gwdigger
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This wasn't found today sorry but I just rediscovered it in a paper towel that held a whole days finds of a colonial church site in 2004.
My detecting partner got a lead from a farmer who said a church sat in his sandy field in Delaware so of course we had to check it out. We thought it was a bogus lead because the church STILL stands today at the other end of the road and is an historical landmark. The farmer said the church originally sat in his field but was moved in the late 1700s to its present site regardless of what the history books said- I cant tell you why he was steadfast in this belief unless it was something his family always knew? (Don't know about you folks but most leads I get like this are just not true) Anyway it was a site and a virgin site at that. It produced dozens of buttons and buckle pieces and relics as well as British halfpennies and this fantastic cut Spanish coin. One of the finds was this ring which I quickly stuffed in my pocket and disregarded as being a cracker jack prize or equivalent. But now after rediscovering it and brushing it with a tooth brush, those gems in the eyes and the mouth are made of the old paste jewelry and I am now wondering if this ring may well be EXTREMELY old. There are no markings at all and it is definitely gold plated. WE FOUND NOTHING NEW AT THIS SITE WHATSOEVER. I just hope its as old as I am now thinking it is!
Any ides? HH, Gary
My detecting partner got a lead from a farmer who said a church sat in his sandy field in Delaware so of course we had to check it out. We thought it was a bogus lead because the church STILL stands today at the other end of the road and is an historical landmark. The farmer said the church originally sat in his field but was moved in the late 1700s to its present site regardless of what the history books said- I cant tell you why he was steadfast in this belief unless it was something his family always knew? (Don't know about you folks but most leads I get like this are just not true) Anyway it was a site and a virgin site at that. It produced dozens of buttons and buckle pieces and relics as well as British halfpennies and this fantastic cut Spanish coin. One of the finds was this ring which I quickly stuffed in my pocket and disregarded as being a cracker jack prize or equivalent. But now after rediscovering it and brushing it with a tooth brush, those gems in the eyes and the mouth are made of the old paste jewelry and I am now wondering if this ring may well be EXTREMELY old. There are no markings at all and it is definitely gold plated. WE FOUND NOTHING NEW AT THIS SITE WHATSOEVER. I just hope its as old as I am now thinking it is!
Any ides? HH, Gary
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