Too cool to not post!

[Jason in Enid]

OK, so after my hunt today I wasnt planning on posting anything about it, as it wasn't overly special. A few wheat cents, a mercury dime and junk ring. After I got home, I decided to clean up the fake, plated gold ring to see if I could find the fake karat stamp inside. Instead, I found an inscription! Its marked "F to B, May 7-02". So my former junk ring just became a 117 year old wedding ring. Marking a celebration at a time before Oklahoma was a state, and this town was just a dusty frontier town a few years after the land-run. I never though a fake gold ring would outshine a silver coin find! I wonder if I can find a reference to the wedding in the newspaper archives?

 

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[slider66]

That is really cool! Congratulations on a great find.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[smallfoot]

Cool find! Ya never know till ya clean em up...

 

[SD51]

Cool find, good luck with finding the people. Let us know what you find.

 

[smokeythecat]

I like it!

 

[Old Dude]

I'm glad you checked for marks. I probably would have just thrown it away, but your curiosity may have been the start of making a family member very happy. Good luck!

 

[eman1000]

I was secretly hoping it belong to Governor Frank Frantz but he was married in 1901, but he was the postmaster in Enid in 1902.
May 7 was a Wednesday in 1902 so that may make things easier. Is it possible it was 2002? The engraving looks very good for the times.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I was secretly hoping it belong to Governor Frank Frantz but he was married in 1901, but he was the postmaster in Enid in 1902.
May 7 was a Wednesday in 1902 so that may make things easier. Is it possible it was 2002? The engraving looks very good for the times.

I'm highly certain it represents 1902 based on condition and depth recovered. That would have been really cool if it had been a Frantz, that family had a long and prominent history in this town. Some of the descendants still live here. I know its a long shot to track down the matching wedding announcement but I'm going to try.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Those are the best! Love it when there is copy on a relic you can date. Congrats

 

[eman1000]

CULLUM Frank A. 1882 10-07-1968 Husband of Maggie SANDERS CULLUM
Enid Cemetery, Garfield County, Oklahoma

Here is one lead but no luck finding their wedding date yet

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like a nice little ring. Good luck with your research.

 

[Tuberale]

Nice historic search, eman1000! And great find(s), Jason.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Sadly I found no record of a marriage that could possibly match the initials and date.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great finds, congrats!