THE 100th PULL TAB

Cal_Cobra · Feb 20, 2010

Did a little recon work this afternoon to check out a new hunting spot that only dates to the 30's-40's but I thought it had great potential for silver coins as well as jewelry due to it's purpose.

I spent a couple of hours checking it out, and at one point a park ranger came over to me. I though oh oh, I'm probably getting booted :nono:

He asked me if I had my detecting permit, and I showed it to him. Not only was he fine with me being there, but he turned out to be really nice guy and a fountain of great information telling me about the history of the park, places that have been changed, and about all kinds of old spots that haven't been used in decades, but are still accessible to the public. Wow that's a first :icon_thumright:

So I continued detecting the site and did find a few 1940's wheats, tons of clad and then came a super nice sounding signal, albeit an odd TID. Heck I dig lots of junk though, if it sounds good, I go for it, and sometimes it pays off. Well this was one of those times :occasion14:

About five inches down I pulled out a trio of interconnected rings :happy2:

By this time it was dark and all I could see was the gleam of gold and silver, I could tell they weren't junkers, but I couldn't see them well enough to look for marks (heck I can't see well enough to see marks in the middle of the day half the time :tongue3:

When I got home I louped them and oddly there's no marks on the yellow gold rings, but the silver ring is marked .925. I did an acid test on the gold rings and both tested good for 14K :sunny:

Odd the lowly silver ring would be marked, but not the gold rings :icon_scratch:

Without further adieu:

Thanks for looking & HH,
Brian

nova · Feb 20, 2010

Rings are always a thrill to dig Congrats.

Imnengr · Feb 20, 2010

Hey, nice find! Those are called "Russian Wedding Rings" or "Rolling Rings". I found a set in silver last year. Three times the thrill, eh? Nice job. :icon_thumleft:

fathead · Feb 20, 2010

Great find.

Hunter · Feb 20, 2010

Real nice find :icon_thumright:

!!

dirt doctor · Feb 20, 2010

Way to go Brian !! :thumbsup:

rogues71 · Feb 20, 2010

gratz on the rings

Deepdiger60 · Feb 20, 2010

Yes those are Russian wedding rings, nice find i never seen gold and silver mixed i dug up a trio last summer in a old park they are silver marked .925 and were black i had to soak in them in lemon juice they are old my wife who is Russian claimed them ! >:(

Good hunt Jim

Cal_Cobra · Feb 20, 2010

Imnengr said:
Hey, nice find! Those are called "Russian Wedding Rings" or "Rolling Rings". I found a set in silver last year. Three times the thrill, eh? Nice job.

Ah ha! Thanks, nice to solve the ring trio mystery :thumbsup:

A little google'ing had this to say about them:

A traditional 19th Century Russian wedding ring is the three interlocking bands of the tri-color rose, yellow and white gold.
The Russian ring is worn on the right hand in accordance with Russian tradition, that symbolizes the couple's eternal union in strength, spirit and love.

That's pretty cool. OK, I'm off to find more in a few minutes :laughing7: