Idea of ring age?

[Buddie11]

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.

[frogpatch]

Was it tarnished? If not it may be a white gold wedding ring. Lucky you if it is.

[mart]

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 !!

[Buddie11]

The solder looks like yellow gold,mart you said you saw older rings like this,do you have a ballpark age?

[bigwull]

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....

[Buddie11]

Thanks,bigwull,for all I know this could be as old as you,which would date it civil war era!!

[bigwull]

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....

[mart]

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  !!

[fancypants]

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 ....
 

[ghopper1924]

Thanks,bigwull,for all I know this could be as old as you,which would date it civil war era!!

  Just call him Wullie Cromwell, Antiquesfinder General

[bigwull]

Well!!..that,s better than Witchfinder....unle ss of course i was in Salem...

[ghopper1924]

And let's not forget Mathew Hopkins, the REAL Witchfinder General....an Englishman.

[bigwull]

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...