Antique GOLD Ring with a huge BLOODSTONE :-)

[MonkeyBoy]

Hey everyone..

Went off in search of a "new" colonial site to hunt. Knew it was somewhere in the woods.. so after walking around and looking for a look time I find it.. so over grown with stickers it is unhuntable.. so I was hitting the road up to it.. with in 50 feet of the ruins.. when I got that low VDI range of numbers which usually are shotgun shells.. so... dig the hole.. and out pops this ring! In 19 years.. this is my first solid gold ring.

Any idea what the stone is?? An Opal of some sort

MonkeyBoy

**UPDATE** I sent pictures to some friends who happen to be jewelers.. and it is a bloodstone.. circa 1870.. ;-) and it is a man's ring.. that was the fashion at the time.. it will have to stay in my case not on my finger!! ;-)

 

[allen]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

i know it is a beauty...

 

[DrJoePrime]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

Yep..it's a KEEPER!

And a beauty too.

WTG!!

Gotta love this hobby.

HH Joe

 

[aa battery]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

Very nice....aa

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

Wow MB!!!! What a beautiful old ring. That is an awesome find. Very stylish ring for sure.
Congrats to you on your first gold ring.
-MM-

 

[DFX-SCOTT]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

MONKEYBOY COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE VDI#S WERE, PLEASE.
I USE THE DFX ALSO AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT AN 18K GOLD RING WOULD REGISTER AT.
THANK YOU.
SWEET SWEET RING
WHATS IT WORTH?

 

[comfyinvermont]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

Fantastic. Congrats...Lance

 

[Goldiver]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

Nice! Beautiful old ring!

 

[goldyrocks]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

My wife is quite the stone expert. She says it is a Bloodstone. You can look it up in most mineral books in the Chalcedony species! I am looking at a picture just like it as I type! Goldyrocks

 

[MonkeyBoy]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge stone is it!!!

MONKEYBOY COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE VDI#S WERE, PLEASE.
I USE THE DFX ALSO AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT AN 18K GOLD RING WOULD REGISTER AT.
THANK YOU.
SWEET SWEET RING
WHATS IT WORTH?

Off the top of my head I'd say it was 20 + or - I had dug a lot of shotguns shells and expected this to be one too... I'll hit it tomorrow with my machine and get the exact number.. via and air test..

Not sure of value exactly.. but $250 or $300.. ;-)

 

[piedmont]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge BLOODSTONE!!

Monk,

You are an inspiration. Just seeing that find makes me want to go out by the light of the full moon and start detecting a patch of sticker bushes. Big rain is coming so the digging should be easy.

 

[DFX-SCOTT]

Re: If you only find one thing.. a antique GOLD Ring with a huge BLOODSTONE!!

THANKS MONKEYBOY,
THAT RING WOULD LOOK GOOD IN MY SHOWCASE IM TRYING TO GET STARTED
NICE FIND!

 

[Derek752]

WOWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!

What a BEAUTY !!!

In all the years of huntin colonial sites and areas we've only dug 1 gold ring , my huntin pal Rock dug it !

Congrats M.B.

Derek