9CT gold ring and 2/3 of a trime

[toasted]

Hunted one of my water sites tonight not really expecting much but a few low tones here and there. Fortunately a few of them were goodies. Sliver of a toasted trime that rang up at 9 on the Equinox. First one in over a year. Big surprise was my first gold in over a year and first gold ring in around three years. 1.7 grams of marked 9CT APEX Anyone have any ideas what the image represents?

 

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[billb]

Congratulations well done indeed on your major achievement

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Both of these SUPER Finds, are a rare find, indeed, but the ring has us stumped!
Is it an emblem of a secret society, or stylized animal figure...?
A god....?

 

[tnt-hunter]

Congratulations on two nice saves. I have only found 1 trime in 18 years so any trime is a good trime. The symbol on the ring looks like a sunrise which symbolizes a new beginning or rebirth. Possibly Christian resurrection. That’s just my opinion and what it looks like to me. Stay safe and keep swingin.

 

[Colonial Digger]

Great, recoveries , Trim and a nice ring , way to go!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[toasted]

Congratulations on two nice saves. I have only found 1 trime in 18 years so any trime is a good trime. The symbol on the ring looks like a sunrise which symbolizes a new beginning or rebirth. Possibly Christian resurrection. That’s just my opinion and what it looks like to me. Stay safe and keep swingin.

That is what I was thinking too but still not convinced

 

[EdHartzel]

WOW!! While I have no scholarly opinion to offer on the ring design- it reminds me of some Aztec or Incan stuff from TV shows. Equally as impressive is having detected, and recovered- a part of America’s smallest coin.... underwater! Skills right there! If a whole one is a trime- can we call 2/3s a “doubeime”?

 

[islamoradamark]

i dont know but I would be real happy

 

[toasted]

WOW!! While I have no scholarly opinion to offer on the ring design- it reminds me of some Aztec or Incan stuff from TV shows. Equally as impressive is having detected, and recovered- a part of America’s smallest coin.... underwater! Skills right there! If a whole one is a trime- can we call 2/3s a “doubeime”?

One thing Im pretty sure of is that the ring is likely not of US origin with a 9CT mark. Maybe Australian and 1930s-40s from my limited research

 

[Red-Coat]

I don’t know what the design is, but I think your ring is Australian. ‘Apex’ was a trademark of G&E Rodd Pty Ltd, founded in Melbourne, Australia in 1919. Initially, George Rodd made ‘smallwork’ jewellery in gold and silver, was joined in partnership by his brother Ernest by 1922, and diversified to include fine tableware and then a whole host of other items. They merged with Myttons Ltd in 1961 and are still in production today as Mytton Rodd Ltd.

I would guess it’s from sometime between the mid-1920s-1950ish (probably excluding the WWII years). Australia has no official hallmarking system of a mandatory nature. The first attempts to introduce one came in 1916 and the first assay office opened in 1923 but: it wasn’t a country-wide scheme, was voluntary, industry-controlled, and short-lived. The Gold and Silversmiths Guild of Australia was formed in 1988 and a system of marking introduced (maker's mark, standard mark, guild mark and date letter) but it’s still a voluntary scheme with standards set by the industry for members of the Guild.

There's a good chance that a ring from an established maker like this will be 'as marked' 9ct gold. In other cases, it's going to be 'caveat emptor' (buyer beware), unless the format of the marks is from the standards operated by the Guild since 1988 and the maker is a member.

 

[K1DDO1979]

That is a awesome ring. I’d love to find a trime. Even 2/3 of one! [emoji23][emoji106]

 

[Truth]

toasted you hit it out the park Just goes to show yeah and one of my hunted out spots I began digging 8, 9 and 10’s. Lots of trash but one was man on a house you never know
What did the ring hit at if you can remember?.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS

 

[toasted]

toasted you hit it out the park Just goes to show yeah and one of my hunted out spots I began digging 8, 9 and 10’s. Lots of trash but one was man on a house you never know View attachment 1919312
What did the ring hit at if you can remember?.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS

The kicker was that this is mostly a late 17th-early 18th century site. It rang up around 12. When I first saw that it was a gold ring, I had visions of it being a early posey ring. Oh well maybe next time