I'm on my way to old abandon late 1800s boys high school

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No such thing as an "average" class ring. The purity of the gold, what it's alloyed with, and it's size will all alter the reading. It will between a nickel and a quarter if that helps any! :laughing7:
 

Truth, just dig all mid tones that give a solid target ID, maybe varies by 1 digit or less. If they are jumpy, they are more than likely a cheap alloy.
 

A few years ago I found a monster class ring that was .925 silver with 18K inlays....it range up really high...thought for sure I was going to dig up a silver dollar or something. One the other side of this, I've found 10k class rings that registered in the penny range. That's the problem with gold, just too many different alloys and content amounts to rely on VDI, or even tones for that matter.
 

when was the school abandoned ? The practice of class for boys high schools was, I am guessing 1950s at the earliest. You will notice that very few high school class rings are posted that pre-date the 1960s. Maybe colleges had the practice earlier ? To answer your question: The typical boys high school gold class ring will read in the low tab to higher range. They will not read down into the ladies ranges of nickel to foil, IMHO.
 

I have never dug a mans 10k ring but I still have my old 10k class ring from the 60's plus 2 10k gold rings I wear on a daily basis and have air tested several times with 2 Whites detectors (mx5 and m6 ) and they both consistently read 42 or 47 VDI.

From reading many a t pro posts where VDI numbers were given on dug items that I knew how it would read on the Whites I noticed these 2 different brands read very similar. I have a macro racer 2 that I air tested one of my 10k rings on just yesterday and it read 31, exactly where a nickel comes on it, whereas a nickel is 20 on the Whites. Ground conditions could change this picture though.

Don
 

C'mon, Truth. You're not a new guy. (don't take this the wrong way) Asking what the average gold class ring would read is to ask what does your average high schooler look like. White, Black, Asian, Native American... etc. So many variables. Try this (really!). Go to a large jewelry store with your detector. Tell them you are helping a friend find his class ring. Ask them for the most popular size men's(... here we go with variables again) class ring and pass it by the coil to establish a "starting" number. They will be glad to help out. Suggestion: take pictures of your finds - good and bad - and record the display results. Build a data base of the displays and other pertinent info. Categorize your finds on your computer into specific file folders. Or get a generic data-base template to do it. After time, you'll have those answers. TTC
 

TerryC said:
C'mon, Truth. You're not a new guy. (don't take this the wrong way) Asking what the average gold class ring would read is to ask what does your average high schooler look like. White, Black, Asian, Native American... etc. So many variables. Try this (really!). Go to a large jewelry store with your detector. Tell them you are helping a friend find his class ring. Ask them for the most popular size men's(... here we go with variables again) class ring and pass it by the coil to establish a "starting" number. They will be glad to help out. Suggestion: take pictures of your finds - good and bad - and record the display results. Build a data base of the displays and other pertinent info. Categorize your finds on your computer into specific file folders. Or get a generic data-base template to do it. After time, you'll have those answers. TTC
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I got my friend to do it with his ring from 1988. He's an average size guy with average sized hands at 14 karat the ring hit at a 57-58 on the ATP. Needless to say my dreams were shattered anyway with all clad.


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ecmo said:
I have never dug a mans 10k ring but I still have my old 10k class ring from the 60's plus 2 10k gold rings I wear on a daily basis and have air tested several times with 2 Whites detectors (mx5 and m6 ) and they both consistently read 42 or 47 VDI.

From reading many a t pro posts where VDI numbers were given on dug items that I knew how it would read on the Whites I noticed these 2 different brands read very similar. I have a macro racer 2 that I air tested one of my 10k rings on just yesterday and it read 31, exactly where a nickel comes on it, whereas a nickel is 20 on the Whites. Ground conditions could change this picture though.

Don
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Thanks Don


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Tom_in_CA said:
when was the school abandoned ? The practice of class for boys high schools was, I am guessing 1950s at the earliest. You will notice that very few high school class rings are posted that pre-date the 1960s. Maybe colleges had the practice earlier ? To answer your question: The typical boys high school gold class ring will read in the low tab to higher range. They will not read down into the ladies ranges of nickel to foil, IMHO.
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It was abandoned after Katrina and it was founded at that location in 1871. In 1871 Holy Cross moved to its historic site, which then was a farm named St. Isidore's farm, and built a renowned "collegiate-styled campus" and opened in 1879 its current school, bordered by the high Mississippi River levee. IMG_1853.JPGIMG_1303.JPGIMG_1488.JPGIMG_0965.JPGIMG_1489.JPGIMG_1851.JPG


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Looks to have great potential. Research the heck out of it. Sure to be places on that property that saw most of the activity, especially adult activity. That school might not have been the first structure on the property, etc.
 

You've got a GREAT site there! Step back a moment. imagine where on the grounds they would have gathered. Statues, cement/stone benches, sloping ground to river or pond, memorial stones, etc. LOTS of places to look! Keep us posted, good or bad. TTC
 

Incidentally, check out my banner find of a CLASS RING lost (and returned) after two years.
OOPS! Called it a banner. Just an honorable mention. TTC
 

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It was abandoned after Katrina and it was founded at that location in 1871. In 1871 Holy Cross moved to its historic site, which then was a farm named St. Isidore's farm, and built a renowned "collegiate-styled campus" and opened in 1879 its current school, bordered by the high Mississippi River levee. View attachment 1437055View attachment 1437050View attachment 1437051View attachment 1437052View attachment 1437053View attachment 1437054


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Neat place, Seems like I remember someone posting pictures of it here on Tnet in the last couple years..
 

JackalopeZL1 said:
Neat place, Seems like I remember someone posting pictures of it here on Tnet in the last couple years..
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Yeah it was me. I decided not to take a picture of the stolen Malibu that was stuck in the grass behind the school with a broken window. Lol


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Was just going back over this tread again admiring the uniqueness of this place. I could come back to it time and time again especially if I found some nice silver and gold for encouragement.

Hope a caretaker mows the place for you so you can sweep low.
GL and HH

Don
 

ecmo said:
Was just going back over this tread again admiring the uniqueness of this place. I could come back to it time and time again especially if I found some nice silver and gold for encouragement.

Hope a caretaker mows the place for you so you can sweep low.
GL and HH

Don
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Hey Don here's another very old interesting house on the next block on the leveeIMG_1848.JPGIMG_1850.JPGIMG_1493.JPG

I did find one silver ring there. I want to class ring so bad it's on my bucket list but this wasn't one of them.


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