No gold rings, but a ring with golden memories.

[BarnacleBill]

Got in the water 9 hours yesterday. My last weekend to wade at this boat access only old site, sigh, lake is being drained.

My most interesting find is this marked Sterling Silver school or class ring, you can see the heavy corrosion. Cleaned some off to read information, there are initials inside which I won’t list, don’t want any posers to claim it. This person would currently be in their nineties. Whether I will be able to find rightful owner is very much in question, first need to figure out school name. Most likely from New England or Northeast. So if anyone can help with suggestions I am willing to listen.

Top of the ring reads “1928”, bottom reads “school”, left side reads “Edward”= 6 letters, Center appears most likely to be a capital “D” or “B”, right side possibly = 6 or 7 letters “o5otion” or “o5oton” or “oGotion” or “oGoton” or ???????? don’t know. So “Edward D or B ________?”

And ring has an inlay background that looks like black plastic, can be seen as shiny part in pix.

About $6 in clad, 51 wheatie, great shape, 45 Jeff, 1893 IH in OK condition, and first target of day was the 14K earring. Nintendo cartridge was pretty funny.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Jackpine Savage]

Took an edjumcated guess based on the initial being an Olde English "D" and got it!

http://devotion.brookline.mec.edu/

http://www.jfklibrary.org/fa_edward_devotion_school.html

 

[BarnacleBill]

I have sent an e-mail to the principal w/ attached photos of the ring, thank you for providing the wonderful information!

BarnacleBill

 

[Jackpine Savage]

what the average family income was at that school back then with old Joe Kennedy sending "Johnny" there and 3rd grade graduates getting rings.

Tom

 

[BarnacleBill]

n/t

 

[Dave Z]

Nice finds.Did you recheck the hole you found the IH in.The back of it looks like it had another coin lying on it.Dave

 

[BarnacleBill]

had the same type of encrusting that the ring has on it, it is the dark gray you see on the ring. Now on the ring the crust is tough as daylights, having to use silver polish to make a dent in it, with lots of rubbing involved. However on the IH by just handling it in the water, the crust fell away and the coin almost looked like it was a gold coin in the sunlight.

Don't know how much wading you do, but sedimentation has interesting effects on different metals. And where I hunt, you can pull a shiny coin that's 80 years old, and ten feet away, a modern coin that looks like it has been in an acid bath.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Dave Z]

I have done some water hunting and know what your talking about.Some older coins sink deeper into the mud which protects them from the chemicals they use for weeds in some lakes.Dave