1st Permission, 1st Ring and its my first Gold!

[qaela4]

1st Permission, 1st Ring and it's my first Gold!

First a little background. I spend most of my time TH's in my own yard and my 87 year old neighbor always asks if I found a diamond ring for my wife. Her yard is now infested with grubs and she is going to have it torn up and re-seeded so she gave me the go ahead to "have at it". First thing I pulled out was this earring that seems to be plated as it is tarnished. Next decent thing was the hinge, weighs 13ozs, no clue on age or anything else. Today was the third day I spent there and found this 18K wedding band! The hallmark is a sideways W, research reveals it is made by JR Wood and Son and the exact ring is in a 1923 catalog of theirs. They merged with Lenox in 1970 and changed their name in 1975 to Art-Carved. They are still in business today.

 

[Darrow]

Very nice find!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Now THAT, is pure and simple, FUN! What a thrill to pull back that plug and see that shining up at you!

Very nice! Congrats!

 

[dirtlooter]

very sweet 18 k gold and its a ring to boot, congrats

 

[texjim]

Nice job on the jewelry..

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Good timing paid off for you that time, congrats on the rings !!

 

[Sandigger2]

18K Sweeeeet. Congrats on the gold.

 

[CaptainCoil]

Very nice gold! Congrats!

 

[newgoldfinder]

Grats on the find...Always nice to dig up some gold.

 

[CASPER-2]

WTG - IVE GOTTEN MORE THAN A FEW OF THOSE "OLD GOLD" WITH THAT MAKERS MARK IN NEW ENGLAND WATERS

 

[thommo59]

Gotta love rings

 

[UnderMiner]

Sweet 18K ring! Pretty rare to find 18k in general. Great that it was your first gold! My first gold was a measly 10K.

 

[treblehunter]

Cool finds, congrats!

 

[worldtalker]

Well..............expect to dig 9289 pull tabs till the next one!

Super score dude!!


GOD Bless


Chris

 

[Reiska]

Nice looking ring. I found one with exactly the same hallmarks from a forest here in Finland. Was also my first ring.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[qaela4]

Nice looking ring. I found one with exactly the same hallmarks from a forest here in Finland. Was also my first ring.

My wife's father's family is from Finland, came over to the U.S. in 1913, turns out it was the same boat my father's family from Sweden came over on.

 

[Reiska]

Did they ever come back? The initials on mine are HH and LR. In case they match with any of your wife's relatives. That would be crazy.

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[Msbeepbeep]

Nice! Congrats beauty of a gold ring!

I haven't checked the family tree yet, but my father's parents are from Finland, settled in Massachusetts. It would be hilarious if we were all related!

 

[qaela4]

Nice! Congrats beauty of a gold ring!

I haven't checked the family tree yet, but my father's parents are from Finland, settled in Massachusetts. It would be hilarious if we were all related!

My wife's relatives settled in Mass., then moved up into Vermont, the family name is Saari.