Big ring

[Ray in CA]

Had to head out to the store again for my mother today and stopped at the old park for about 45 minutes where I had found the '61 Rosie on Monday. I was hoping to score another silver coin but this time I came away with a United States Army 10k gold filled ring which is worn in a few areas. I sure wish it was solid but hey, a gold ring is a gold ring--and it's my Safari's first gold ring to boot. Too bad the stone is chipped. No initials or date. Can anyone date this ring by looking at it?

This thing rang out a solid +39 on my Safari, which got me to thinking I had a medium sized silver coin in the hole. The base metal isn't silver, in fact I'm not sure what it is but looks copper, so it's kind of a mystery as to why it rang in at that value. Copper normally comes in no higher than +37 on the Safari. Maybe a high zinc content in the base metal?

Oh yeah, almost forgot...also got two wheats--1944 & 1951.

HH,

Ray

 

[Sniffy]

Good goin!!

 

[Moonshadow]

Looks like the good ole lawnmower guys got it first! Way to go.......killer find! A little gold is better than none at all

HH,
Moon

 

[thrillathahunt]

Gold filled is better than gold plated

Way to go!

 

[Trond]

That's a beautiful ring.

 

[STH69]

very nice

 

[crazyjarhead]

Too bad about the chunk missing

 

[Finman]

Like that Army Ring!! Congrats!!

HH Joe

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on the 10k gold filled ring!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Honker!

 

[John987]

Very nice ring!!
A jeweler may be able to replace the stone cheaply.
This could increase it value quite a bit. Check out ebay
for current and previous actions on 10k GF Army rings.
You might be pleasantly surprised. I bet if you asked
around, you could probably find a jeweler that would
put in a stone for a few dollars. Ask around.............
HH

John

 

[Dirty WhiteBoy]

yeah, It is still a neat ring....The fact that it is a military ring makes it a collectible right off the bat. I'm with John, I would have a jeweler put a new stone in it and keep it for show! WTG!