old silver trade ring

[bcboy]

I found this old silver trade ring yesterday with a friend of mine. I found it at an old roadhouse from the goldrush days. It has a ingraving on the front of a hand thats ontop of another hand. If anyone knows anything about this ring the info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[jeff of pa]

Can't Help You out,

But cool Ring.
Congrats !

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

That ring is wayyyy cool! Wish I could help you I.D. it...

 

[davest]

as far as I can tell, it's old. Nice find

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

Nice ring! Seen a lot of Trade stuff, but haven't seen that!? Does it have a "touchmark" on the inside?
I have several brass trade rings, but only the "remnants" of a silver one. It has two crude, inter-laced hearts on it.
HH! Dale

 

[PANNONIAN]

Cool ring! You should go back!

 

[watercolor]

That is a VERY cool ring. . . I would think very old with the "hands" motif

watercolor

 

[bcboy]

To answer IA.FurTrader's question, no there is no stamp mark anywhere on this ring to identify it in any way. There is only the hand ingraving on the front. This ring that I found here in British Columbia, Canada was found at a old roadhouse from the 1800's that was a resting spot for the prospectors that would travel the old trail to get to the gold fields. The ring was found beside the river that runs beside the roadhouse. My friend was detecting with me and he found a 1860 Victoria One Florin silver coin that was about 8 feet from the ring.

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Yes very nice cool old ring and also decent6 find I might say.

 

[Iron Patch]

Very Nice find! It is definitely old enough to be trade and BC does have trading posts etc.. Clasped hands design is very popular and can be Googled for more info..

"Clasped hands represent Concordia, the Roman goddess of agreement, understanding and marital harmony."

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

To answer IA.FurTrader's question, no there is no stamp mark anywhere on this ring to identify it in any way. There is only the hand ingraving on the front. This ring that I found here in British Columbia, Canada was found at a old roadhouse from the 1800's that was a resting spot for the prospectors that would travel the old trail to get to the gold fields. The ring was found beside the river that runs beside the roadhouse. My friend was detecting with me and he found a 1860 Victoria One Florin silver coin that was about 8 feet from the ring.

I'll have to agree with you...probably a trade ring beings you found it where you did. ( would need to have it in hand to give a better opinion )

 

[CowboyKolo]

Found this little excerpt from a webpage abut trade rings;

"There seems to be five or six major patterns of plaque design. The first type, the initial rings, all have one, two, or three initials in their design. The second have L and heart as part of their design. The third, the X, XX or M rings all have crossing straight lines as part of their motif. The impressed heart (or hearts) design rings are the fourth style. Fifth and sixth are the clasped hands and the cross or saint motif rings
The symbolic meaning of the plaque design is the subject of an enormous amount of conjecture. The matter is complicated; one must keep in mind that the Indian and the designer probably had different ideas as to the meaning of the plaque designs and that style drift of these plaque designs almost certainly occurred. There is much room for research.

These obscure, but intriguing, little bits of early American history are still being found, researched and even reproduced by a few silversmiths for those who find them interesting"

Not a lot, but hope it helps

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Wow, that is a great find for sure.

Keep your coil low and your passion high!

Kirk

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice find.