there, hope you can fully restore it! Congrats!

Thanks Josh, agree that it really should be restored

Tlane38003 said:
Cool old ring nice

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Thanks Tiane

Ricki7 said:
Congrats interesting design on ring , ,,,,,HH

Thanks Ricki

FelixtheCat said:
That's a lovely old honker! HONK! HONK!!

Thanks Felix and a honk back atcha

Ice Scratcher said:
Awesome, super old wax seal ring!

Huge congratulations!

<°)))>{

Thanks Ice

cellrdwellr said:
Fantastic find congrats!

Thanks cellar dweller

Cfmct said:
Congrats on the gold ring... the brace is actually a ring sizer that could be gold as well.

http://viewithere.com/ring_guard/index.html#.WOxAaYWcE6Y

I guess it wasn't tight enough

Thanks Cfmct, Lucky for me it wasn't tight enough

Captain Silver said:
Congrats on the old gold...great find!

Thanks Cap

OBN said:
I'm with Scuba, You might think about setting that one on the side and saving it for a day you can have it repaired. Very Nice Old Gold!

Thanks OBN, Agree with you and Scuba, gotta save this one.

Dogs said:
That looks like some sort of signet ring. The relief would leave a raised coat of arms in soft wax, or whatnot.

Thanks Dogs, I think that your right, that's why the image is reversed in Ice scatchers picture

jadocs said:
Wow super finds!

Thanks Jadocs

zeemang said:
Beautiful looking ring there, heck of a catch!

Thanks Zeemang

It's A Trap! said:
I'd love to know what the sigil means. Do you know what the writing inside of the ring says?

The nearest I can come up with is a stylized 14K followed by a poorly cast " mecca"

Ice Scratcher said:
Here is the image reversed (as it would be seen in the melted wax) and tweaked..

Might be able to track down the crest or find some cool history..

<°)))>{

Thanks Ice, I really like that image reversed, a much better depiction of what the seal would look like. That image is some sort of photoshop voodoo I take it.

Mr. Bill T · Apr 11, 2017

Sweet ring! Nice find.
Hope you get that history

Cfmct · Apr 11, 2017

Take a look here.... these rings can be modern.. as fixing it.. its really not worth it.. I had a friend repair a ring that cost over $400... I have a 22k ring I wanted to fix but it was more than that... no thank you...

http://www.4crests.com/famcrescoato13.html

Its only worth what you can get for it. Throw it in the scrap bin and find a complete one :yes:

fdutra · Apr 11, 2017

ScubaDetector said:
I might have that ring repaired if it was mine. If you decide to melt it please look me up.

Very nice score.

Thanks!

It's yours for melt Scuba, one good turn deserves another. One condition though. I'm really conflicted about parting with it as I love doing the research on my finds almost as much as I do finding them so I'd like it if you kept us updated on your findings and a picture or two of the restored ring. I know I'll never get around to fixing it the right way, and it will just end up with the rest of my unfinished projects, not to mention I could use the $ for a project I'm starting. PM me if interested.

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