Cabin Fever Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I was beginning to think I would never find a gold ring.I have been coin and nugget hunting off and on since the early 90swith some pretty big gaps in between.2015 was the first year I got real serious about detecting andactually looking for rings while out coin hunting.It came unexpectedly. My CTX conductive numbers were all over but holding tight tothe FE 12 line so I thought maybe I had a war nickel under the coil.First thing out of the hole was an old scouts button.After rechecking the hole with my probe I find this ring about 3" further down.The only mark on it is a K with a star next to it. Acid test 14k or better.I'm thinking its early 1900s. Most coins I pull from that depth in this park are that era.Any help on the markings would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Congratulations on that first gold ring. I've seen a page of jewelry marks some place. Let me try to get it. I looked up the one I was thinking about and it is for silver and you have gold so try this: http://university.langantiques.com/index.php/Category:Jewelry_Maker's_Marks Mitchel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice one too! Congrats.. strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 wtg! That break in the ring would have caused some confusion to the readouts...a broken circle (ring) is a much different signal than an unbroken circle. fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Probably European, possibly Italian, and I do not guess that old. Lots of online resources; here is one http://www.hallmarkresearch.com/ Congratulations, always a thrill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Good one CF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I lost one like that years ago, right near some dirt, k is my initial, I was on a boy scout outing, if you found that in an area with a lot of dirt, that might be mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hillis Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 That is a very nice looking ring! Your first gold ring find was a real hum dinger of a find. Broken rings like that give lousy signals and are usually dug by accident. Congrats. I bet it will start you off to finding another one. HHMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hi Cabin Fever I just wrote a story about a detector on the MX posting. The place this all happen I have found over that seventy gold, silver and junk rings Then I could walk and hunt this place without trouble but now they have a fence around it. This place is in a park and now they have stop all detecting. I never seen another detecting and I never left a hole uncovered. Who knows what's the thinking of the powers that be but that's way life is. Let the next gold ring come soon for you. They're out there you've got to spend the time looking. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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