Valens Legacy Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Thanks for sharing this story as it just blows my mind away to even think that it would be possible to find such a thing with a metal detector. One of these days I have to get some work in that part of the world just to be able to say I gave it a try. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotAU? Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 That design is going to be copied, what a beautiful ring and inscription. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 To me $50,000 seems low, for a diamond ring not only in such good condition, with a really wonderful inscription, but also with a high probability of knowing who the 14th owner was. Not just a ring, but a story. And Steve Jobs used sandals get over $200,000? That’s just wrong! 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Bach Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 And you are absolutely correct in your thinking.It's often troubling in regards to what some people will consider to be historicaly significant and spend a ridiculous amount of money on.However keep in mind that auction estimates are just that and on a good day with the right players competing again one another it could go through the roof. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickUK Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Its a pretty amazing find for sure,it does have alot of history and provenance and a find of a lifetime,but in my personal opinion its not of national historic importance and i think it could struggle at the higher end of the price....if it was allied with a monarch and could be proved then yes it would certainly go over that price.Of course just my personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Here is the story about it selling https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-63798352 He'd only been detecting for 3 months so a very hard find to top for the rest of his detecting time! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 A story that could have come straight from 'Detectorists' now we know where Mackenzie Crook gets his inspiration. I wonder if it came under the U.K's treasures act. Beginners luck, it does remind me of a story in the early 1980's, from Sandstone in W.A. but I will save that for another time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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