Ring Finds
It's always a thrill to me when I find a ring while metal detecting. Of course I love finding old coins, artifacts and unusual odds & ends but rings have to be my favorite overall. Below are my better ring finds.
January 31, 2010. I found this 10K Gold ring at a Little League Park.
May 22, 2010. I dug this old sterling silver ring along with a Mercury Head dime from a front yard of a home built in the 1950's.
June 5, 2010. Sterling Silver Ring. I found this ring at New Symrna Beach. I was with hunting buddy Bill Preston and my son. The stone looks great but is not a real diamond. Shucks.
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April 7, 2010. I found this very unusal Silver Wire Ring at an old Flea Market. It was only about 2" deep.
May 19, 2010. This is a "hunk" of gold. I was tecting a park with hunting buddy Bill Green when I unearthed this beauty by the lake's sea wall.
June 16, 2010. Another local park find just 10 minutes from my home. No hallmarks but looks like 14K?
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July 17, 2010. Daytona Beach. I had just found the Roman Numeral Ring and was walking down to the waters edge to show my son. As I was walking I got a hit right in the traffic lane and banged out this Silver Heart ring while cars were having to avoid me.
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July 31, 2010. A volleyball sand find.
November 6, 2010. This is a kids Cameo ring but very old. I found it in the oldest park in Orlando. I like it.
December 18, 2010. I found this 10K Gold ring at the same park as the Stainless Steel ring above just one week later. Nice design but a little bent up.
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September 11, 2010. Old style Sterling Silver. Appears to have some age on it. My son Murphy actually found this one....his first ring. Great memory for me.
December 11, 2010. Nice looking, very large Stainless Steel Ring. Laser engraved.
January 15, 2011. My first ring for the new year. Sterling Silver. I was with hunting buddy Bill Preston for this find. He too found a silver ring.
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January 15, 2011. Again another nice Silver Ring but not real stones. This was my second ring of the New Year just an hour later than my first.
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January 19, 2011. It's very tough to see but there is a 10K inside that small cut-out. Found this at the same Flea market as that silver wire ring.
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January 26, 2011. Nice heavy Silver Ring with a Bible Verse. Park find.
February 2, 2011. Great looking Silver Rolex Ring with 7 CZ stones. 5" deep. I dug this one from the same park that I would eventually dig 3 fabulous rings from the same hole around a year later.
February 9, 2011. Big, heavy non-precious metal. I was with hunting buddy Bill Green when I found this one in a Deltona, Florida Park.
February 23, 2011. Ugly BrassTurtle Ring. I had this with all my junk rings but decided to let you be the judge on this one?
March 2, 2011. This Silver Puzzle Ring was part of one of my favorite hunts. I found some great Boy Scout artifacts along with this ring. The Boy Scout artifacts are shown on my "Neat Finds" Page.
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January 29, 2011. Huge Sterling Silver concave ring (above and below). This was a screamer when my coil went over it. Cool Ring.
Huge Sterling Silver Concave Ring
February 13, 2011. This is one of my favorite ring finds. 10K Mothers ring with 4 birthstones. Dug this one right beside a soccer field here in Orlando.
February 26, 2011. Nice thin 14K Gold band. Orange County Park.
March 23, 2011. Another ugly ring but 925 Silver. The front is a belt buckle?
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May 4, 2011. Same place I found the puzzle ring at but a different hunt.
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June 5, 2011. I found this little Silver Ring in the dry sand at New Smyrna Beach. Rang up just like a dime.
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July 8, 2011. I pulled this EARRING out of the wet sand at New Smyrna. Thought I had the BIG one at first. Still a fine looking piece.
July 25, 2011. This was a memorable find. I was at Cocoa Beach hunting with my son when I scooped this 14K Gold Ring out of the wet sand. At first I wasn't sure what it was as I saw it sticking out of the sand while still in my scoop. My son took these pictures with his cell phone right before he pulled it from the scoop.
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July 13, 2011. Silver Toe Ring. Chest deep in a local park lake with my Fisher CZ-21.
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August 13, 2011. A South Daytona Beach find in the wet sand. Russian Silver Ring I think? It read like a quarter and is the diameter of a quarter.
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September 11, 2011. Another volleyball sand find in another Central Florida park. Sweet 14K Gold heavy man's wedding ring.
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September 12, 2011. 10K Gold Toe Ring found in waist deep water at a local swimming hole. I was with hunting buddy Lonnie Lytle for this gold ring and with Lonnie the day before for my 14K Gold ring.
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January 7, 2012. First keeper of 2012. Dry sand find at Cocoa Beach. Very first target as I walked onto the beach.
