Am I hallucinating?

[halfdime]

Or, as Sgt. Carter called them in "Gomer Pyle", Halcinations . I've been obsessing over the 19th century farm foundations I've explored with Kiros32 and DrDetector, and today I was looking at a heavy ring I found there last year. It suddenly dawned on me that it has the same purple hue as most of the Liberty and Buffalo nickels I've dug. Because of its weight, I supposed this was brass; could it be copper-nickel? Could it have been a nickel, or two? I cleaned it up a little, smoothing it out and seeing if there are other engravings on it; someone carved a very crude "A" on it. I'm not trying to plow new ground here; has anyone ever found a ring that appears to have been made from a nickel? I know they're made from silver coins, but...? I don't know if the picture will show it well, but you can almost see what looks like date digits on the inside. I'll certainly be showing this to my partners, and they may assure me that I'm hallucinating; on the other hand...?

 

[Ed-NH]

Certainly not unheard of....but usually silver

http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html

 

[romeo-1]

Yep...could be!

 

[shaun7]

flashback!!!!

 

[DrDetector]

Could be! You'll have to bring it next time we hunt together, I'd like to see it up close.

 

[Kiros32]

Would be pretty cool if it was! I need to check it out in person as well.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Clean it and find out for sure! HH, Mike

 

[halfdime]

Clean it and find out for sure! HH, Mike

I finally cleaned it, or smoothed it; that's when I noticed the "digits" and started to wonder. Plehbah makes a good point as well, having a brass look; it's just the purple tinge that got me to thinking. It's also very heavy, heavier than a single nickel.

 

[Kas]

If it came from an old site then it is more than likely a poor farmer's wedding ring. Made from brass and gold plated. I found one that was corroded but was stamped 18K inside.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I'm inclined to think "Brass" on this one. We find a lot of them hunting the old homesteads.


Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[ivy_walls]

i am not an expert by any means, but i found a ring a couple months ago made from an 1868 2 franc napolean III coin. the inside was pretty obvious that it had been worked, meaning you could see lines that were out of place and such. your ring looks too solid. that being said ...... i hope it is !!



Mark

 

[kevo]

I also see what looks to be digits on the last photo. It's very possible. If a person can make love tokens look as nice as they do from silver I'm sure somebody could make a ring from a couple nickels!! Nice either way