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Two Views of Ring Found by Russ P.
Here is the email Russ P. sent along with these photos and picture..
I recently found a ring on the beach that I wrote off as a junker because it was made of sterling (marked 925). But after reading some of the articles you linked, I went back and now believe it may be an antique black diamond ring circa 1915! I'm still waiting for a response from the Antique Jewelry University for help in confirming.
I used my diamond tester on it and all the stones tested positive for diamonds. Then I did some research and found a maker's mark from Darling & Co CC in Rhode Island circa 1915.
I suppose what threw me off initially was that it was made of silver and not gold. Another thing to consider is that there are modern vintage reproductions like the one I found for sale made by Miabella at Walmart online. It's extremely close but has a square stone and not the same maker's mark.
Russ. P.
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The Maker's Mark (above)
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Thanks for sharing your find and observations Russ. Nice Find.
Like I said before, the making the find is only the beginning.
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At the end of the year, it is customary to look back and reflect on what went on. Analyzing what happened in the past is a good way to learn and improve.
Today I decided to look at the most viewed posts of 2023 in the treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com blog.
As you'll recall, I started the Treasure Beaches Report years ago. That was back in 2008 or thereabouts. The blog got so big that it was difficult to find old posts when you wanted to review something. The blog simply got too big, so in 2020 I started a separate blog (this one) for the newer posts, but people still often go to some of the old posts in the old blog. There is a lot of information that was posted over the years. In fact, treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com had days when there were ten thousand or more views.
Anyhow, people often go to the old treasurebeachesreport site to view older posts from past years, and I wanted to see which of the many old posts got the most views in 2023.
Here is the list of most viewed posts from the old blog from the most read (top) to tenth most read posts (last).
The most read, not surprisingly, is the one that appears first when you go to the old blog. All it does is direct the reader to the new blog, so it isn't very significant.
The second was a post about the Green Cabin wreck or the San Martin which lies just south fo the Disney resort at Wabasso.
The third ranking was a post that could get a high number of views because of its position in the old blog rather than its subject matter. It was the last of the regular posts to appear in treasurebeachesreport. and appears on the first page below the notice to the new post when you go to treasurebeachesreport. Bottom line, I'm not sure if it was viewed a lot because of its position or its content. Undoubtedly its position had something to do with it.
Fourth on the list is another one that undoubtedly was highly viewed because of its position. The main topic, though, was the eroding South Hutchinson Island beaches.
Next, and fifth on the list, is a very old post from 2010. It is about a find that looks like a gorget and Seminole silver more generally. Its ranking would appear to be primarily due to the content.
There were at least a couple additional posts following up on that post,such as this one.
You can see numbers five through ten. Three of them were late 2020 posts, and therefore benefitting from their position in the blog.
The other two were about melted beer cans, metals and space debris and a big Treasure Coast beach emerald find. Bot of those were posts that I pointed to in recent posts when the topics came up again.
When I have new information on an old topic, I sometimes provide links to old posts, and that, of course, increases the number of views of those old posts.
I'd say that taking into account all factors, the list suggests that the topics of the Green Cabin wreck, Seminole silver, the beach emerald, melted beach metals and space debris were popular topics.
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