Surprise silver & gold today on a teaching hunt

[TrpnBils]

So a student of mine is looking into getting a detector and trying to decide between an Ace 350 and an AT Pro. My spare detector is a 250 so he and his parents met me today at a playground at the elementary school down the road from the high school where I work and I let him mess around with it for a couple of hours. I wandered over to an area behind the backstop of a ballfield where I found a junk ring last year and got a good, solid quarter signal (12-46/47 on the Etrac). I ended up seeing the outline of the ring about 8" down and called him over to take a look. When I first pulled it I saw the sterling stamp and stuck it in my pouch without thinking too much more about it. After we parted ways I stopped for lunch and pulled the ring out to get a better look at it. Turns out it's also 10k gold filled... pretty sure it's a wedding band. The pattern on it is ugly enough I have to wonder if somebody lost it on purpose, but it's a neat find nonetheless. I'll see if I can track down an owner but it was deep enough I have to figure it's been down there awhile.

Any thoughts on the maker's mark? It's either an SW or a WS.

 

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[Gridwalker306]

Hey a silver ring is always nice to find! Good job on teaching the next generation about metal detecting!

 

[RelicMedic]

JD Schlang makers mark. Probably vintage. Sterling silver with 10k gold fill. Very nice ring! Well done!!

 

[cjon455]

very unique ring, with results like that maybe you should teach the hobby more often!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice ring save and a great story also on

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs. I think the ring and pattern is nice looking.

 

[46Wheat]

Nice bling

 

[DeepseekerADS]

What about the students? Did they find anything?

 

[TrpnBils]

What about the students? Did they find anything?

Well, he did about as well as expected for a first-timer using a 250...lol. We started out on the wood chips doing the usual "here's a signal I found, come see what your machine says it is" thing. He was happy with a couple of bucks in change and it sounds like he's pretty much set his mind on an AT Pro. It's interesting...he's been watching MD videos on youtube for over a year trying to save up to get one and I can actually have a legitimate conversation with him about detecting and he usually knows what I'm talking about. It sounds like he'll be getting his detector sometime this month.