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[southernstyle]

I found this ring about 7 inches down, seems to be a old Silver ring, however no 925 mark. It does have a mark inside, looks like a W with a crown over it? It was tarnished black, but no crustacean on it. Any ideas on the ring?

Thanks for any help - Chris
Grand Cayman

 

[RIPdigger]

Sure looks silver, anyway congrats on a really nice ring.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Silver will tarnish gray to black over time.

Nice find !!!

 

[Nancy-IL]

Hi Chris, Back before 1920 the government had no laws for stamping precious metals. Since then we have the 10K, 12K, 14K, etc. and even the .925 or Sterling stamped on our precious metal pieces of jewelry, etc.. Possibly that's a very old silver ring. My guess is that it IS sterling. It could also be a homemade ring, but I doubt it. Do you know the VDI of the ring? That will tell a lot also. Very nice find Chris. HH, Nancy

 

[southernstyle]

The rings reads a solid 83 on the VDI. I don't know if it matters, but it was in salt water, and just tarnished, not caked up with any kind of build up on it. Would SS breakdown after a while, or corrode?

 

[jcooking]

Nice ring, sterling sounds promising!

 

[slapshot]

n/t

 

[JiminSD]

W with a crown sounds like maybe a jewelers mark i.e. trade mark or house marks. It you google the internet you may find who made it not any help though for determining the alloy but maybe the age.

 

[bula]

I agree with JiminSD, use the internet to find a site with silver smith marks. I used one to ID a pocket watch that I found & the marks on it not only told me that it was .925 silver but where & when it was made.