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Had a few hours on a new permission this afternoon and will definitely be returning.  Anyone able to ID the ring and the hammered?

Thanks

WelshJohn

Great finds ! Well done mate

Great finds john!! the ring is very nice ;)

great finds well done  :)

Wow , well done John that ring is a cracker

Cracking finds John, well done fella  ;)

I wouldn't be surprised if that ring is a bit special John.   It's certainly very nice.


Val

The ring has some resemblance to a Bishops Ring

  very nice finds well searched  ;)

Weldone John lovely finds  ;)

Great minds think alike Dylan.  The markings do resemble the Celtic Cross.


Val

Thats a thing of beauty.

Is the bezel raised proud? As it looks to be a silver medieval seal ring to my untrained eye.

That notch above it almost looks deliberate, like you seen in modern rings where a woman wears her engagement and wedding ring over lapping each other.

Quality find and I am sure there a ton of more research to be done here.

Well done and get back there asap!
Neil

That's an incredible find John well done you, intriguingly or worryingly the symbol has a great similarity to that for black sulphur also known as the "Satanic Cross" ???

I think Chef may be on the money there - certainly looks like a stylised version on the one on wikipedia. Link below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_cross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_cross)

Well spotted Cheffy!

The mystery deepens.  Fascinating.  Here's the Wiki link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_cross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_cross)


Love to know more about it.    (Smacks of the inquisition) :o 

Val

 
 

Stop copying me Val! ;)

It's a Glastonbury thing and it helps when your mother in law's a witch  ;D ;D

That's a fantastic find, well done,  8)

I wondered why I felt an affinity to the ring  ::)


Sorry Neil, half asleep, again. I'm a night person by nature  :o


Val

Fabulous find, well done  :)

Ah, well sussed out Geoff, it's probably the one thing I'm glad I haven't found

very nice finds mate weldone ,your lucky to have some nice ground to play on

Hi John. Fantastic find. However, I bet your partner is disappointed though with it being the wrong colour (ref. our discussion at the Shepton rally). Back in 2005 I found one similar in shape and the outer circle on the bezel was the same. Although I would have called it a seal ring the Treasure report described it as a large medieval signet ring. They gave a date of 15th or early 16th century.

Lookfarward to next post on this field John great start, lots to come for sure if I was you my sarnies will be already packed mate ;)

Thanks everyone.  The bezel is raised proud Neil, yes.  I have e-mailed pics to the museum who would like to take a look at it.  And yes Ian, the missus is still trying to get me on the beaches after a band of gold  ;D  Hoping to get back to this field at the weekend.

John

Great finds, i would deffo say a seal ring, give u a fiver for it  ;D