Gold Posy Ring

[shaun7]

This is my best find so far and one I might have trouble beating

I found it recently at my Abbey site, but it's been away being researched for a while so I couldn't post!

It was just sitting on the top in a clump of mud and gave a signal I would have ignored as iron if I hadn't seen it

At first I thought it was just a modern wedding band with an inscription, but after looking at the style of writing and the
spelling I wanted to give Crusader a call before I scrapped it

He told me it definately needed looking at as it could be very early

Research shows it is a 23 or 24 carat gold Poesy ring weighing 9.6 grammes, made between 1710 and 1750

Inscription reads: God hath made thee my choyce, in him and thee i doe rejoyce.

 

[dirthunter]

Once in a life time find, Congrats.

 

[jimmy uk]

i love this!!!! one thing on my wish list!!!

 

[Daedalus]

Very nice find !
And this is why I can not get myself to pass up a signal and not dig , even if it is an iron tone you just may have a piece of gold in the ground.
Good going on digging this up !

 

[silverfinder]

The spelling seems too archaic for the eighteenth century. I would say the ring dates from the seventeenth century. Another possibility is that the ring is a bit later than that, but from a rural area where archaic spellings were still in use.

 

[underdogger]

Amazing piece of history wtg. Rob

 

[steelheadwill]

That is in such good condition!
A beautiful piece of old Hi Karat history.
Dug before I started following T-net, Glad to see it back on the page!
Full word Congratulations on this Dig

 

[spitfire55]

Now that's what I call a good score. Hope I can find something as good as that one day.

CONGRADULATIONS!!!

 

[{Sentinel}]

I remember this post from back in 2009 and its still as fine a Posey Ring as the first time I saw it! . Reminds me of the very pretty one my diggin partner (UMRGolf) found last year at one of the ole' honey holes.