To bad you forgot to take the very important "before" cleaning photos.
To bad you forgot to take the very important "before" cleaning photos.
True, but halfway through, I Did remember to leave Some of the black patina and crud in place for just such a purpose! lol Unfortunately, Foresight is always better than hindsight....The only earlier photos I have are the ones the digger sent to me and they are, frankly, blurred messes of little help. (That and he annoyingly used a photo host service that blocks copying of them..)
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
As I recall, the accuser was saying that a ring that Maxim had dug was too new and clean to be genuine, etc etc. The incident began with post number 801 on the North Karelia thread. And, no, of course, no substantiation was made(how could it? lol) but it was a shock, nonetheless, to see the even mention of such nonsense. I believe that several of the worst posts were eventually removed, but there are enough left to get the gist of what it was all about. Battlefields in North Karelia( SS-Nord Division)
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Ah yes, I remember that guy...knew everything there was to know about dug relics except that ID tags were often zinc.
imo its good.
It certainly looks the part with good detail , if the price was good even better
Cast/die struck/pressed.
We still had this discussion.
IMO of course not all patterns are struck, but most period german/middle european produced ones.
The ring from topic start is such a pattern. Period ones of this are struck. Look only on the "hollow" backsite of the plate. This appearance is typical for die pressing/strucking method without a soft interlayer while pressing.
Hope you understand my thoughts although my bad english.
This I understand, of course, but the question remains as to how cast rings turn up during excavations by reputable diggers? And are they actually cast, or just semi-corroded low alloy silver which has reacted to soil chemistry? The ring illustrated was dug in situ by a reputable person that has a proven considerable track record. It is, indeed, difficult to comprehend given the circumstances of it's recovery just how it could not be genuine and period. And yet, if the accepted theory is that most all rings of the era were not made by this method, then that is exactly what is being said. It is a troublesome thing to figure.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
If you are in any way unhappy or develop doubts about your ring William, I will happily buy it off you!
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