found at beach

[gunntekk1]

Found these 2 sterling rings this morning the one has a monogram RTF and has "prieto 925" on the back,
and the other has a knight in the front with a mother of pearl disk behind it. Any one have any clues about the maker or the age

 

[relichunters]

Excellent finds, congrats

 

[gunntekk1]

thank you all for the kind welcome, the camera i'm using is the sony mavica FD-75, and they rang as fifty cents
i have read many posts but this is my first post, and the rings are heavy

 

[Nana40]

Double ! Welcome to Tnet~

Nana

 

[Lucky boy]

Neat rings, I'll bet they really made your detector sound off. Looks like they may have been lost by the same person? judging from the style / making,

 

[lkwhite1]

Great looking rings!!!!

 

[eathabs]

Great finds gun!!! Welcome to Tnet. What beach did you find these on?

By the way, I'm just up the river from you.

Hal

 

[NGE]

Nice finds, greatly detailed also. Another company that greatly details their silver items is called, " CREED" they make finely detailed sterling religious medals. So the next time you dig up a religious medal that says "CREED" on it, you know you have a fantastic looking piece of artwork........NGE

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice silver!

 

[Ammo Dog]

awesome rings

 

[hmonroe]

I happened to look at your post yesterday about your find and what I found out (stumbled upon) today when I went to Fort Caroline, I remembered your ring with the crest. It is OLD!!!!!! From thee handout that they gave us at the forl it says under the crest sign on the sheet "Fort de la Caroline protected the first planned French settlement in what is now the United Sates. The crest is the French royal coat of arms. The engraving of the fort is by Theodore de Bry, after and illustraton by Jacques le Moyne" These are some things that might start you on your search as to how much your ring is worth. If you would like, I can scan this handout to the computer on Monday and send it to you by e-mail. The crest itself dates in the mid 16th century and though I thought it might have been Roman or Greek it is French. Excellent find!

Stacy

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

First of all...welcome aboard! Glad to see a face as an avatar... I nominated your finds for the banner on top of page! I even called my 13 and 10 year old over to see your finds... They are incredible!! My kids were just looking as I showed them the great pics...and they both said ....wow!! Great work............ Gregg

 

[HolyDiver]

Very interesting find

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Welcome to TNet. Great finds. Congrats.

Nice pictures.

Ray S

P.S.

 

[CRUSADER]

Welcome to TNet from the UK.

Special Finds - well done!

 

[Purrdee]

Maybe from a shipwreck?

 

[ivan salis]

while the crest is old (house of orleans --bourbon)--french royal crest --fluer de lis -( the "new orleans" saints football type looking symbol on the side of the second ring for folks not in the know )-the silver content % marking is a more recent type of thing. - so while the the design on the ring is indeed old ---the ring itself not that old because of the content markings. -- thus somewhat newer ring using classic older style designs---still way cool.

 

[camb1]

Great Finds. That is one large ring. Congrats.