Amazing Hand Forged Ring!!!

[relichunters]

So I am convinced at this is a really really old ring. They weren't always made out of sterling silver, gold and copper. I was dating at a 1890 home site which is rubble now. Over the past 6 months, found some nice items worth a few bucks, and alot of junk. Well I noticed a very large tree up in the woods on the hill about 30 - 40 feet from the home site.

I thought hey this would be a great place to find a cache! Well I think I was close. I detect on the lower side of the tree that faces the home site, and it beeped right up against the tree, about 6 inches from it. This was found at about 4 inches down.

It looks perfectly like a ring to me. It has a round base 3/4 around it, and then a flat rectangle on top, the flat piece curves around it very nicely, it seems to be a little bit bent, but it fits my middle finger perfectly, it doesn't fall off.

My dad says it's a machine part, but I don't think so. What do you all think?

 

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[Rich in Central PA]

I don't know for sure, but that is neat. I think its a ring also, try cleaning it up a bit, might be some detail on it. Good job.............Rich

 

[dakotama95]

Looks like it could be a ring. Be sure to post back when you get it cleaned up.

 

[ramfan]

Sorry to say, but I tend to agree with your dad.

 

[relichunters]

Sorry to say, but I tend to agree with your dad.

But it's like a perfect ring shape? The older ones are 3X bigger then todays ones.

 

[txkickergirl]

hope it cleans up well and turns out to be a ring.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Take some wd-40 and a tooth brush to it.It may clean up and have some detail on the face of it..Keep diggin those relics

 

[hollowpointred]

i dont know, ive never seen an iron piece of jewelry before and it sure doesnt look like a comfortable fit. i would say off of a machine of some sort.

 

[gemee]

I doubt this is a ring. I am a jeweler that deals in antique and vintage, and this does not strike me as a style of ring that would be old. I say clean it up with steel wool and see what you have. It looks like it is iron, from the rust. That would rule it out as being a piece of jewelry.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Sorry to say, but I tend to agree with your dad.

But it's like a perfect ring shape? The older ones are 3X bigger then todays ones.

If you're already dead set on it being a ring, then don't post--just believe that it's a ring.


I agree that it's a piece off a tractor or something. Iron would RUST on the hand every time it rained!


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[relichunters]

Could be a one of a kind thing, where someone forged it out of iron for personal use. Or maybe it's like copper or something and is rusted?

 

[Goes4ever]

copper does not rust

 

[jimb]

Nice find! Must be some weird soil. Looks like a water find with all the crust on it.

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

I would have to agree that it is not a ring, most of the rings that I have found from the 1800's were copper, and you have to remember back in those days the avg person was smaller than people today, not the other way around.

 

[trikikiwi]

A great interesting find.
I certainly wouldn't think it's 'jewelry'.
The way the ring appears to be partly thicker along its circumference and it's general shape, seems to indicate a special purpose, rather than being a simple 'link in a chain'.
I don't know. Clean it up and let's have another look at it.

Mike

 

[spisswgt]

that sure doesn't look like a ring..

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

One fifth of a brass knuckle? Cool find!
CurbdiggerCarl

 

[mistergee]

it is kinda shaped like a ring ......but im leaning towards something else

 

[relichunters]

I hope one day someone can figure it out. It has me puzzled.

What is the best way of cleaning it up, where it won't hurt it?

 

[Staci (Fargo ND)]

I'm sure others here can give better advice based on their own experiences, but here's a link to some tips for cleaning the rust off iron

http://www.irons.com/cleaning.htm