Featured Detector find, Gold ring.

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    My cousin found this ring last week on farmland about 5 miles from me.
    He has permission from the farmer to metal detect and the agreement is they split any valuable items 50/50.

    Dates from about 1650 to 1720 22carat

    Words are "I LYKE MI CHOVS TO WEL TO GHANG"

    (I LIKE MY CHOICE TOO WELL TO CHANGE)

    Its now subject of a treasure trove inquest, either way he either gets full market value tax free or if the museums don`t want it it is returned.
    Estimated value around £1200.

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    daveydempsey, Mar 3, 2016
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  2. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

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    Love it!

    LOL, I almost did this a couple years ago! One of the guys from the TV show "Mud Men" (originally on the History Channel in the USA, but now seen for free on YouTube) does mudlarking tours on the Thames foreshore. Only reason the idea fell through was that the tide was not going to cooperate during the few days I was in London.

    Learned something new today, thanks! (I had always thought they were posey rings.)


    Me, too! I often browse them online but they're just not, and never will be, within my budget. :rolleyes:
     
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  3. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Stunning!
     
    rhiwfield, Mar 3, 2016
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  4. persona-non-gratin

    persona-non-gratin Well-Known Member

    Did he do the Gold dance Davey ?
     
    persona-non-gratin, Mar 3, 2016
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  5. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I found a modern, man's gold ring with black star sapphire on Martha's Vineyard in 1972. We were walking a path to a beach and it looked like a pop top from a beer can. The dirt around it was so compacted it was hard to chip out. No one claimed it so we got to keep it. After the divorce, hubby moved to Hawaii and gave it to his new son with his second wife. I was always miffed that our older son didn't get it since it was me who found it.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 3, 2016
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  6. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I want to go Mudlarking. One of these times, that's where I'm scheduling my vacation.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 3, 2016
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Davey, AWESOME FIND!!!!
     
    Aquitaine, Mar 3, 2016
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  8. janettekay

    janettekay Well-Known Member

    Davey...that is so cool....
     
    janettekay, Mar 3, 2016
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  9. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Wow, great find:)
     
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  10. Brenda Anna

    Brenda Anna Well-Known Member

    Congratulations! What a wonderful find. I love the inscription. :)
     
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  11. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Davey! I recognize that ring. It belonged to my... uh... great, great, great, great, great *counting on fingers* great great great great great grandfather who ... who was an Indian who traveled back with the pilgrims and learned English and... that inscription was about how glad he was to have made the trip! Amazing! After all this time...
     
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  12. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I'd have trouble selling anything like this.
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Mar 3, 2016
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  13. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    Love it!
     
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  14. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    Isnt it funny that I love the IDEA of detecting , but when I was given one I found the actuality of it very tedious ?!? I still love to read about others doing it though !
     
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  15. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    cool ring...
     
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  16. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Cool find, Davey!

    Walking down the stairs in a two-story office building a few years ago, I found a 14K gold earring.

    Turned out it was mine... somehow it came out of my ear and fell when I walked up the stairs earlier in the day! :)
     
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  17. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Oops.(LOL) I wouldn't be selling that ring; I'd be too busy wearing it!
     
    evelyb30, Mar 3, 2016
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  18. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Being plain gold around the outside, and the inscription where no one would see it, I wonder if it's a wedding band.
     
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  19. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    That's what the saying in the inscription sounds like to me.
     
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  20. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    It's a poesy ring. Basically, a lovers' ring, but not neccessarily given as a wedding band. The idea was that the sentiment was hidden. Worn by both sexes. Lovely thing, that.

    Someone I know lost their wedding ring in the rockery and a kind local found it with a metal detector!
     
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  21. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    Now that's what detecting is all about. To be able to reach back and touch real history can sometimes be overwhelming.
    My quest with the ol' detector is a quest for the colonial. I always have to wonder what stories a relic could tell. A relic of our earliest days in this country. It's always a thrill to dig up some coin or relic and realize the last time anyone held it was over 200 years ago.

    Davey, that's what they call a posy ring, correct?
     
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