Nice piece of silver.

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello,

My Cousin is up from NC. We were going to dig a private sidewalk tear out but instead of alarm the owners of the homes we asked permission. We could not talk to the people getting the work done so the elderly parents of the people doing the work told us to come back. I hope we can catch them before they poor the concrete. Anyway we went to our fall back location. We hunted 1/4 of the easement of an old school, found trash and clad at first and landed this unique vintage real/fake turquoise and sterling Jewelry of some kind. Its marked GC01 and .925 (The GC01 from what I can find means its a vintage and maybe Native or Mexican.) Weighs seven (7) grams with the stone and is about the size of a quarter. If anyone has any more information that would be great. Here are some picture, I hope you enjoy !!

(Please read Update further down bellow)
Keep @ it and HH !!

 

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[g-olden years]

Gorgeous old ring - wonderful find! I'm sure someone here will be able to give you good idea of it's age and hopefully origin also.

Turquoise is one of my fave stones. My dad taught himself a little silversmithing and then made turquoise nugget rings for us four adult daughters, and for himself and my mom he made more elaborate silver rings with turquoise, coral, & a black stone. Andi

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Shelbe]

The attachment on the back leads me to believe its a bolo tie....western wear. I would lean towards this being a real stone!

 

[thebadger108]

Looks to even be Native american maybe Navajo made? Turquoise is a usual center piece.

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice piece of silver.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Gorgeous old ring - wonderful find! I'm sure someone here will be able to give you good idea of it's age and hopefully origin also.

Turquoise is one of my fave stones. My dad taught himself a little silversmithing and then made turquoise nugget rings for us four adult daughters, and for himself and my mom he made more elaborate silver rings with turquoise, coral, & a black stone. Andi

How nice of dear ole dad, thanks for commenting.

Thank you everyone else, for the comments also !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice silver and turquoise piece!

 

[Argentium]

I agree with the earlier comment about it being a bolo tie ornament , and that it is turquoise and likely Native American made . Nice

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Great jewelry finding there, lucky !

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

OMG, OMG, - READ THIS NOW (Update) !!

I looked further into this GC-01 thing. Turns out this Hallmark could be from Pepe Cerroblanco... Holly crap, this guy comes from a long line of Jewelers who studied in Italy. His pieces sell at places like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's at New York and has displayed at other Prestige Galleries... This guy is a Mexican designer, up to par with Tiffany and Co. If your going to find a Mexican Piece. This is the kind you want to find !! Sadly its not Native I would have like that more but... I'm not complaining, thanks for more comments !! Here are some after photos after a little cleaning and straitening !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[dirtlooter]

very beautiful, totally awesome find

 

[-=METAL=-]

Very cool!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

The value of this piece if restored could be $50 or more, as is I'd say $20- $25... That's a big difference between my original appraisal of $5 for scrap !!

I'm ecstatic !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Awesome! An increase in value! Congrats! Your find keeps getting better! The gift that keeps on giving, I like it!

 

[Boatlode]

The attachment on the back leads me to believe its a bolo tie....western wear. I would lean towards this being a real stone!

I agree with this ^^^^^. Very nice find.