Rainman
Junior Member
Well, I've been away for the winter.. here in Maine, snow and rock solid ground prevent any detector work... But spring is here and the hunt is on...!
I am re building the door yard area of our colonial home and so the task of soil removal sifting and detecting has begun.
Here is a very uncommon find... it's a thimble ring. Before the days of wedding bands in the 17th and early-mid 18th century couples often exchanged thimbles rather than rings in a wedding ceremony. The women often cut off the base of the thimble and used it as a wedding ring. Most often they are made simple common metals such as copper or other alloys used in utilitarian objects like thimbles. You can see the simple ridge decoration which is common on thimbles
Since most often they were buried with the person, they are rare historical finds... this one was found just outside the cookery door. I don't believe they are worth much $$ as they are not made of silver or gold, but we are going to keep this one with the house mini museum curio finds.
Don
I am re building the door yard area of our colonial home and so the task of soil removal sifting and detecting has begun.
Here is a very uncommon find... it's a thimble ring. Before the days of wedding bands in the 17th and early-mid 18th century couples often exchanged thimbles rather than rings in a wedding ceremony. The women often cut off the base of the thimble and used it as a wedding ring. Most often they are made simple common metals such as copper or other alloys used in utilitarian objects like thimbles. You can see the simple ridge decoration which is common on thimbles
Since most often they were buried with the person, they are rare historical finds... this one was found just outside the cookery door. I don't believe they are worth much $$ as they are not made of silver or gold, but we are going to keep this one with the house mini museum curio finds.
Don
