Help! I can't read it.

[Chef Geoff]

Managed a few more hours detecting today, on the same fields that Mark, Al and I were on the other day. I went there more in the hope of finding Mark's minelab digger, which he lost towards the end of Tuesdays session, but no sign of it as yet.
I did however claw back some credibility on the coin front after not having a sniff of one on Tuesday. Only a Georgian and two Roman grots, but hey beggars can't be choosers.
I also found a 17thC powder measure, unfortunately these usually come out folded flat and this one was no different, but it adds more weight to the idea that this field saw some "unpleasantness" during the Civil War.
And then a signal that nearly took my head off, so much so that I thought it was iron. From only 3" or so came a gold posy/wedding ring, complete with inscription. The style of the writing looks more 18thC than really old but still a nice find. It has no hallmarks but it's a very light coloured gold so I think it could be of a lower karat.
What has got me foxed is the inscription I know it says "I LIKE MY" but no matter how much I look at it  I'll be damned if I can work out what they liked
So if anyone can work it out please, please tell me

[Pipster]

Well done Geoff ... What a feeling turning over the clod and seeing the tinge of yellow  Like you I can't make out the inscription , But a super lump of gold ... 

[beachboy (viv)]

Geoff,well done you have found a very interesting field there and a lot more stuff to come,looking forward to see what the writing Say's.viv

[rjm]

Beautiful find.

Is it saying, in olde Englishe..........

           "I like my choyce" ?

[Jassy]

wow geoff!! lovely!

[Chef Geoff]

Beautiful find.

Is it saying, in olde Englishe..........

           "I like my choyce" ?

Hey Bob I don't know if your right, but you could definitely be heading in the right direction with that

[Roman (Ray)]

lovely finds cheffy..beauty of a ring mate.welldone indeed mate.
raymondo

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Theres an old English saying that goes @I like my choice not to repent

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

lovely ring Geoff ,It does looks like " I like my choice" . the final "e" looks like the engraver has slipped .
This was a popular inscription and with limited education at the time it would have most likely been spelt phonetically.
I saw one recently and the inscription read "Kepe Faith" ( a reference to a biblical passage)
At the moment Posey rings are very popular with the american collectors and are becoming quite valuble, I would get someone to look at it as It may be worth insuring.

[Chef Geoff]

Cheers Rob and Ian. Yes, Bob is the star of the show, well done. just looked on PAS database and that saying as Ian says is a relatively common inscription.

[Napoleon]

velldone Geoff , nice finds there.Nap

[avalon]

I agree with Bob, the word is choice.

[nfl]

nice finds,,im impressed how you take pics of inside of ring,,,,i could do with some pointers in  photography 

[Val Beechey]

Geoff, as usual, always delivers the goods with an interesting read.
Lovely ring Geoff, I'm quite jealous.

Val

[jtalbot0001]

Those are fantastic finds Geoff, you must have had the biggist grin ever when you dug that ring up! Before I even read the posts I already realised it said "Choyc(e)?". It's written in very old English, written how it sounded, I collect Postal History dating back to Elizabethan times and so am quite used to reading this type of English. And if I was basing the style of the text in combination of spelling, in comparison to the many letters I have, I would say it dates more to 1680-1710, with my guess in 1690's. But that's just my opinion. A very nice ring indeed!