Gold from the river!

[jraven]

I hit the old river today and came out with this. Seems to be an antique ring, marked xxxw? I did some research and found out the xxxw is usually 18k. It has the cursive letters on the face which I cannot make out and has birds and flowers on the sides. The water was about a foot deep and the ring was about 5 inches down in the sand and rocks.


cleaned up pic

 

[Briz06]

Beautiful Ring!! ... and in really excellent condition!! Rock on!

 

[baylorhall]

Beautiful find! Looks like CLG reading left to right.

 

[aquachigger]

Ya did good jraven. Keep on getting 'em!

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Fantastic ring Keep it up !!!!!

 

[artifacthunter]

Wow! Beautiful ring. I found an older post with a similar hallmark - check this link - http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=283264.0
Looks like the xxx is 18k and the sideways w is J. R. Wood and Sons from Brooklyn, NY.

 

[MKnTenn]

Awesome old ring, looks like rose gold in the picture. HH

 

[Wldbil]

Nice find... Congrats

 

[Tuberale]

WTG!

Among other things, this helps prove the adage that all heavy things end up in the bottoms of rivers. Gold miners have known that for years, and you've just joined the ranks of the gold finders.

 

[smittyw]

Excellent job. Been trying to find a place in my area to do something like he did. Plenty of water but finding the right, accessable spot is going to be the trick. The blame AT Pro came out a month after I bought the GArrett 1350. I could have kicked myself for not checking to see what new stuff they were coming up with before making the purchase. OH, well.

There is a place not far from me that was a ford of a river in the 1850's. The land owner cut timber down to build the ford. Problem now is that the ford in slap dab in the middle of a county park with rangers that really patrol there.. Plus with the summer rains the water is up. May try it anyway if I can locate the exact spot of the ford. Will advise in future.

 

[general]

Congrats on the beauty of a ring!

 

[coteau]

Congratulations, nice gold! What was the target ID signal, 6? Just wondering because you use the same detector that I use.

 

[Getty]

Thats one sweet ring! congrats!

 

[pl8man]

Very nice ring

 

[cntrydncr1]

wow that is beautiful!! congrats

 

[jraven]

Thanks everybody!!

Congratulations, nice gold! What was the target ID signal, 6? Just wondering because you use the same detector that I use.

It was jumping around a bit , If I recall right, it was going from 18 to the low 20's maybe 30's and I think might have even hit some 40's. The tone might have even jumped a bit from high pitch to low. This was really the first time I was in the river with my detector. So I was digging pretty much any signal. I knew it wasn't a pull tab tho, they are pretty much same tone always for me. Not sure how the water effected the signal? This was the first gold ring I have found in a river and only my second ever. I dug and got lucky!

 

[Ammo Dog]

Good looking ring

 

[plymouthian12]

very nice nice hunt

 

[jewelerguy]

very nice. looks very old

 

[Chug And Red]

Sweet Gold find!!! I would like to Know? Was it In the Sand Or clay/soil!!!! condition's make a difference on the readings!!! HH Chug Getting ready for Our third MD Purchase and Every bit of Info Helps!!!