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January 14, 2012. I was tecting in an old park with hunting buddy Chuck Hosbein when I found this "sunflower design" beauty. Chuck had just found a Mercury Head dime and invited me to grid the area with him. This has a little age as it was 5" deep. 10K with miniature diamond. Read just like a nickel. I love this ring!
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January 25, 2012. This is the widest ring I have ever found at 9/16". I thought it was a piece of pipe until I saw 925 inside.
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February 15, 2012. 18K Gold Ring with 3 oyster pearls. See my story about the ring hoard on my home page.
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February 15, 2012. 14K Gold Ring, custom design. See my story about the ring hoard on my home page.
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February 15, 2012. Sterling Silver Ring with pink colored stone. See my story about the ring hoard on my home page.
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October 29, 2011. 9K Gold with a 1/4 Carat diamond. Found this on my 3rd trip to England. It was actually my 2nd target on the very first day. What a way to start!
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This is the Royal Navy Gold Ring (Her Majesties Ship) from the 1700's that I found on my very first England hunt. Recovered September 26, 2010. This is still one of my favorite Colchester finds that I almost missed. I was scanning as usual and got a short "chirp" on my detector. I stopped and scanned back and forth several times but nothing. Still curious I put my White's V3i in Boost mode and picked it right up. It was about 7" to 8"down. It was first identified as a Georgian Signet Ring. The Georgian period is from 1714 to 1811. It was quite bent when I retrieved it. Our club works closely with a goldsmith in England who does an incredible job of straightening out coins. At the time I found this beauty, he had not straightened out a ring for our club. Mine was to be the first. I requested to have it straightened with no hesitation. I was thrilled with the outcome. During the repair process it was determined that the HMS engraving stood for "Her Majesties Ship", most likely a sailors lost ring from the 1700's.
April 7, 2012. Daytona Beach. Sterling Silver. I was walking onto the beach heading towards the wet sand. This was the very first target I hit and I was still in the dry sand. This was the second time that I recovered a ring at the beach on my very first target. Nothing else in the next 6 hours other than coins.
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Some of my "JUNK" rings. They still help make my ring box more impressive. Lol.
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January 25, 2012. I found this ring in a park on the surface. Must had just been lost as it looked new. It's not a precious metal but a great looking ring made by the SETA company.
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April 2, 2012. I found this cute little wire ring at New Smyrna Beach. Wet hard pack sand about 4" deep. My CZ-21 was in the shop getting a new coil and I found this with a borrowed Minelab Excaliber. Don't tell anyone.
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November 6, 2010. DAD ring. I wasn't going to display this ring because of the condition but what the heck, it's .925 sterling silver. See the hallmark to the right.
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You can see the .925 inside. Too bad this big hunk of silver was probably hit by a lawn mower.
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June 3, 2012. Non-precious metal ring with 5 glass stones. Found this at Cocoa Beach with hunting buddy Chuck Hosbeein.
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July 2. 2012. Found the copper "would be" ring while "renegading" with hunting buddy Jim Hooks up in North Carolina. I think this was a homemade ring. I plan on finishing it up. Stay tuned.
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Beach find
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Nice and heavy 10K Gold
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July 21, 2012. I was with hunting buddy Chuck Hosbein when I recoverd this beauty. 10K gold with a very small diamond. This is a ring that actually looks much better than the pictures show. The cut designs really sparkle in the light. Another beach find in the hard pack sand at low tide. It was just my 3rd target for the day. I was in a slump for a gold ring so hopefully this one will get me going again!
.925 Sterling Silver
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Toe Ring-plated
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Stainless Steel
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August 11, 2012. Fun day at Cocoa Beach. Found these 3 rings along with a very nice bracelet watch and a big black handle pocket knife in very nice shape. The knife and the watch must have been a recent loss as both are in real nice shape..
September 1, 2012. Man's wedding band Antique Sterling Silver. Lake find. It was solid black when I pulled this baby out of the water.
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October 10, 2012. Pretty little gold colored ring. Park find.
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October 10, 2012. Sterling Silver with black onyx stone. Same park as the gold ring to the left.
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November 23, 2012. Superman Ring. .925 Sterling Silver with 14 stones. Park find in Orlando, Florida. I hope Superman doesn't come looking for it.
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December 19, 2012. As dug and prior to a good cleaning.
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I found this monster with my Whites V3i using a Bigfoot coil.
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.925 Sterling Silver.
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This ring is a monster! Heaviest Silver ring I have ever dug. Weighs right at one full ounce. I was with hunting buddy Bill Preston in a local park. When my coil went over the ring it yelled at me as you can imagine. It was only 3" deep and solid black when I retrieved it. Initially I thought it was a large nut for a bolt. Jokingly I yelled over to Bill that I had a large ring. As he walked over I was wiping it clean and noticed it had no threads but had writing inside. I knew right then I had a ring.
