Found a Vintage Sterling Silver Opal Ring with 2 Small Diamonds.

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Found a really cool ring today. It's Sterling silver with an opal in the middle and a small diamond on each side of the stone. I think the diamonds are real because it seems to be a high quality ring. It's a very large ring, probably a size 10 or 10 1/2. Pretty big for a woman's ring!

The inside of the band is stamped "925" and also has the letter "S" in a circle. I did some research and it appears to be made by the George O. Street & Sons jewelry company. This company was located in New York from 1837 until around 1950, when they went out of business.

Also found $2.39 in clad. Not bad, but it's pretty sad when you dig 47 coins and it only adds up to $2.39! I did find a 1951 wheatie, so that's not a bad day at all.

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Very nice ring, it cleaned up well! :icon_thumright:
 

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Beautiful ring - though if marked 925 - most likely not vintage
they are putting more diamonds in silver now a days and in other stuff like tungsten and titanium
have some one check them - so you don't sell yourself short if you ever sell it
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Got some nice color play in that opal! Congrats! -Lisa & John
 

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Beautiful ring - though if marked 925 - most likely not vintage

Definitely 1950 or earlier, since the company went belly up in 1950. I can't take a good photo of the hallmark, but here's an article about George O. Street gold cufflinks. At the bottom of the page, they show the "S" hallmark, which is exactly the same as the one on the ring. Of course, mine has 925 after the hallmark and not the 14k designation.

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Congratulations, that is a very nice ring. Don't fret over the clad. It is what it is. I got 151 coins last Saturday, 108 were pennies. But pennyland is where gold hides.
 

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Congrats on the sweet opal ring, it's a beauty
 

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Marked 925 Casper is right. Not vintage. You might have the wrong company. 925 was not used until after the middle 60's. Still a nice ring.

I have found over 500 silver rings in the water and on land. I also have done a ton of research. Vintage silver was marked STERLING.
 

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That is a nice ring, vintage or not.
 

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That's one Sweet ring!!
 

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Marked 925 Casper is right. Not vintage. You might have the wrong company. 925 was not used until after the middle 60's. Still a nice ring

Sorry, you are wrong and I do have the right company. You are the one who needs to do more research. The 925 mark started in 1907, not in the 1960's.

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Absolutely no need to argue. Experience is the best teacher. Good luck out there

Find another silver jewelry maker with the same hallmark and I'll gladly call you an expert. But casting doubt on my find (and my research) was uncalled for. Also, I never claimed it was rare or valuable, so what's your problem?
 

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Haven't found a nice ring like that in awhile. Love Opal! But I did find a ring that looked like a $30,000 ring. It had a fist full of Diamonds on it and shined like no tomorrow. I thought my car was going to be paid off. I was so excited. I ended up showing this lady on the beach this ring. She kept telling me . I don't think it's real. I said to her. Oh ya It's real. Got home and found out it wasn't. But, boy it was a nice looking fake. Had me fooled. Real nice find. Nice Christmas present for you girl!
 

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