Civil war ID ring!!!!

[Mark1985]

G.RICHARDSON.CO.K.57.MASS

 

[Breezie]

WHY has this not been made BANNER yet?

It did. Look up. Breezie

 

[CRUSADER]

Mark, congrats on a really cool find. I registered to this site to add my comments to this thread. I am not a treasure hunter, but I do study genealogy and history, so maybe I have a different perspective than some here. I do have ancestors that fought in the civil war and I have some treasured artifacts, but nothing as cool as your ring. I would love to have that ring from one of my gggg grandfathers. But I would in no way feel entitled to such a find. I would first be thankful that someone made such a find. I would be thankful to have a photo of it. And I would be thankful to have a chance to buy it at full fair market price if the finder ever chose to sell it, and I would not be looking for a family discount. I'd probably pay more than market because it would mean more to me. And in that case, you wouldn't be worried that someone was just wanting ownership of an item to cash the item.

This is different, imho, than an item where there is an existing widow or child. Too many generations to have some one guilt you on keeping your find. Well that's my 2 cents. I wish it was my gggg grandfather's ring. I'd be making you an offer! Maybe I'd have to outbid a cousin. And if you wouldn't sell, I'd respect that, and ask for dibs if you ever changed your mind.

Thank-you for joining Tnet & this discussion.

I decided to delete all my comments, as I felt it cluttered the post, & I didn't want to seem to over-power it. What you are saying, makes perfect sense, & was what I was trying to encourage. Because everyone benefits from sharing info, & I'm certain the existing family is NOT going to try & grab it off him. Only thank him for his efforts, & who knows where it will lead, well I have a good idea, but...there needs to be a will/willingness.

 

[IllinoisDug]

Just saw this on CNN... same type item!

CNN Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

 

[kc10bull]

Here is a news story of a civil war ring, that was returned to a family member! Thought everyone would like to see that one too!

From WUSA Channel 9 News: Civil War Ring Of Union Soldier Found On Va. Construction Site, Returned To Family
Here is the link

Civil War Ring Of Union Soldier Found On Va. Construction Site, Returned To Family | wusa9.com

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Civil war ring

Saw this in my morning paper ,at first I tought it was yours ,but its a different name

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

P.S. I was readin through this post ,,,, and I just have to say ,, I dont care if you return it or keep it ,thats your business !! But I do want to say CONGRATS on very historical find !!!!

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Mark, look at #s 6 & 7. This is from Stanley Phillips Supplement I CW book that's out of print. #6 is captioned "Silver identification ring. Engraved "P. Hines Co. G W. VA Vols". #7 is engraved "Sergt. Joseph F Friend Co. K 3rd MD PHB' (PHB designates Potomac Home Guard). Yours is the first that I have ever seen dug. Q.

I saw today @ Nick Harris's shop in Stafford,Virginia the silver ring that is listed in Stanley's book of "P.Nines Co. G.W. VA Vols" selling for $850.00

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Is it too late too add my South Carolina breast-plate I found in the early 2000s for banner?

 

[Mark1985]

You going to be at the show Saturday hut ?

 

[butlerm1]

WOW. What an epic find. Researching and potentially returning the ring to the soldier's family would be great.

 

[novafinder]

What a find, what a guy to return it. Both the find and the finder are banner worthy

 

[cw0909]

congrats,the banner should have a super find banner side bar

i thought this was you,and thought wow that was fast

This really was fate’: Relic hunter unites Civil War soldier’s ring with Pa. relatives

John Blue, of Manassas, Va., found a silver ring at a construction site in 2005 belonging to a Union soldier. Several years later, he tracked down the relatives of Levi Schlegel, who fought in the 1860s
?This really was fate?: Relic hunter unites Civil War soldier?s ring with Pa. relatives - NY Daily News

 

[RelicMedic]

Un-freakin-believable!!!!!!! That is truly amazing. I know I would be so engorged in the history, and the gentleman's story, that there would be no way I could sleep!!! Congratulations to you, for saving an amazing piece of history.

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Congratulations Mark on an awesome banner find and thanks for sharing it with us! I know what opinions are like but I'm compelled as the Great Great Grandson of a Civil War Vet to also give mine If one of those rings turned up with the name William H. Cash on it I'd be ecstatic. I'd want pictures and all the info I could get on it but I certainly wouldn't feel "entitled" to it and I don't think anyone should expect Mark to look up a descendant ,who could probably care less,and just hand it over to him. Mark,after reading every comment here I think Abraham Lincoln's quote applies "You can please some of the people all of the time,you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time"

 

[Erik in NJ]

What a find, what a guy to return it. Both the find and the finder are banner worthy

I think you are mistaken. The two news stories that were posted are about other detectorists who have found similar rings and returned them to the respective families.

 

[Mark1985]

They are the same story it's one guy that's near me and he had It for 8 years before returning it

 

[Wildcat1750]

Awesome CW BANNER find!

 

[70monte68]

What a wonderful find. It belongs to YOU, enjoy.

 

[metal mania]

wow what a way to hit the banner congratulations. Great researching guys the thing that i find so amazing in more often than not when we find items we have a sense of history about them but in the case of your find you have a direct link to a living breathing man. I must admit I had not heard of civil war rings till now most unusual find.

 

[oldsalty19]