Dere Street (Return Part Two!!!Gold)...Back From The Jeweler!!! Updated Pic!!!

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Hello all...

I am not going to bore you with a long story, if you have been following my recent posts you know were I have been detecting and the finds that have come from this area :o

I started the evening recovering my digging spade that I left here Sunday, it was lying right were I had left it :laughing9: managed a couple of Medieval spindle whorls and a few bits of lead, then another Medieval hammered coin of Elizabeth1 (1558-1603) half groat.

Later on in the evening I moved further down the road to a area that has produced Roman coins, again I had a further four bronze coins but the going was hard.

The area was becoming shorter by the minute so I moved to the slopes of the spoil heaps and this is were I found my best find, a nice crisp signal and I was flipping over the sandy soil, at first I couldn't see what had given the signal, then I glanced a glint of yellow in a small piece of soil, I picked it up and right in-front of me was a small Gold Ring :headbang: the colour gave it away as old, a deep buttery yellow Gold.

The ring is very small (13mm) and obviously made for a child, I am 99% certain that this ring is Roman :read2: and was probably made specially for the wearer.

This ring unfortunately falls under the treasure act and I will have to declare it :'( any way have a look at the pictures if there are any questions I will try and answer :thumbsup:SS...Updated... It's now two weeks since I found the ring, and I have just had the ID back by the UK Finds Data Base here's what it says, A Roman Gold finger ring 1st-4th Century, the shank has a broad,flat cross-section that tapers from the front to back. At the front there is an oval bezel made from reposse worked sheet-metal; it depicts a full-faced portraite in releif, surrounded by a raised border. The depiction is unknown, though the subject is almost certainly classical :headbang: :headbang:
 

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cdltpx

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Sorry to tell you it is a ring once owned by Benjamin Franklin he was bringing it back to the colonies for his illegitimate son. But while he was waiting on the next boat he saw another opportunity to produce an illegitimate offspring so he gave her this ring to show his appreciation.
It is an early American artifact.

That is a great find congratulations on the find. :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: :thumbsup:
 

jrsherman

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Stellar find SS! I love that term you use "Buttery Yellow Gold" :icon_thumright: :icon_thumleft:
 

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Re: Dere Street (Return Part Two!!!Gold)...Back From The Jeweler!!! Updated Pic!

cdltpx said:
Sorry to tell you it is a ring once owned by Benjamin Franklin he was bringing it back to the colonies for his illegitimate son. But while he was waiting on the next boat he saw another opportunity to produce an illegitimate offspring so he gave her this ring to show his appreciation.
It is an early American artifact.

That is a great find congratulations on the find. :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: :thumbsup:



Are you sure?
 

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cdltpx said:
Sorry to tell you it is a ring once owned by Benjamin Franklin he was bringing it back to the colonies for his illegitimate son. But while he was waiting on the next boat he saw another opportunity to produce an illegitimate offspring so he gave her this ring to show his appreciation.
It is an early American artifact.

That is a great find congratulations on the find. :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: :thumbsup:
I'd better send it back to America then :laughing9: somebody should have told him to keep his trousers on :laughing7: :hello2:
 

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Re: Dere Street (Return Part Two!!!Gold)...Back From The Jeweler!!! Updated Pic!

Silver Searcher said:
cdltpx said:
Sorry to tell you it is a ring once owned by Benjamin Franklin he was bringing it back to the colonies for his illegitimate son. But while he was waiting on the next boat he saw another opportunity to produce an illegitimate offspring so he gave her this ring to show his appreciation.
It is an early American artifact.

That is a great find congratulations on the find. :hello2: :hello2: :hello2: :thumbsup:
I'd better send it back to America then :laughing9: somebody should have told him to keep his trousers on :laughing7: :hello2:



"pants" SS, i think they call them pants!
 

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