First gold ring!!

[fmrUSMC_0844]

Found this today at a very salty area about 7 inches down.

 

[Moonshadow]

Congrats on your first GOLD! Nothing like it.......Good job!

HH,
Moon

 

[Detectingfreak]

Nice find...Might want to test it to see if its gold. It might be fake gold because gold doesn't turn black when you uncover it.

 

[CRUSADER]

The P is the same style they used on the late 1800s US Police Buttons

 

[creeper71]

I believe your ring is gold filled or plated..check for the markings inside the ring..let us know what the markings are someone will let you know if it's soild gold or not really nice find tho

 

[CRUSADER]

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,234725.0.html

Look at the Police button on this link, I wonder if there is a connection or if its of a similar date?

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Wow, that's a very nice old ring. I have dug several gold rings over the years that had tarnished some. I found one last winter at a swimming area that was black. It was 10K and I didn't know it was gold until I cleaned it up. It had been under water for many years. All of the ones that I have found that were tarnished were 10K and had also been under water a long time.

Very nice find!!!

DANGLANGLEY

 

[stitchlips]

Wow, that's a very nice old ring. I have dug several gold rings over the years that had tarnished some. I found one last winter at a swimming area that was black. It was 10K and I didn't know it was gold until I cleaned it up. It had been under water for many years. All of the ones that I have found that were tarnished were 10K and had also been under water a long time.

Very nice find!!!

DANGLANGLEY

Same here, I found a 10k ring that looked like junk until I saw the 10k mark.

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

Thanks everyone. There is no markings in it and it has some weight to it. I foind it at the salties site in the US. Came out of the ground just as you see it. Everything else had a black crust around it. Ill have it tested.

 

[wolcottdigger]

Thats a cool ring , it looks very old to me.

 

[muttandjeeps]

That's one heckova first gold ring! You didn't want to settle for a plain old band eh? I'm still looking for my first gold anything.
Great find

 

[creeper71]

Thanks everyone. There is no markings in it and it has some weight to it. I foind it at the salties site in the US. Came out of the ground just as you see it. Everything else had a black crust around it. Ill have it tested.

If you can't find any markings on the ring at all I'm 99% sure it's not real gold...

 

[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

[allen]

gold or not, its a beautifully
designed ring !!

 

[Roger Mn.]

Thats a nice ring.

 

[DPBOB]

Thats a pretty nice looking ring

Congrats

 

[stillgottawork]

Way to go "Devil Dog".........................nice find............

 

[trikikiwi]

Beautiful ring
Which in itself, likely means that an 'old Bobby' wouldn't be seen dead with it on

Mike

 

[gemee]

Thanks everyone. There is no markings in it and it has some weight to it. I foind it at the salties site in the US. Came out of the ground just as you see it. Everything else had a black crust around it. Ill have it tested.

If you can't find any markings on the ring at all I'm 99% sure it's not real gold...

creeper, gold in the 1800's did not always have to be marked for purity. I am a dealer in antique jewelry and can tell you that YES gold DOES tarnish, especially if it is 10K or below. Depending on the alloys that were used in smelting and casting the piece, tarnish can and does happen.

 

[trikikiwi]

Thanks everyone. There is no markings in it and it has some weight to it. I foind it at the salties site in the US. Came out of the ground just as you see it. Everything else had a black crust around it. Ill have it tested.

If you can't find any markings on the ring at all I'm 99% sure it's not real gold...

creeper, gold in the 1800's did not always have to be marked for purity. I am a dealer in antique jewelry and can tell you that YES gold DOES tarnish, especially if it is 10K or below. Depending on the alloys that were used in smelting and casting the piece, tarnish can and does happen.

It's a bit like people really, isn't it?
Mike