Best Find Jan2014

[jferreira88yr]

Medieval Ring 17 century

 

[jar head]

Fantastic!!!

 

[Markomyt1]

Woot!
Spectacular!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very beautiful old ring!
Love the look of the red ruby stone!

Dave

 

[jferreira88yr]

I think the ruby is just a stone because some scratches, but the litle stones beside are real diamonds

 

[lab rat]

I think the ruby is just a stone because some scratches

Not all real red stones are ruby-- yours might be a spinel. Though not as valuable as ruby, they can be quite nice. Here's a link you might find interesting:
Spinel

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Its probably a Garnet of some kind, They used a lot of Garnets back then. Did you see the Nat Geo show about the Saxon Hoard that was found a couple of years ago. Most of the stones in it were red Garnets. Its an Awesome find no matter what the stone is!!!