Almost threw out this silver ring, but you will understand why when you see the pics

[lorraine]

HI

Out again at low tide for 2 hrs. hunt.

Not much takings today, but on my final "stroll" towards the shoreline heading for home, I hit a nice mid-high tone target; what I dug up was a ring.... hideous on first sight...looked like corroded copper or rusted "something", and was about to put it in the trash....but then I noticed a pretty stone ( ? green turquoise) in the center , and some decorative styling on the sides, so I brought it home.

Decided to electrolyze it , expecting nothing to come of it, but curious just the same.

Nothing came of the electrolyzing , but undaunted, I decided to try some baking soda and ammonia soak on it....there was just "something " about this ring that wasn't "ringing true"

Wow! Was I surprised to see the finished product after some soaking and scrubbing.

Here's some pics

Thanks for looking at my finds

Lorraine






This ring must have been in that ocean mud for a verrrrrrrrrry long time.



looks maybe "custom -made" ?












green turquoise stone

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[OBN]

The before and after on some of your rings are stunning. Nice catch and clean...

 

[vpnavy]

WOW lorraine!

 

[jeff of pa]

Yep seen the happen in fresh water mud too.

Throw it out though ? no way I don't care if a ring looks
like it came out a bubble gum machine & a mower got it.
It still goes in my ring collection

Congrats on the Save

 

[dirtdigger1581]

Nice ring save Lorraine! I would have thought it was junk too at first glance. But like Jeff, even the junk rings get a place in the collection. Looks good cleaned up, and appears to be an old ring. Great work!

 

[cdv1]

Amazing work again Lorraine..... Nice ring and work on cleaning it up.

Cliff

 

[dc426]

nice ring for sure!

 

[Sand Gnat]

Nice silver ring Lorraine! Good hunt!

 

[s1u2r3f4]

Beautiful! It's good to be tenacious!

 

[lorraine]

Nice ring save Lorraine! I would have thought it was junk too at first glance. But like Jeff, even the junk rings get a place in the collection. Looks good cleaned up, and appears to be an old ring. Great work!

I've never found a silver ring in a condition such as this one; all the older( as opposed to "freshly dropped ) silver rings that I have pulled from salt water and salt sand have had a gray-colored tarnish on them; this one looked like a rusted piece of metal...that's what confused me about this ring find.

 

[firemac]

Sweet save!

 

[BryanM362]

Incredible difference! Congrats!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[baywalker]

Very kool old ring.

 

[squiggy]

What a creation you did cleaning that up!! Very nice!!

Sent from my VS920 4G using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

[squiggy]

So much for this phone...Was to say what a great job you did. .Lol!

Sent from my VS920 4G using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

[Captain PopTop]

That is one nice ring, to me it looks like it could have been made a long time ago, H.H.Capt !!!

 

[The-Bone]

Lorraine,
you should really think about opening a jewelry CLEANING business here on Treasurenet(I'm serious!!). The b4 and after pics of your finds are amazing. You really have a knack for restoring silver and gold.
John

 

[lorraine]

Lorraine,
you should really think about opening a jewelry CLEANING business here on Treasurenet(I'm serious!!). The b4 and after pics of your finds are amazing. You really have a knack for restoring silver and gold.
John

Thank you , John

If I had the time, I would...but I'm too busy cleaning my own silver

When possible, I try my best to make my finds presentable for posting; I'm not always successful, but I try.

Lorraine

 

[hamiddetecting]

Congratulations

Your Post are always

Your Pictures

Good luck next trip