Russia. Ancient silver ring of the 16th century.

[gabberbob]

Went to the place of the former village. Possibly there was a market or hotel near main road. My detector caught weak, but a good signal. Some minutes I dug a hole what to get it. At first I thought that it was the silver coin, but soil was scattered and the hole of 15 inches in depth gave here this miracle.
Silver ring of the 16th century. On a ring the man with a saber and a plant is represented.
At this time in Russia the tsar Ivan the "Terrible" governed..
Ivan the Terrible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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[dwodyga]

Very cool find! Congrats!

 

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[shawninNY]

Excellent find GabberBob! Some people just see this as dollars and cents!

 

[d2]

I'm thinking banner also. That is a great find...d2

 

[MichiganMan]

You just blew my socks off!

 

[gabberbob]

This week I will take away the camera and I will make good pictures in the Macro mode.

 

[worldtalker]

This week I will take away the camera and I will make good pictures in the Macro mode.

This week I hope you find something BETTER.

I still voted BANNER,COOL find my man!!!!!

 

[Dirt Digg-Ler]

Very nice....I'll never have a find like that in Canada. No matter how many holes I dig!!!

 

[mihmar79]

wow gr8 find! gz!

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[: Michael-Robert.]

Have it authenticated!

 

[gabberbob]

Have it authenticated!

Forgive, I badly know English. You ask to confirm authenticity of a find?

 

[gabberbob]

...anyway I have some witnesses who were with me at this moment. They saw as I got it. And my dance Irish jig))

 

[treblehunter]

...anyway I have some witnesses who were with me at this moment. They saw as I got it. And my dance Irish jig))

I'd like to have seen the dance, great find, congrats!

 

[worldtalker]

...anyway I have some witnesses who were with me at this moment. They saw as I got it. And my dance Irish jig))

Are you still doing the Jig??

 

[gabberbob]

On rings the profile image of the soldier before which thin, smoothly curved trunk of a young tree is located is cut out - "a life tree" Such plot is well-known on the seals of the XV-XVI centuries on various documents. The composition "the soldier in a profile" is known on coins of the Moscow Russia in the XIV-XV centuries, and according to G.A.Fedorov-Davydov it "symbolizes the prince". It is possible to make the assumption that such rings belonged to the representative of princely administration.

catalog of similar rings from i-net here

 

[gabberbob]

Are you still doing the Jig??

periodically )

 

[I-DIG-IT]

super nice find

 

[Westfront]

Super nice seal ring! I agree, thats Banner material!

 

[old digger]

Amazing Find! And with the history and age it certainly deserves "Banner"

 

[BuckleBoy]

That is a beautiful and rare find!

 

[Ocean7]

wow! excellent find! That could be a family crest on that ring. Really cool! I still remember digging a '2 kopeks' in the US and wondering what the heck it was doing all the way over here. *L*