Ring Looks OLD could it be roman or saxon??

[leered1979]

Hi people i went out yesterday for a few hours and found some goodies. Amongst my finds here was this small ring i have looked online and the closest i can find is a roman nor celtic ring. Have a looka t the pics and let me know what you guys think. Cheers. HH Lee

 

[romeo-1]

Is it gold?

 

[leered1979]

It appears to be silver but i found some silver spoons and a pocket watch front and they had tarnished really bad! I think this is white gold i am going to have to get it tested how shall i get it tested without buying the kit myself? it came out the ground MINT and was in middle of cornfield. Thanks. Lee

 

[Felinepeachy]

You can take it to a jeweler to have them test it for ya. It costs me 8 dollars to have them do it.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Nice ring it looks like one of those endless rope rings its imposable to find a end Good hunt Dd60

 

[Chug And Red]

You can take it to a jeweler to have them test it for ya. It costs me 8 dollars to have them do it.

You can save the eight bucks, but telling them that you are interested in selling it for scrap gold!!! most jewelers are buying gold now!!!!

Make sure they are using the electronic tester though the acid test usually involved taking a sample by scratching it on a stone!!!!

 

[leered1979]

I did have a friend that tested a coin for me a while back to see if was silver but he now moved away n im not puttin this in post plus he used acid!! Ill look into gettin it tested you say electrically tested? I didnt know that was available deffo want that! I dont wanna be puttin scratches on this if its really old like i suspect it is. Thanks ppl! HH Lee

 

[Lucas]

Lover's knot or truelove knot rings are much later... 18th/19th c.

 

[timekiller]

May be another piece to it. Might want to check for it!
Look here to see what I mean!
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=10271&cat=121
Take Care,
Pete

 

[Silver Searcher]

You do get Anglo Saxon rings of similar design but usually to pieces are twisted together. You need to check it out with the UKFD to be sure.
A Little demestos applied to the ring will determin wether it's Silver, if it Blackens you know it's Silver....it won't hurt it any

SS

 

[Lucas]

You do get Anglo Saxon rings of similar design

Good to know. Of course, we don't see much AS stuff over here.

 

[Silver Searcher]

You do get Anglo Saxon rings of similar design

Good to know. Of course, we don't see much AS stuff over here.

Here is a few to drool over Lucas I'v already done so

SS

 

[Lucas]

Is the one to the right of "16" Roman?

 

[Silver Searcher]

Is the one to the right of "16" Roman?

All Saxon

SS

 

[leered1979]

I had a close look at the ring recorded on the ukdfd site and the one similar to mine looks like 1 piece of metal mine is made from 2 strands twisted together. Mine is strong and fairly heavy for its size. Thanks for showing me that silver searcher interesting. Very similar for sure! Ill have to get it checked out by ukfd and see what they think. Cheers HH. Lee.

 

[Lucas]

Don't forget to let us know what you find out!

 

[CRUSADER]

Don't forget to let us know what you find out!

yeap, specially as it might be your first declareable treasure