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<p>[QUOTE="Landon, post: 355689, member: 5351"]Hello all -</p><p><br /></p><p>About twenty years ago, my spouse found a ring while using a metal detector on his families property on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He's had it ever since and hasn't sought further information. It has me really curious as to the owner and if it's even possible. Missionary Ridge and the surrounding area had a VERY active Civil War scene. Of course, it could not be that old... He said that in order to retrieve it, he had to remove some dirt, which leads me to believe it had been there a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's tiny. inscripted inside the ring is the name "Alice Bush" and printed with 18k. Where/who/how should I start this search? Based on the inscription, are you able to ID the inscription technique? [ATTACH=full]121082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]121083[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]121083[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Landon, post: 355689, member: 5351"]Hello all - About twenty years ago, my spouse found a ring while using a metal detector on his families property on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He's had it ever since and hasn't sought further information. It has me really curious as to the owner and if it's even possible. Missionary Ridge and the surrounding area had a VERY active Civil War scene. Of course, it could not be that old... He said that in order to retrieve it, he had to remove some dirt, which leads me to believe it had been there a while. It's tiny. inscripted inside the ring is the name "Alice Bush" and printed with 18k. Where/who/how should I start this search? Based on the inscription, are you able to ID the inscription technique? [ATTACH=full]121082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]121083[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]121083[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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