Colonial Womans Wedding Ring, maybe?

[boondocker]

Got out Sunday to a new field and found this ring, well I think it's a ring, I think it's made of either copper or brass, hard to tell. Doesnt have any writing on it and appears to be cast, it has a seam around its circumference and one on its width, I hope the photos show it. Across the street was a garrison house built before 1680 and the house on the property was built around 1780'ish, Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Dean

 

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[Lucas]

Possibly a brass trade ring. They run on the small size.

 

[CRUSADER]

Generally the copper or brass rings (sometimes Gold plated) were popular in the late 1800s.

What is a little odd is the seam around the middle. I have found & seen many but can't remember any with seams

 

[Silver Searcher]

Look like a Copper Olive of a compression joint

SS

 

[BuckleBoy]

It is most certainly a brass wedding band or ring which was once plated with gold. I have dug these in sites that date from the mid-1800s up through the end of the century.

I've been lucky enough to find one or two with their gold plating intact.

Some are marked with a Karat marking inside--which does not designate them as gold (before the Gold and Silver Marking Act in the early 1900s, marked items were not required by law to actually be what they were marked!). But I have never seen one that was solid, gold filled, rose gold, or anything like that. They are all brass with gold plating.


Cool find. c.1860-1900.


-Buckles

 

[stetson]

Look like a Copper Olive of a compression joint

SS

Thats what first came to my mind.

 

[Born2Dtect]

I vote for wedding ring. The first ring I found was just like this with a hint of gold plating. Found in a field with 1700-1800,s finds. While it was not valuable it is still one of my favorites being the first.

Ed D.

 

[CRUSADER]

Look like a Copper Olive of a compression joint

SS

Plumbing also crossed my mind, have you seen them with a seam? I haven't but its more likely I think than a ring.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Look like a Copper Olive of a compression joint

SS

Plumbing also crossed my mind, have you seen them with a seam? I haven't but its more likely I think than a ring.

Yes have seen them with a seam, the fittings in the UK normally follow the standard pipe sizes, the diameter of the one posted might determin what it is, but I don't know the standard US sizes of pipework

SS

 

[boondocker]

I don't think it's a compression fitting but what do I know, the ID is 0.638" and the OD is 0.696" what about a childs ring? . Havent found any other "plumbing" related items in this field yet but I have found 3 LC's 1810 1824 1830 and a gilt button, hopeing for that pinetree shilling. Thanks for all the comments I'll let this go a little longer before I check mark it. Dean

 

[CRUSADER]

I don't think it's a compression fitting but what do I know, the ID is 0.638" and the OD is 0.696" what about a childs ring? . Havent found any other "plumbing" related items in this field yet but I have found 3 LC's 1810 1824 1830 and a gilt button, hopeing for that pinetree shilling. Thanks for all the comments I'll let this go a little longer before I check mark it. Dean

I'm 50/50 on this one

Don't let the fact you have not found other 'plumbing' related stuff close off this avenue, as I find the plumbing olives with no other plumbing stuff around it, they just get out in fields somehow

 

[BuckleBoy]

My hunch is that it's a brass ring for a finger, not a pipe. Likely no plumbing in houses that early.

I have found brass wedding bands with the vertical seams on them--in fact, many of them have such a seam. But the horizontal seam is odd (the long seam).


-Buckles

 

[montepollock]

May have been paited or Japanned at one time?
HH,Mont

 

[bradyboy]

looks more to me like a brass ferrell,
used as part of a compression fitting, water, fitting and so on

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPRESSION-FER...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item7912aa5c20

Brady

 

[AU Seeker]

I disagree that this maybe a a plumbing ferrule/compression ring, as a ferrules tends to have a more "flat" central crown then tapering down to the sides, and also they are much thicker at the crown and there is no seams at all on ferrules.

Skip

 

[BuckleBoy]

Every one of my brass wedding bands that I've dug has a seam around it. If you'd like a photo, I'm happy to post one.


-Buckles

 

[boondocker]

Yes Buckle Boy please post a pic on your rings I would like to compare. Thanks Dean

 

[kyphote]

Did they have compression rings in the 1800s? Based on the weathering, it strikes me as 19th century.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I will post photos of my wedding bands with seams, but it will take a day or two for me to get a second to get it done.

Best Wishes,


Buckles

 

[boondocker]

Great, looking forward to seeing them. I'm almost 100% sure its a ring