RINGS and RELICS today

ModernMiner · Oct 4, 2007

I hit the farm spot today at lunch where I dug the cannonball piece yesterday.
The idiot that I am, I forgot to bring a pick and bigger shovel. I did bring the Lesche tool with me though to saw through some roots. It actually worked fairly well.
I'm not sure if I dug relics or junk today, but there is a lot more in that spot still.
The mound of stones is about 2 feet higher than the rest of the surface around it, and it is roughly 20' by 10'. It is next to a large oak, and there is a 6' round deep indentation next to the oak. I will try to carry my camera out there next time to get some pictures.
*The larger metal piece you see with the lip at top is brass, not iron.
*One of the other pieces comes to a sharp edge.
*The draw knife I found yesterday, but picked it up today.
*I found two rings today on this mound. No ringers attached fortunately.

One is a small size 5.5 copper (?) ring with scroll or flower design. (Junk?)
The other I'm not sure if it is a man's ring or not. It is a size 8.5 and is made of brass.
There is no engravings on it. Is this jewelry? Did they wear brass rings?
Any info on anything would be appreciated. It's still hot and fairly humid here in these parts. I may go out Saturday and do a longer hunt.
Have a great weekend,
MM

piggman1 · Oct 4, 2007

Cool finds, those look like very old rings to me. Way to go!!

Burdie · Oct 4, 2007

You have a very nice site to hunt. Good luck and keep searching. HH
Burdie

SC_hunter · Oct 4, 2007

Great finds MM....Not sure what all the rusted things were but you will have to hang that horseshoe up on your "barn"...HH

dave-enc · Oct 4, 2007

cool finds mm
wtg
dave+bobbie

COUNTRY GIRL · Oct 4, 2007

Unthinkable

! Those rings are awesome, can't wait to hear more about them. Pictures of the rocks please!

Marty-Graw · Oct 4, 2007

the blade looking thing on the right is a draw knife

Merf · Oct 4, 2007

Very nice finds MM---WTG

{Sentinel} · Oct 4, 2007

Keep looking. Those are good signs!

imafishingnutt · Oct 4, 2007

yo man that first ring is missing a stone make a sifter of theres a great one on ebay id look for the stone that has fallen out of the ring where you found it.
looks like the tools are the ones maby used to make the indentation in the ground. or maby it was made by the cannon ball. but if it has rocks by it its most likely a fox hole
im betting someone was killed thier maby the horse was too.
look for the stone man keep posting.

Ridley · Oct 4, 2007

Those are rings for sure! They're just so old you don't see many like them. I'd google 19th century brass rings and see if you can find anything similar.

Congratulations!

Ridley

ModernMiner · Oct 4, 2007

Hopefully this mound I found isn't a grave!

It has daffodils scattered around it.
-Doug-

Mirage · Oct 4, 2007

Hmmmm.....no big scores today....but I can see you are in the neighborhood.

Yeah, it's warm here too. Normal high for our area today would be 66. We hit the upper 70's to low 80's.

Bob

Helo · Oct 4, 2007

I found a ring at the confederate campsite I mentioned in your post yesterday. Its brass and has two hearts on the top. At the bottom of the ring ,which would be under the finger there is a solid seam. Is yours made like that.I,ve read somewhere that these rings were gold plated when new, but mine is in about the condition of yours and is in my bullet display case.. The D shaped piece might be a shoe heel plate..Anyway I think you found some cool stuff...Now go get some more....