Another day another gold? Well its either gold or platinum!!

[scubadetector]

Went to one of my favorite lakes today and it was another success story. I have in my possession saved from the bottom of the lake a very heavy man's white gold or platinum ring with a big green stone in it. The stone is etched with an emblem from a country club. I have NO idea what the club is at this time and will research it. NO markings at all inside the ring. A silver ring, a gold plated ring and a 1909 Barber dime, a 1920 Buffalo and a 1937 merc were the rest of my good finds.

Other interesting finds was the brass baseball. Inscribed on the side is U of D Champions 1938. Was probably gold plated at one time. Four brass lipstick tubes and some old brass swimsuit buckles and the whistle were about all my good finds. Except for a 10lb anchor that also followed me home.

Can't have the ring checked till Monday. RATS. It was a shock to pull that out of this spot because of how many times I have hammered it. However, tons and tons of bolts and nuts and nails on this drop-off and I pull a lot of great things out after I clear off some of the trash. There is a large air compressor from a commercial refrigerator or freezer I am thinking about bringing out and a whole lot of other big trash on this drop-off. Pipes and chains and beams from the old dock. Some of the stuff is buried so deep I will never get it unless I come up with different plans.

Coral was found in Okinawa where I learned to dive in early 1980. I am still in Michigan!!

 

[nge]

Way to go Bob, I love the variety of stuff you find. Hope your ring is platinum. Larry 'aka' NGE

 

[dewcon4414]

Looks like people used to go swimming with their pants on LOL. Nice bunch of buckles and lip stick containers. I prefer relics to coins any day. Just figuring out what they are is fun.

Dew

 

[OldBeechnut]

Your killing the treasure Scuba..Great job on all your treasures hunts the past few months, very Kewl.........

 

[Florida Keys Pirate]

Wow , that ring is bad-ass ! I'm gonna guess the ring is white gold. Looks old , and I'm guessing ( not sure ) using platinum for jewelry wasn't very common until the last few decades. Feel free to bash me if I'm wrong. LOL. Very nice either way !

 

[Cupajo]

That sure looks like an old timer of a ring SD!!

Great find you recovered there Friend!!

Just remember, every time you find a ring, that's one less for you to find!!

Where I hunt I am lucky to find a nice ring once in ten hunts these days where I used to find (in the 80s) lots more.

I even had two six ring hunts of less than three hours!!

GL&HH,

CJ

 

[deepseeker442]

good hunt wtg

 

[scubadetector]

I was told by my jeweler that one and the one with 3 rubies in it is also 14K and they are super old. She said the cut on the rubies is a strange oval one and quite different.

Now to find what country clubs emblem is on the top of it!!

 

[nge]

Did your jeweler mention the words " Old Mine Cut " if so, the stones will be flat instead of pointed on the bottoms. And I believe that would date it to around the mid to late 1800's. I got a 7.8g ~ .925 smashed ring out of a ball diamond yesterday........NGE

 

[deerman]

great job bob save me some too getting a really bad twitch i miss the water bad