Shield Nickel, Barber Coins, Awesome 1872 Wedding Band

Digger62918 · May 1, 2010

Got permission to search an old site that dates back to the 1850's. I didnt' find a lot there, but the few finds I did dig were Awesome! Started off by finding my First Ever 1867 Shield Nickel :hello2:

It is in rough shape, but I am Thrilled to find it! Next I dug two barber dimes with amazing details and a nice little musket ball, followed by a V Nickel. Finally, I found probably one of my favorite finds. It is a brass wedding band with a very faint inscription inside that reads 1872. Went I first dug it up it was black, after Alot of cleaning it looks as gorgeous as the day it was lost. I will definitely be going back to this site again and again.

tpmrcp · May 1, 2010

Those are some fantastic finds! Keep it up!

mainer · May 1, 2010

Great digs! :icon_thumleft:

Dixiedigger · May 1, 2010

Congrats on a great hunt :thumbsup:

texan connection · May 1, 2010

Hell of a day!

mobile miner · May 1, 2010

You look to have a good spot. Keep diggin. :icon_thumright:

minton7 · May 1, 2010

I am curious as to why the ring came up black.... I have dug several gold rings and NEVER had a real one come up black..... is it marked>

ringfinder · May 1, 2010

I am amazed at how well rings found in the ground that are some sort of brass clean up so well. Most of mine turn to crap
and then some turn out OK.

Every gold ring I dig from an old site that is really gold, comes out of the ground looking like it was just dropped. I once found
a ladies wedding ring that had been lost by her son at a one room school house. It looked like he had just dropped it, but it had
been lost nearly 70 years. I returned it to the son who had lost it, he was 78 when I returned the ring.

Nice digs, Congrats!

HH, Ringfinder

Digger62918 · May 1, 2010

TEXAN Connection said:
Hell of a day!

Indeed! I've been getting spoiled lately with really nice finds almost every time out. Hope my luck holds out.

sscindercoop · May 1, 2010

Sweet ring :icon_thumleft:

plumloko · May 1, 2010

Thats a great spot!
Grats on all the goodies!

ILseeker · May 1, 2010

Nice finds Justin, I really like the ring

Gribnitz · May 2, 2010

How did you clean up that ring ? I think I have one just like it, but never bothered to try and clean it. I figured it was too far gone to even bother. Yours looks great...how did you do it ?

EARTHWORKS · May 2, 2010

Nice finds!

Digger62918 · May 2, 2010

Gribnitz said:
How did you clean up that ring ? I think I have one just like it, but never bothered to try and clean it. I figured it was too far gone to even bother. Yours looks great...how did you do it ?

When I first pulled the ring out of the ground I never thought it would clean up so nice. It took alot of work, but was well worth it. I used powder Ajax on the ring and then scrubbed it with an SOS Pad. Took alot of elbow grease and about 7 cycles of scrubbing before I could finally see date on the inside. There is also a powder called Bar Keepers Friend, that works extremely well in cleaning copper and brass.