dogodog Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 good job on the ring Ken, As for the IH I just would have told everyone your dog chewed on it. As for the EYE, You might want to hang onto that in case you have a Dick Cheney moment HaHa Heat Stroke or bust my friend!!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 I haven't dinged a coin in a good couple years, glad it wasn't an 1887 or id be pissed :0. I cleaned up the gold ring a bit and turned out that cruddy patina line is actually a silver center band. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogodog Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I cleaned mine up and now wear it, Guess I'm now married to who dropped it in the 30's. Hope he was cute or maybe she was big boned. Either way it's the only ring I ever found that fits me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Same area working my way through I picked up another gold ring, half an IH that was cut a very long time ago and am 1897 v nickel. Included the glorious trash, some the square tabs sound like nickels at depth and dug them because I was pretty much hunting jewelry. Skipped the obvious alum signals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Small update the wedding band was gold plated... cheap @#$%@%!! what kind of person would buy a plated wedding band? So 1 1/2 good finds for the night. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Darn. I got one in a lake this summer I thought was good and turned out to be plated. It's weird seeing that IH cut in half. I wonder how it was cut so perfect. Still a neat find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 6 hours ago, kac said: ...The wedding band was gold plated... cheap @#$%@%!! what kind of person would buy a plated wedding band? I found a copper wedding band in an 1850's house yard. I was wondering the same thing. Now, with what you've found, I'm wondering if mine was plated originally and lost that due to decades of ground chemicals. Silver plate definitely gets eaten away in my ground. Cheap (i.e. low grade) gold alloy also?? After what you did to that previous IH, the detecting gods decided you only deserve half of one until you can cool your enthusiasm during recovery.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 Was cut pretty clean much like the older cut coins but could have been cut by a reel mower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 3:56 PM, kac said: I cleaned up the gold ring a bit and turned out that cruddy patina line is actually a silver center band. That is usually something that you would find in Europe during WWII, they were trying to save on metals back then. Grandfather showed me several rings that were like that. Nice finds for your work, and good luck on your next hunt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Could be from the depression era too. Or they where just cheap @#$%@! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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