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Title: Idea of ring age?
Post by: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 05:32:07 PM: Would like some input on this ring. I do believe it is silver,but not a 100 percent. I am no jewellery expert by far,but to me this looks old. The thing that puzzles me is the solder or weld? There are no marks,but could be worn off.
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Post by: frogpatch on March 14, 2013, 05:43:57 PM: Was it tarnished? If not it may be a white gold wedding ring. Lucky you if it is.
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Post by: mart on March 14, 2013, 05:56:39 PM: Its probably been sized down !! I have seen older resized rings with that kind of solder line !! The line usually shows when the plating wears off !!
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Post by: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:03:57 PM: The solder looks like yellow gold,mart you said you saw older rings like this,do you have a ballpark age?
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Post by: bigwull on March 14, 2013, 06:20:22 PM: Quote from: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:03:57 PM
The solder looks like yellow gold,mart you said you saw older rings like this,do you have a ballpark age?
probably made in China from a re-cycled Lada....everything else is.... ;D
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Post by: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:33:52 PM: Thanks,bigwull,for all I know this could be as old as you,which would date it civil war era!!
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Post by: bigwull on March 14, 2013, 06:40:01 PM: Quote from: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:33:52 PM
Thanks,bigwull,for all I know this could be as old as you,which would date it civil war era!!
Which civil war...theirs or ours...Na...i,m older than that....think Methuselah...and you might be close.... ;D
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Post by: mart on March 14, 2013, 07:59:35 PM: Quote from: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:03:57 PM
The solder looks like yellow gold,mart you said you saw older rings like this,do you have a ballpark age?

Could be any age but the inside plating will wear off from rubbing on the finger !! General use will remove the rest unless it was a quality ring !! Don`t think this one was !! Likely a thin coat of gold !! Some will stick to that solder !!
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Post by: fancypants on March 14, 2013, 08:36:26 PM: Kinda looks like a piece of 'stock' finding , such as 'crafters' might use for a small project (if silver , this piece would have been bent around a mandrel , usually with a rawhide hammer).
I'd give a guess that the soldered joint is made from a thin brazing rod , perhaps with a small amount of silver in it .

Still guessing , but would be nice to know what metal was used for the band .

I'd also guess that it's not antique (100+yrs old) .....but given 60 or so years ....
:)
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Post by: ghopper1924 on March 14, 2013, 09:07:18 PM: Quote from: Buddie11 on March 14, 2013, 06:33:52 PM
Thanks,bigwull,for all I know this could be as old as you,which would date it civil war era!!

;D ;D Just call him Wullie Cromwell, Antiquesfinder General ;D ;D
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Post by: bigwull on March 15, 2013, 02:42:11 AM: Well!!..that,s better than Witchfinder....unle ss of course i was in Salem... ;D
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Post by: ghopper1924 on March 15, 2013, 05:16:27 AM: And let's not forget Mathew Hopkins, the REAL Witchfinder General....an Englishman.
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Post by: bigwull on March 15, 2013, 07:25:21 AM: And not forgetting that dastardly General Monk....who sacked my home town.of Dundee..and burnt the Old Steeple to the ground...after many inhabitants had taken refuge there...