Rick lagina gathers with members of the
team in the war room to hear a highly
anticipated report on the possible
silver ring found one day ago in the
swamp Doug if you'd be kind enough to
bring him up and say hello or the
gentlemen and hopefully get some really
relevant information hello professor how
are you good
joining them via videoconference is
Charles Luton brain a professor at the
Alberta College of Art and Design who
has more than 30 years of experience as
a professional gemologist and master
goldsmith having examined detailed
photographs taken up the ring
Lewton brain has been able to determine
not only when the object was made but
also its possible origins good when he
gets America top pocket
I found thousands of rings gold silver
bronze copper and this rings got me
stumped so I'm open you've got some good
news for us I'm open this is kind of old
well definitely kind of old I think we
could start with that the repair is
crude and because of the way it was done
it looks like somebody needed it done
pretty quickly and I think there are two
repairs I think there was one repair to
make the ring a lot bigger and a second
repair to make the ring a little small
it does look like there was a better
metal used for the repair like silver or
platinum it's it's good ring but on the
top part of that join it is still bright
silver and the ring itself has corroded
away thinned out from that patch of
metal so that could mean bronze or it
could mean a higher copper content
silver alloy where did this floral
pattern I mean is there any cultural
influence to it the floral design
definitely appears handmade the flower
in the center is rather interesting
because it appears to have been chiseled
that is cut out using chisels which
implies older in time because saw blades
don't really become available to
jewelers until 1730 1750s and and so
prior to that you would be cutting the
metal out we have a chisel so did I hear
you correctly that it would be pre 1730
it is reeds you're into me
I see possibly Spanish a Spanish silver
ring dating back to the early 1700s or
earlier could it be in some way
connected to the Spanish marrapodi coin
dated to 1652 that Rick Marty and the
team found six years ago in the swamp
yeah now you've pointed out I know that
flower designs were really popular on a
lot of the Spanish jewelry that you find
from me treasure fleets around the world
actually well you know whenever we find
things we're always looking to come to a
greater understanding of possibly the
who of it but certainly when and that
timeline is instrumental in figuring out
the who what when where why and how of
Oak Island that's for sure so we thank
you for your help it's been insightful
thank you I thank you just I'm open to
some more there so let's go
you