WORLD WAR ONE TRENCH ART FRENCH 1916 SILVER RING COIN.. One of our best finds

Brutalpheasant · Sep 10, 2016

One of the best finds we have dug from the ground , a 1916 French coin turned into a ring from the First World War , maybe trench art from some research we did .. We found this in the Dundee part of Omaha on underwood street at 445 am .. We stopped just so my wife could play poke mon , so I decided to do the side of the road.. Lucky!!

against the wind · Sep 10, 2016

Treasure is where you find it and that ring is unique.
Congratulations

trapperart · Sep 10, 2016

Congrats on an unusual find

sutphin · Sep 10, 2016

I CONCOUR .

CRUSADER · Sep 10, 2016

Unfortunately they still make these today. I brought a 1932 Shilling made into one of these recently. So dating it to WWI would be near impossible.

CRUSADER · Sep 10, 2016

PS. There is still a chance your correct.

Loco-Digger · Sep 10, 2016

Congrats on that ring, :occasion14:

I think I'll have to load that game on my phone so when I get to a site, I know where to hunt. Just look for a poke-man or other creature and that's where the treasure is. :thumbsup:

May put the dowsers out of business. :dontknow:

A2coins · Sep 10, 2016

Sweet ring I would be very happy with it. Thanks for sharing

Brutalpheasant · Sep 11, 2016

We did some research and found another ring with the same coin and they took that ring to people and that's what they said, no one really knows .. Could be, who knows .. Seems really old and was really deep in the ground ..

jude061 · Sep 11, 2016

I made a few out of silver dimes just to see how it would come out. Nice find.

watercolor · Sep 11, 2016

Wow, what a great find!

Back in the 1960's, a WWI Vet who was friend of my Dad's showed me a ring he made in France at his artillery battery from a French 2-Franc silver coin. . . it looked very similar to the one you found.
He told me he used an inert 75mm artillery shell that he had stuck in the ground as an anvil to pound the rim of the coin until it was flattened, and then filed out the inside.

A year or two later after a distant relative passed away (also a WWI Vet) my Grandmother gave me a 2-Franc coin that he had given her after the Great War. This might be a close match (except for the date) to the coin ring you found.