another gold ring

slowsweep · Post by **slowsweep** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:44 pm

had a few hours on the beach this morning at low tide, got £1.95 a 1942 irish half penny (Pig and pigglets) the fin of a surf board bits of copper/brass and the usual dross, also a nice little gold ring with stone at about 9" in the wet sand, was showing as 12.03 on the smartfind screen of my etrac

zxadi · Post by **zxadi** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:50 pm

great finds there

. still amazes me whats still comeing up

johny-blaze · Post by **johny-blaze** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:51 pm

you have a nice ring there kev

slowsweep · Post by **slowsweep** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:55 pm

thanks guys, its always nice to see a bit of bling in the scoop

Tomo · Post by **Tomo** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:08 pm

Nicely found. Well done on the gold

slowsweep · Post by **slowsweep** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:23 pm

thanks again guys, there is a possibility that it might be Victorian

former member · Post by **former member** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:48 pm

Wow that's very nice ...

manicdev · Post by **manicdev** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:57 pm

The Ferret wrote:Nice ring mate third from top right looks like a wearwolf

uhoh... look out.... the ferret's been hitting the pop .....

tis friday night tho I suppose

Davedarcy · Post by **Davedarcy** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:41 pm

Thats a lovely little ring there. Any markings on it,looks to be a good k and a very clear well cut stone.

Maximuswarks · Post by **Maximuswarks** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:52 pm

lovely ring well done

slowsweep · Post by **slowsweep** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:05 pm

Davedarcy wrote:Thats a lovely little ring there. Any markings on it,looks to be a good k and a very clear well cut stone.

no markings (i have been through this on another forum) but what you see is what came up in my scoop after the sand had been rinsed, it is smaller than a 5p and is most probably an infants ring, the pic was taken with my phone but it would take a macro lens to show the true detail of the ring.

heres a better indication of the actual size of the ring beside a 5p

Coxabeeper · Post by **Coxabeeper** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:21 pm

The Ferret wrote:Nice ring mate third from top right looks like a wearwolf

Arrrrrghhhh it's a mirror Morley!!! You need a shave mate!!

Davedarcy · Post by **Davedarcy** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:17 pm

I'd say its def an infants ring, and almost certainly Victorian. Just read this which may help dating it somewhat.
The British government did not require jewelers to use any hallmarking system during the 19th Century, so a characteristic of jewelry made during this time was a lack of a maker's mark or quality stampings. Before 1854, most of the jewelry produced was 18k. After 1854, 9k, 12k and 15k were made legal in order to compete with international markets. This information is a great aid in circa dating.
source http://www.langantiques.com/pages/decor ... ian-period

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