1919 Class Ring....My " BEST " find from this site..

[DPBOB]

I have been hunting this small park for many years. It was once an old school from ( appox ) 1902-1963.

It has yielded many older coins many years ago ( 1986-1990 )

I go there once in a while and every time I get a new machine.

Today I took the etrac there for the 3rd time.

Found a 1910 wheatie in an area that was hit hard in the past.

I decided to try a small area that I had never swung a coil in and within 5 minutes I got a 1935 Wheatie and the soil was nice and black....Virgin ground I thought...

5 feet away I got a real nice solid 12-47 all the way around.... and at least 1/2 way down the gage...Hmmmm I thought,
SILVER QUARTER for sure....depth was at least 6-8 inches..

Dug my plug so I wouldn't scratch it... Pulled some dirt out, probed it, I found the target was still down there...
dug a bit out and in one clump of dirt I saw the band of the ring....

Cleaned some dirt off and was greeted with a 1919 Maine H S Class Ring....
Pretty sure it's a girls ring. It doesn't even fit on my pinky.

My " BEST" of many from this small park....

91 years old ring

Thanks for looking.

[marinedad]

nice ring, would be cool to find family member.

[Nick T]

Very cool find. The owner would be about 120 years old. It would be cool to find the family.

Nice one!

Nick

[DPBOB]

Made a call to the Historical Society. Left a message in hopes that they might be able to help...It would be nice to find a family member if they still live in the area.

[Mackaydon]

You may wish to contact the local library and ask at the Reference Desk for the location of the high school's year books. I note that today the Maine HS has at least four locations (N. E. S. and West), one being in your town.
Good luck,
Don.......

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

nice one Bob

[cntrydncr1]

that is an awesome ring! congrats

[Lowbatts]

Excellent Bob!

If you can't find the owner, it's an awesome keeper!

[Trezurehunter]

Great ring. The older ones are really neat.

[watercolor]

Bob, that is one of the coolest class rings I've seen. . . (I went to Maine East HS )

Awesome recovery!!

[Mayo South Elgin]

I like how the engraving is hand done.
So much of everything is machine done now that it loses the individuality and uniqueness of a hand made piece.

I would guess back in 1919 there was only one Maine High School.
This would have been the school our parents or grand parents had to walk 6 miles uphill both ways to get to, in the blinding snow, with a hot potato in their pocket to stay warm.