Amazing Hand Forged Ring!!!

[relichunters]

So I am convinced at this is a really really old ring. They weren't always made out of sterling silver, gold and copper. I was dating at a 1890 home site which is rubble now. Over the past 6 months, found some nice items worth a few bucks, and alot of junk. Well I noticed a very large tree up in the woods on the hill about 30 - 40 feet from the home site.

I thought hey this would be a great place to find a cache! Well I think I was close. I detect on the lower side of the tree that faces the home site, and it beeped right up against the tree, about 6 inches from it. This was found at about 4 inches down.

It looks perfectly like a ring to me. It has a round base 3/4 around it, and then a flat rectangle on top, the flat piece curves around it very nicely, it seems to be a little bit bent, but it fits my middle finger perfectly, it doesn't fall off.

My dad says it's a machine part, but I don't think so. What do you all think?

 

[SC_hunter]

I hope that it might be a ring but it looks like a part off some old farm machinery.

 

[Indianhead Jones]

That second pic (ring2.jpg) tells me it WAS a ring. The shape is just too unique for it to be anything else. Perhaps a home-made piece?? It's a stumper, but I'm convinced it's definitely a pice of finger jewelry. Interesting find!

Larry

 

[RELICDUDE07]

You could never sell such a priceless find

 

[relichunters]

I guess the world will never know.....

 

[RELICDUDE07]

I wanted to see some cleaned up pics.It looks like it has something on it .... It could be a ring,i think you have small hands

 

[relichunters]

Nah my fingers are bigger then most ladies I see. About 2 months ago I found a 1960's mood ring with the stone, that thing was HUGE! I have pics if you want to see, this is close to the same size.

I will be cleaning it up tomorrow.

 

[spisswgt]

It looks like an amazing tractor part or maybe just a piece of iron.

 

[relichunters]

I tried cleaning it up with a wirebrush and it doesn't clean up very well. I don't know what else to do. I thought about soaking in oil or something, but don't want to ruin it.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Awesome ring! Congrats! I am wondering if it is a civil war era ring?

 

[relichunters]

Awesome ring! Congrats! I am wondering if it is a civil war era ring?

Well the house is from 1800's era. So never know, alot of battles were fought in this city.

 

[packfan_1982]

Well lets see some cleaned pics!

 

[DrJoePrime]

Interesting find for sure.

My opinion (not worth even 5c) is that a ring would be made out of copper as a minimum and more likely silver or better metal.

In my 1950's landfill site I found this ring of metal which I thought was a copper plumbing item...until I pushed my finger into the center and found the center hollow. It had an ugly greenish cast (see photo) but I still put it into a vinegar aluminum bath. The bath STANK to high heaven and that's when I knew it was SILVER. The green corrosion was from the copper in the soil.

So you never know...clean it up and let's see. I think a vinegar soak will work on iron too...i've done tools and pocket knives that way.


HH joe

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

That is cool!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

-Rotfl- That is real funny !! Sorry that's not a piece of jewelry, lol !! It is a Iron Machine part.....giggle

The horse ring is really cool, nice find!!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[dex378]

I'm thinking that its much too big to be a ring. From the pic it doesn't look like you could close your hand with it on. It looks to me like it could be a piece of a yoke or other oxen tack. Just my opinion, which is usually worthless.... lol

 

[relichunters]

Ok I am going to leave it in vinegar over night and see what happens. The 1960's mood ring I found is about the same size. The top of the ring is bigger then a nickel.

 

[Narthoniel]

Electrolysis might work on it as well.

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Could you please show us the finger ring again!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chopper]

You guys have missed the obvious, it doesn't have to be a tractor part OR a ring, it could be both. Think about a tractor with bling, that would be one classy tractor!

 

[hollowpointred]

You guys have missed the obvious, it doesn't have to be a tractor part OR a ring, it could be both. Think about a tractor with bling, that would be one classy tractor!

theres your million dollar idea!!