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big_tom t1_ix05bs1 wrote

Reply to comment by eisme in A Medieval Gold Wedding Ring Found in the Mud Worth Is Thousands by max-venum

Suits of armor are a lot less common than pieces of gold. The armor rusts away, the gold does not.

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Swiggy1957 t1_ix1lilw wrote

Ah, but the rarity of this ring is that it is GOLD.

This was at a time when gold was, well, worth it's weight in gold. The only ones that could afford a gold ring were those of wealth: nobility, royalty, high ranking church and military members, and, of course, rich merchants. Wedding rings of that era were often made iof Iron so they wouldn't be destroyed when the lady of the house cleaned, cooked and did other various chores around the place.

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DingyWarehouse t1_ix1vez0 wrote

>worth it's weight in gold

*its

worth its weight in gold, not "worth it is weight in gold"

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Swiggy1957 t1_ix2f7em wrote

Sorry, on phone and Otto Kerr-Wrecked has his hand in my comments.

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