Found My First Sterling Ring !!

ivy_walls

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The other day I had about 30 minutes to kill at the end of work and was no where near my usual haunts so I went a church that was my elementry school which closed about 1971. At that time I was in 1st grade and had to transition to a different school. Since then the building has been a church but an area that was the playground has never changed much. I had hunted this place when I first got my Ace 250 and once since then but it has been a while. Well I didn't find much coinage but i was going around the foot of a swingset and got a dime reading. I didn't expect this - does sterling mean it is silver??? The ring says on the inside 'sterling kiddiegem'. Also I have been hunting with the Ace in sensitivity mode 1 notch from being maxed out in areas with little trash and having lots of good luck that way. Anybody else try this technique???
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Thanks for looking and for reading
Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
 

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congrads, nice find
 

Sterling is 92.5% silver, I believe.
 

Hey there, great find....And yes it is sterling. I don't know why but it does me more good to find a nice ring like that than to find a silver dime. Congrats to you!!!
 

halfdime said:
Sterling is 92.5% silver, I believe.

Thanks halfdime, I guess it is silver .... mostly anyhow!

Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
 

Hey! Congrats on that silver, Mark!!!

Nana ;)
 

Congrats!! Nice ring Ivy!!
 

Nice find! I found my first sterling in a churchyard.

Nat
 

Beautiful ring ya got here!! Looks like a running theme here today! Way to go !!

HH,
Moon
 

;D Nice ring.May even be an antique. I thing .925 is silver.If it says sterling,then it should be silver. Silvergirl N.E. Indiana
 

Pretty ring with a beautiful stone, a real treasure, congrats!

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BDoo
 

Congrats on the ring. It is very pretty! I am still waiting on my first ring for this year. Kudos to you.
 

Nice Sterling Silver Ring. That ole ACE 250 is hitting pay dirt for you. Congrats.

I hunt with about 4 notches on my ACE. I have hunted almost at max, but get a lot of
false signals. I also use a SunRay Probe with my ACE.

HH, Ringfinder
 

That's a cool ring! It seems that was a line of silver jewelry for kids in the 1940's-50's.

I'd hang on to that one!




Ridley
 

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Ridley
 

Congrats on your first Sterling ring. Sterling is 90% silver. A high a sensitivity setting on the Ace were you have it will hinder you from getting some deeper coins and rings since the Ace 250 doesn't have a adjustable ground balance. Turn it down some more for better performance. Try it, you'll notice the difference. Only at a non mineralized site can you use the highter sens. settings and get away with it. To prove it, go back over the same areas with reduced sensitivity.


Still a nice ring.

HH,
Sandman
 

Nice ring! HH, Mike
 

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