Odd silver ring

[MT_VertCaver]

I found this ring where the visitors bleachers used to be at the old football field.(I wanted to hunt the Home bleachers, but the sprinklers were on.) I thought I was digging a quarter and out pops this nice ring!!

I can see there is writing inside...but my hands are to dirty to get it clean enough to read.

When I get home and get it cleaned, I can read "georgivs vi dei gratia rex". Latin??? Some kind of religious ring? I can also see 1949 and some other lettering that I can't quite make out.

I put all that into Google....and up pops all kinds of Canadian coins.

I think I have a ring made out of a 1949 Canadian quarter!!!! Someone did a nice job on this one.

I also found $.74 in clad and a cheap cross earring. (I REALLY like this 10" MF DD coil!!)

 

[MXTerer]

n/t

 

[7centsworth]

That is a very nice ring.

 

[mapper65]

Based on the slight bevel on inside of the ring, it looks like the rings people used to make with a silver coin and a spoon. As you said, they must have used a Canadian coin to do this.

Here is a guy showing a little more modern method of how to do this using a hammer instead of a spoon but people used to tap on silver coins with a spoon for hours getting them into this shape.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5kHckNYAzI[/video]

 

[randall burd]

nice video. I think that I will try making a ring.

 

[MT_VertCaver]

Thanks for the video!!

I've been thinking that the ring had to be too small to be made from a quarter. So I just looked up a 1949 dime. Nope, the lettering and year won't line up....had to have been a quarter.

When I dug it up...I thought(hoped) I had a 10K gold wedding band.

 

[Snoopy36]

It could be an Aussie coin ring made from a Florin (two shillings). I have seen a few of these florin coin rings.

Cheers
Snoop

 

[MT_VertCaver]

Thanks Snoop, but I can see the tips of the caribou horns(barely).

It's from the Great White North...eh? (couldn't resist)

 

[tjhoosier]

Interesting video. I had never heard of doing that and I must say that his Aunt and I are probably from the same generation. I do think your pictures of the ring are very good. Excellent clarity to be able to pick up the writing inside the ring at close range. Keep on hunting!

 

[kiwi-jim]

Nice ring shame its not gold ,but still quite unique.

 

[MT_VertCaver]

I do think your pictures of the ring are very good. Excellent clarity to be able to pick up the writing inside the ring at close range.

Thanks! A pet peeve of mine is out of focus photos.