Greetings from Eastern Washington. I think I found a DAK ring.
Article about: Hello! I spend a little time here and there with a metal detector getting in some steps and looking for deep silvers. Last weekend in Walla Walla Washington, in a parking strip right next to
Greetings from Eastern Washington. I think I found a DAK ring.
Hello!
I spend a little time here and there with a metal detector getting in some steps and looking for deep silvers. Last weekend in Walla Walla Washington, in a parking strip right next to Menlo Park, I found a man's sterling ring. One side says DAK with palm trees, the other side has a palm tree, pyramid, and cactus landscape, and the face of the ring has a similar palm/pyramid landscape motif.
It appears to be hand made, there are no marks. It was about 5 inches deep in a dried up parking strip, I found wheat cents at around the same depth in the same parking strip. There was some surface corrosion, which made me think it was not silver at first. I soaked it in vinegar for a few hours and 80% of the corrosion wiped off with a cloth.
I took it to a coin shop. They used some sort of analyzer xray machine and told me it is a sterling ring with a 10k gold face plate, but they couldn't say as to if it was a real WWII artifact.
Research (google) lead me to find other examples online, as well as the history of the rings, and the many fakes which seem to be out there (I'm looking at you ebay).
I'd like to post some pictures and solicit the opinions of experts, such as yourselves.
Hello and welcome to the forum!
This section is for new members to introduce themselves. No photos are accessible here.
Once you are approved, I suggest you start a new thread in the correct section of the forum and post photos of your item there.
Ralph.
Searching for anything relating to, Anton Boos, 934 Stamm. Kp. Pz. Erz. Abt. 7, 3 Kompanie, Panzer-Regiment 2, 16th Panzer-Division (My father)
Greetings from Eastern Washington. I think I found a DAK ring.
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