🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Need help with a ring

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Found this ring about 30 ft from the edge of a cellar hole that had occupants from 1840 -1960. It gave a nice 9/10 vdi on the Equinox which is usually a tombac button or 22 lead bullet. It looked like a silver signet ring, but the vdi should have been like 24/26. Rinsed off, no rubbing needed as it cleaned off like gold or silver. Has a gun metal finish, thought it might be platinum, but it’s magnetic? If this was a beach find I’d think it’s simply a tungsten or stainless steel or titanium modern ring, but nothing truly modern coming out of this site. I’m stumped.

 

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[cmthunder]

Nice ring

 

[Gulf Coast Pirate]

Maybe it's made by the same process as the iron Wishing Pillar in Delhi, India that is over 1,600 years old and never rusts!

 

[dozer dan]

I’m thinking that may be a homemade ring out of a Hex Nut. Possibly from a high school shop class project. If you look on YouTube there’s many examples. Here’s one.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I’m thinking that may be a homemade ring out of a Hex Nut. Possibly from a high school shop class project. If you look on YouTube there’s many examples. Here’s one.

Thx for the solve Dan! Never heard of making a ring from a nut, but think your theory is correct. The image you attached has the same style and sheen, it’s magnetic, no corrosion so probably from a stainless steel nut. Maybe a steel worker made this for his wife in the 50’s and dropped it in the yard.