Medieval Ring

[drgeorge]

Found this one yesterday on a mountain ridge in East Slovakia. It was in close proximity to several Russian Mosin-Nagant shell casings and I thought with the similar signal, that it would be yet another one.......! At first it looked like some kind of el-cheapo carnival ring--maybe a Soviet soldier dropped it during the heat of action.......? While cleaning my finds from my outing, I noticed an interesting patina not seen in more modern brass/copper items--that's when I stopped and sent a photo to a friend who knows about "older" stuff. Yep, it's real old--he said probably 13th century!!!! The stone/glass is green!
Thanks for looking and HH!!!

 

[worldtalker]

Now that is a Classic!!!!!!

 

[rob.s]

Cool looking ring!!

 

[worldtalker]

Now that is a Classic!!!!!!

Recon how many CENTURIES old that is!!!!!!!NICE find.

 

[chkn]

Wow, I wonder what the story is behind that one...very nice find my friend....

 

[HISPAN]

Complete ring and beautiful green patina ..... Congratulations!
H

 

[CRUSADER]

Complete ring and beautiful green patina ..... Congratulations!
H

Agree, nice to be complete & not bent, age No idea, looks to be at least a couple of hundred years old+, but its just not one I've seen before