Awesome Weird Ring

[DetectorMoe]

Was out digging around at my local beach, Holden Beach NC, at night, trying my luck using Minelab Equinox 800..
It was a little windy but not to bad.. Finding all kinds of things and some weirds ones.. lol





Found this silver ring, a US silver quarter that was turn into a ring.. Think the date say 1951?? I have been told these type of rings were made in prison, inmates would take a silver coin and hold it on edge and hit it with a spoon while spinning the coin, then they will cut the middle out and they will have a ring.. Any of you guys heard anything like that before??

Found a 1959 penny.. Almost a wheatie.. In pretty good shape..

Then found a hand full of WW2 .50cal bullets and casings..

Everything and the trash..

 

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[ironhorse]

Cool coin ring Moe!
Not the first and definitely not the last one of those we will see...cool find!

 

[Digger RJ]

Was out digging around at my local beach, Holden Beach NC, at night, trying my luck using Minelab Equinox 800..
It was a little windy but not to bad.. Finding all kinds of things and some weirds ones.. lol





Found this silver ring, a US silver quarter that was turn into a ring.. Think the date say 1951?? I have been told these type of rings were made in prison, inmates would take a silver coin and hold it on edge and hit it with a spoon while spinning the coin, then they will cut the middle out and they will have a ring.. Any of you guys heard anything like that before??
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Found a 1959 penny.. Almost a wheatie.. In pretty good shape..
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Then found a hand full of WW2 .50cal bullets and casings..
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Everything and the trash..
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Very Cool!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

They were homemade but anyone, not just prisoners would do it.

 

[xr7ator]

I was with a friend when he dug one made from silver quarter. Cool find for sure. I have found only one coin ring. It was found at a school and it is made from a US nickel. Yep, I was hoping for a gold item.
Grats on the ring find.

 

[unclemac]

i have made a few myself... cheap gift for a high school girlfriend when you are on a budget!

 

[oldmxrat]

That was my very first ring I found when I started md'ing in 2019. Cool find, congrats!

 

[Lenrac2]

Awesome ring! I have never seen those!

 

[Georgivs]

My dad's made a few rings like that (not in prison)

 

[old digger]

Nice Find! Also there are some 1959 one cents out there with a wheat obverse. Can be worth quite a bit.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very cool find !