🥇 BANNER My best find in 20 years!!! Incredible Ring!!!

[rayrayvegas]

After yesterday's great barber half find I was going to take a break today but the detecting bug woke me up early and said lets go, and sooooo glad I did. I have found many rings over the years but not any that I can really brag about, till today! Was going to head to my barber lot when on my way there I took a different route about 5 minutes away from it. Passing thru a neighborhood that dates back to the early 1900's when I seen one of the homes had recently been tore down and a empty lot was screaming at me to stop. After a very slow start and a few wheats and a mercury dime later I was thinking, not as good as I thought it was going to be, than bam! A strong 81-82 on my At pro, dug down about 4" when I seen it, still not sure what I had till I picked it up and realized I found my best ring ever. Looks from the style to be from the 1920's, Amethyst and diamonds and is 10k marked. Taking to Jewelers this week for cleaning and appraisal. I am one happy guy.

 

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[JunkShopFiddler]

Busted my butt for $400 in ugly brown clad in 2013, one painful dig at a time. You pop out a $600+ beauty in ONE dig...Not a fortune but something most of us poor beach-less folks will never get to experience in a lifetime of coil swingin' and plug-poppin'...Killer find!

 

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[silversurfer1111]

Wow ! what a bad A$$ ring !... even if the stones are not real its got to be worth 4 or 500$ ..findjust one thing that pays for your metal detector ...priceless...if I were you I would keep it...but thats just me ...I want to have my own treasure Like a Pirate lol.congratulations on the banner....

 

[Breezie]

That is one more gaaaw-just ring. Since it is a ladies ring, I think it would fit my finger! CONGRATULATIONS on finding it and for making the BANNER! Way to go!


Breezie

 

[The Dig Dig]

Have you thought about contacting the lot owner to see if it was a lost family piece?

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[Argentium]

Dang ! Look at you Ray Ray !!! All up there on the BANNER ! I'm feeling like a loser that I didn't vote you up in time - Awesome ring Amigo!

 

[Limitool]

I'll challenge Breezie on it being a "ladies" ring (she's probably right) but send the size please. I may be able to help find a home for it.

Great find Ray..... Proud of you and the way you handled it... #1 status. Later.... Brad

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

What a beautiful ring, I bet the person who lost it was just devastated!
I'm really surprised that ring isn't 18K!
What's even more amazing is that it survived beautifully!

Congrats on making the BANNER too!
Dave

 

[rayrayvegas]

Dang ! Look at you Ray Ray !!! All up there on the BANNER ! I'm feeling like a loser that I didn't vote you up in time - Awesome ring Amigo!

No worries Argentium, and thanks.

 

[lab rat]

Wow! What a ride, to read the thread from start to here. I missed your initial post, but let me say Congratulations! My first good diamond ring had me on a high for a month before I finally had the nerve to take it to a jeweler. He offered me $400 for it. The initial sale price was probably $800. I still have it.

There are different types of appraisals-- market value (what someone would probably pay you for it now), replacement value (what it would cost you to buy an identical ring now), and insurance value (enough so that the insurance payout would cover most of the cost to replace it a few years from now, keeping in mind insurance won't pay the full value. The 'insurance value' is inflated so the payout will roughly equal replacement value). You want to be sure you know which kind of appraisal you got.
Again, congratulations!

 

[rayrayvegas]

I'll challenge Breezie on it being a "ladies" ring (she's probably right) but send the size please. I may be able to help find a home for it.

Great find Ray..... Proud of you and the way you handled it... #1 status. Later.... Brad

Thanks Brad for the kind words, appreciate them. Also she recieved a new home in a beautiful velvet ring box last night. Lol. She seems happy.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Outstanding. Time to knock the gold nugget over to the right one notch. BANNER!

I literally just turned on our site, and slowly scrolled down, and saw your ring bumped the nugget, and I couldn't be happier for you. here's to you rayray

 

[rayrayvegas]

I literally just turned on our site, and slowly scrolled down, and saw your ring bumped the nugget, and I couldn't be happier for you. here's to you rayray

Thanks BigWaveDave, you were one of the firsts to mention banner. Thank you again and may one of your hunts turn out as happy as mine.

 

[Bejamble]

You can call it banner if you like. Lol. Thanks.

Told you I'd call it a banner Congrats!

 

[rayrayvegas]

Told you I'd call it a banner Congrats!

You sure did. A formal shout out and thanks to you Bejamble. HH.

 

[l2hunt]

that's a helleva ring, congrats!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Looks good at the top! Congratulations!

 

[Tnmountains]

Congratulations again on your find. It looks like the members voted it up. Nice find for sure and great pictures it looks good.

 

[asmerri]

You plucked a gorgeous piece of jewelry out of the dirt AND you made banner! Congrats to you my friend. One hell of a find! 2014 is off to a fantastic start for you

 

[birdman]

Yes my friend, you now have bragging rights!

 

[treblehunter]

Congrats, I bet if you hold out, you could find a buyer that would pay allot more then your appraisal. Just because that is a very beautiful ring.