My new wedding ring , made from a silver Columbian half

[Hook]

i bought this coin in an auction on another forum with the intent to make a ring with it. after making numerous rings from clad halves, and a ben franklin ring i had posted previously here, i finished the columbian ring.

I finished the ring and wore it a couple days, and then couldnt get it off of my finger

had to resize it, which meant re annealing it (heating it). then buff it out nice and shiny, then throw it in a ziplock with a smashed up boiled egg for a couple hours.

then i lightly buffed out the high points ,(date, wording and such), with 4 ought steel wool. well now i ask you all....how did i do?

 

[NJJOSH]

Turned out sweet! I'm getting married soon I've been trying to talk my fiancé into going along with me having a coin ring for my band

 

[Tom]

Very nice, I have to try this soon myself.......

 

[coinnut]

Probably one of the nicest coin rings I have seen. Great vision in ending up with the writing and other elements of the coin ending up in perfect positions. Gotta give it a erfect10: Great work Hook.

 

[ODA 226]

That's just too cool! :wow:

 

[Tom]

Whats the boiled egg supposed to do?

 

[giant056]

Hook you did a fantastic job on that ring for sure :thumbsup02: Tom I think the hard boiled eggs tarnish it for that rustic look but don't mark my word :grin:

 

[skribnodsister]

:shocked05: Holy Smokes that's one SWEET looking Ring! erfect10:erfect10:

 

[Hook]

Probably one of the nicest coin rings I have seen. Great vision in ending up with the writing and other elements of the coin ending up in perfect positions. Gotta give it a erfect10: Great work Hook.

thanks coinnut! when i saw a pic of this coin, i just figured it would make a good looking ring. i guess i was correct

 

[Hook]

Hook you did a fantastic job on that ring for sure :thumbsup02: Tom I think the hard boiled eggs tarnish it for that rustic look but don't mark my word :grin:

thanks giant! and you are correct. the suplhur from the egg yolk tarnishes and/or tones it to make the buffed out high points pop.

 

[Hook]

thanks to everyone else for the kind comments! this ring making is so much fun i dont want to quit, even when the wife gets annoyed at all the banging and thumping while she tries to watch tv.:rofl:

 

[Timewarpdigger]

That is awesome. Nice job!!!

 

[tanacat]

Amazing job!!!

 

[Ronandari]

erfect10: That is beautiful. I had never heard of this process before so I looked it up until YouTube. There is a lot of info out there and it makes me want to give it a try. I'll need to find some a couple.coins first.