San Quentin State Prison silver ring ! Its #100 and its my largest silver ever !

[pl8man]

San Quentin State Prison silver ring ! It's #100 and it's my largest silver ever !

What great three days of hunting ! Tonight was the topper . I hunted with EAGLEFORCE tonight for about an hour and a half at a local school . Ryan struck GOLD right away , check out his post . I was finding quarter after quarter for a total of $10.47 ! The sun was down so we started heading back to the trucks . My last target of the hunt would be one of my best ever ! I had a +87 at one inch , I'm hoping for big silver , come on #100 ! It was #100 ring of the year and my largest ever silver ring found in 14 years ! It weighs 18.1 grams of sterling silver . The best part is it's from San Quentin State Prison ! I believe it is a inmates ring , prison made . I still can't believe the things that are found in school fields . Who wore it and why were they on the school grounds . Anyone have any ideas about this ring ?
HH
Glen

 

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[pl8man]

Maybe it came from the prison gift shop? (Sorry, just had to...and I'm a newbie)

That's the first joke I made when I got home and showed it to my Wife
Welcome to the forum !
Glen

 

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[pl8man]

Way better than digging one of their home made license plates!
Carl

I wouldn't mind digging up a license plate ! After all I'm the PL8MAN . I have collected license plates since 1981 .
Thanks
Glen

 

[Gunrunner61]

An Amazing find, I think nola's right probably a CO had it made........Killer find..................HH

 

[stewielouie]

That ring is awsume!!

 

[pl8man]

Awesome ring find,18 grams thats a big one.

Largest silver ring I have ever found in 14+ years of metal detecting !
Thanks
Glen

 

[coinshooter]

Cool ring!

If thats a "killer find" Im not sure I'd want it! Hah!
Plt8man, I have a few of those registration corner plates that they used to send you back in the 30-40s for your
license plates. I was cleaning one the other day after I found it and it said "Folsom Prison" on it in really tiny print. Almost missed it until I started cleaning it.

Got a better focused pic of the front?

 

[pl8man]

Cool ring!

If thats a "killer find" Im not sure I'd want it! Hah!
Plt8man, I have a few of those registration corner plates that they used to send you back in the 30-40s for your
license plates. I was cleaning one the other day after I found it and it said "Folsom Prison" on it in really tiny print. Almost missed it until I started cleaning it.

Got a better focused pic of the front?

Cool find ! None of mine have Folsom Prison on them .
Glen

 

[aroppoi]

That is sweeheet!!!! I think I might pick up metal detecting!!!

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.....man that is a honker of a silver. Congrats!

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.....man that is a honker of a silver. Congrats!

 

[DaleGM]

one of the most unique rings I've seen posted this summer, congrats on hitting the century mark

 

[CASPER-2]

REAL COOL FIND -

 

[pl8man]

one of the most unique rings I've seen posted this summer, congrats on hitting the century mark

It's the most unique one I have ever dug . Thanks !
Glen

 

[JimDon]

Awesome #100! Really cool ring. One of the most interesting I've seen in some time. There is still time for 200......

 

[GaRebel1861]

That ring is bad to the bone! I've had to come back and look at it a few times since it was posted. You're a lucky devil to have found that!

 

[AC1955]

Wow! I agree, probably made for a CO by an inmate. Why at a school? Kid took his dad's ring for "show and tell" or just to show off?

Congratulations on #100! This is one really, really unique and awesome ring.

HH,
Anita

 

[7creeks]

Congrats on #100...one nice ring

 

[pl8man]

Well I just meet with my friend Jeff who was a guard at San Quentin from the 1980's to the mid 1990's and he felt that it was prison made by an inmate . He said if it would have been found in the prison it would have been taken away , not aloud in prison . He took some picture of it and will be given them to his friend who still works in the prison . He will then take it to the San Quentin prison museum to find out the history of the ring ! I would love to know the true story behind this ring ! This one will be a keeper forever .
Thanks everyone for their input
HH
Glen

 

[AlabamaRelic]

It probably did come from the "gift shop"
Local Intelligence: The Hobby Shop, San Quentin State Prison - The Bay Citizen

 

[tidetraveler]

Sweeeet!!!