Germany ring

[donkarlos]

So I go to a lake park which I've hit before - so many bottle caps and pull tabs are there- like every swing you hit two or three. I pull out a couple now and then if they sound different but it's basically a cherry picking situation. I managed to get five wheats so it's basically a silver hunt. I worked it in silver mode which I don't usually do. I did get a few dimes and a deep 1981 quarter so it's working. After a handful of prospective signals which were screw tops I get a real squeaker high tone, like 12-45ish.
I pull this ring out from 6" down in sandy soil under a sod plug.
It has "9" or "6" stamped on it and "germany." With germany upright the number would be a "6" but it is separately stamped, and looks more like a "9" to me.
The size is 5 1/4 so the number isn't the size.
What shocks me is the high tone it gave. I rechecked the sound after I dug it so it's not like something else was just in the hole.
Any speculation would be appreciated.
HH

 

[bigfoot1]

wag...but perhaps 6mm width and it looks a bit like plated.over silver?

 

[Captain Caveman]

I have no idea. But, Congratz on a beautiful ring!

 

[Ant]

Yeah I'm with the crew that says that it isn't gold. That style band was popular in the in the 70's and 80's, they sold them from Liquor Store counters. Here's a couple junk bands that I found:

 

[donkarlos]

It looks like gold, though. Im thinking it's 9 karat. Just trying to figure out the manufacturer, etc. Just seems like there would have been some kind of corrosion on it if it were not gold.