FRENCH WEST INDIES OLD GOLD RING AGAIN ?

[sethi]

hi everyone , we have found this underwater with our brand new excalibur2, we wanted to share this picts as it look quite historical to me , breteuil seem to be related to a castle , west of paris , the 'baron of breteuil' was a minister of 'louis xiv' . was it related to french west indies colons looks like yes well if anyone got more clue for this one, your answers are welcomed. lets do some research

 

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[pl8man]

Very nice find
Glen

 

[Silver Searcher]

That's a very nice Ring

SS

 

[TerryEastTexas]

Man, that's a real beauty.

 

[desert dog]

WAY TO GO AWESOME FIND

 

[Mackaydon]

The coat of arms of Gabrielle-Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749) somewhat resembles what you found.
http://www.numericana.com/arms/
Don.......

 

[spitfire55]

 

[sethi]

The coat of arms of Gabrielle-Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749) somewhat resembles what you found.
http://www.numericana.com/arms/
Don.......

thanks don !! look like you've found it , thanks again for your help

 

[Mackaydon]

Sethi,
Have you given any thought that your find may be part of a shipwreck?
Great find!!
Don...

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice ring and piece of history! Shipwreck would be awesome. Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[steelheadwill]

Stunning Salty Gold

 

[CRUSADER]

Does it have any internal marks?

 

[sethi]

Does it have any internal marks?

unfortunately no internal marks but small ring , sure women ring

 

[birdman]

Nice piece of history!!

 

[TheRandyMan]

If this is indeed a ring from the hand of Mademoiselle Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Marquise du Châtelet, you have truly found an amazing artifact. I read this entire synopsis of her life and found it amazingly fascinating. She was a colleague and lover of Voltaire, among many others, and one of the few women in France at her time who was involved in the sciences at a high level.

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chatelet.html

I highly recommend the read.

 

[The Patriot]

beautiful old ring there....doesn't get much better than that...