Is this a colonial wedding band??????

[mainer]

Hey guys found this at my colonial site Ive been detecting. I think it is a mans wedding band just wondering if it could be colonail or somthing newer. Hopefully the pics come out ok. I think it is made of brass or copper? Thanks for any help.

Mainer

 

[jpitt1970]

Looks more like copper to me

 

[scratcher]

Thanks for the info, BB. I am curious though if anyone has ever found a gold ring at one of these old sites. If so, does anyone have a picture of the condition out of the ground? I'm sure soil condition, fertilizer, etc. influence the ring appearance but I am wondering if they simply just need rinsed sometimes. Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good history Buckles. Thanks

 

[CRUSADER]

Thanks for the info, BB. I am curious though if anyone has ever found a gold ring at one of these old sites. If so, does anyone have a picture of the condition out of the ground? I'm sure soil condition, fertilizer, etc. influence the ring appearance but I am wondering if they simply just need rinsed sometimes. Thanks in advance for any info.

I'm with BB, I have found many brass band rings, some with fake numbering. Never seen one like yours clean up so well, but I will bear it in mind,

 

[scratcher]

I'm with both of you, Crusader. You guys have way more experience with this kind of thing than I do. I just thought it odd that several posters were talking about how many fake/brass ones they have, while it doesn't seem there were any real ones mentioned. I just wanted to make sure we weren't missing something. By the way, awesome new coin find Cru....

Scratcher

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm with both of you, Crusader. You guys have way more experience with this kind of thing than I do. I just thought it odd that several posters were talking about how many fake/brass ones they have, while it doesn't seem there were any real ones mentioned. I just wanted to make sure we weren't missing something. By the way, awesome new coin find Cru....

Scratcher

Its all good. I guess my wording was a bit mis-leading. I meant to say I agree with BB, not 'with' him, cause that sounds like taking sides. I also agree with what your saying & gold can do funny things, specially if alloyed.

 

[Chicken4U2]

I remember reading through this thread awhile back, and thinking that it would be neat to find one of these rings. Well today on the way home from work, I stopped by the farm to detect a couple minutes just for anyhow, and guess what pops up as I was swinging my way back to the truck? Yep, an old ring. Right now I have it soaking in distilled water, but it already had several shiney gold spots showing when I dug it up. Dunno if it says anything on the inside yet, but I thought I'd add another pic to this thread, since everybody else did too