6 Bonus Fields - The Return - Day 2 - 4 Hammered & GOLD POSY RING ! ! !

[CRUSADER]

Nice cool day to grid the field for 5.5 hours.
Only a couple of days ago a detecting contact shared with me by email a silver gilt posy ring. I congratulated him on a rare find & stated I had only ever had 1 gold version & you could detect another 20 years & not get another one! I hope he keeps sharing his good finds & whispers up some more goodies for me.

2 Scrappies (not yet pictured)
WWI Machine Gunner Corp Button
WWI 'Death or Glory Boys' Button (17th Lancers famous for the Charge of the Light Brigade)
17th C Lead Powder Flask Lid
3 Lead Tokens
Rose Farthing
8th (South Canterbury) Squadron Cap Badge - Scarce - See complete version:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/8th-south-canterbury-squadron
Bit of a Silver Thimble
Tudor Book Clasp
Roman Oval Brooch
Medieval Horse Harness Pendant Hanger
Celtic Woad Grinder (broken but rare find!)
1844 Sixpence
4 Hammered:

• 2 Charles I Pennies
• Lizzy Threepence
• Commonwealth Halfgroat

Circa late 17th C Gold Posy Ring with inscription - ''A VERTUOUS WIFE PRESERUETH [LIFE]'' (The 'LIFE' not visible) 7.34g of probably 22kt.
It's TREASURE, so it will be handed in to go throw the process.

Our local Pub opened back up today. Cheers everyone.

 

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[dansalata]

insanely awesome hunt...posy ring holy moly!!! congrats again

 

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[CRUSADER]

Thanks for sharing the details regarding treasure finds in the U.K. I agree with AARC it does seem like a very reasonable system. Also, thanks for the history of posy rings. Since they are a tradition in England, I would expect that some would be found at colonial sites over here, but I haven't seen any on t-net, that I can remember. I imagine they would be exceptionally rare in the U.S.

From what I read they didn't stop until the middle of the 19th C when the Law for full & complete hall marks used up all the space for any writing. Although I have never seen a 19th C, most seem to be late 17th early 18th C. But I do agree, I've not seen one posted & it would be an extremely rare find in the US.

 

[Worm-Slicer]

From what I read they didn't stop until the middle of the 19th C when the Law for full & complete hall marks used up all the space for any writing. Although I have never seen a 19th C, most seem to be late 17th early 18th C. But I do agree, I've not seen one posted & it would be an extremely rare find in the US.

One of the banner finds I made was a posy ring found in the U.S.. Mine was found not too far from our earliest English settlement in Jamestown, VA. You can read all about mine in an old Western and Eastern treasures magazine. I relic hunt and never find gold rings in battle or campsites and that was my first gold ring ever found.lol

 

[xcopperstax]

Your finds are always amazing but this seems to be the next level of amazing! I'm much more a coin person than jewelry but it sounds like an exceedingly rare and old find that you have made! Congrats on it all and nice hammered silvers! Ill give this a banner vote!

 

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Scrappies now added below:

 

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UPDATE:

The British Museum have acknowledged my find & had a quick look online for the Makers Mark (they didn't know I had already checked & failed).
As the Museum offices are not COVID-19 secure they can't check their rare books. There is a book in the collection from 1905 that may have Maker in it.
This is a borderline case because it only needs to be 1721 & it will not be classified as Treasure.
I think it will falls in the 1680s-1700s range but it's a close call.