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I have a 4th Century Greek Seal ring depicting St George stuck on my finger.

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  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:35:21 35,125 posts
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    It's not coming off. It's not too tight, just won't go over the knuckle. I've tried soap, vaseline, fairy liquid, immersing my hand in snow, but the only effect was to take a chunk out of the finger next to it with one of my nails...

    Any thoughts?

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • pjmaybe 7 Apr 2008 08:36:19 70,678 posts
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    Thread title of the year
  • pjmaybe 7 Apr 2008 08:36:45 70,678 posts
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    Oh and thought two: Stop fingering 4th Century Greek Seals.
  • Pirotic Moderator 7 Apr 2008 08:37:02 20,637 posts
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    Sorry, my knowledge only extends as to how to remove a 4th Century Greek Seal ring depicting St.Michael.

    edit: hand in show? I thought you were supposed to warm the ring up because then it expands slightly, rather than freeze it and make it shrink.. try warm water if you haven't already.
  • Fozzie_bear 7 Apr 2008 08:37:54 15,167 posts
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    pjmaybe wrote:
    Oh and thought two: Stop fingering 4th Century Greek Seals.
    It was in fancy dress though... you can see the temptation.

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  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:39:23 35,125 posts
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    Warm water tried in conjunction with soap. Thought the snow would make my hand shrink faster than the ring, certainly felt looser when it was colder.

    It's quite a funky ring, problem is that it's on the wrong finger (index left).

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:42:51 35,125 posts
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    Bill Door wrote:
    Hand under the cold tap, then some olive oil or something.

    That or a pair or tin snips :)
    This bad boy's 1700 years old, it certainly gets the nod over my finger if it comes to that.

    Will try olive oil, thanks.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • BartonFink 7 Apr 2008 08:43:01 34,743 posts
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    begs the question: Why were you wearing a '4th Century Greek Seal ring depicting St George' in the first place?
    For a bet? A joke? Fancy dress?
  • Fozzie_bear 7 Apr 2008 08:43:34 15,167 posts
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    Is it Sid Nice's wedding ring?

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  • BartonFink 7 Apr 2008 08:48:41 34,743 posts
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    Broke my wrist a couple of years back in France and fingers swelled up like balloons. Wedding ring would not come off so one of the doctors got a piece of string and managed to get it off. Painful but it worked.

    Basically loop it in through the ring and pull hard constantly going around in a circle. Oh don't forget some sort of lubrication.
  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:49:27 35,125 posts
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    BartonFink wrote:
    begs the question: Why were you wearing a '4th Century Greek Seal ring depicting St George' in the first place?
    For a bet? A joke? Fancy dress?
    I buy stupid things...

    Just a nice trinket to have on my mantlepiece, next to the bronze statue of a hare, the Venetian carnival mask, the abstract oil painting of a golden arch, and the model Delorean.

    Unfortunately it's not on my mantlepiece, but on my finger.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Deleted user 7 April 2008 08:52:12
    Ach if its yours just keep it on there.
  • BartonFink 7 Apr 2008 08:52:31 34,743 posts
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    What happened? Did it jump off the mantelpiece and land on yer pinkie?

    Try what I suggested it does work. Use olive oil or something too.
  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:54:19 35,125 posts
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    I will, I'll give it a bash this evening (at work now).

    No, just put it on my finger, realised it was a bit tight, and then tried to take it off and it wouldn't shift...

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Deleted user 7 April 2008 08:56:39
    I thought you were in a museum or something.
  • Der_tolle_Emil 7 Apr 2008 08:57:43 7,290 posts
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    Hold your hand up in the air for a minute or so and always point your finger upwards when you try to get it off.

    You can also try to pull down the skin and try to push/rotate the ring upwards.
  • LeoliansBro 7 Apr 2008 08:58:06 35,125 posts
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    boabg wrote:
    I thought you were in a museum or something.
    That would be brilliant.

    'Hi, quick, on my blackberry and need forum help. What's the best way to remove a priceless antique I've got stuck on my hand? I've got about 10 minutes before the guard does his next sweep.' :)

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • smoothpete 7 Apr 2008 09:30:05 29,183 posts
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    They can reattach severed fingers y'know
  • MetalDog 7 Apr 2008 09:44:26 23,448 posts
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    When I was a kid I got a washer stuck on my finger. After various efforts from family, friends and neighbours involving butter, washing up liquid, water, mechanics grease, lay lines etc - I ended up in casualty where a nurse wound a bit of cotton underneath the washer and sort of 'wound' it off.

    Hurt quite a bit and the finger went an alarming purple during the process, but no harm done in the end (apart from ruining my dad's whole evening).

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  • pjmaybe 7 Apr 2008 09:45:54 70,678 posts
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    I got a pebble stuck up my nose when I was a kid. The bitch of a school nurse got it out by shoving a pepper-covered finger up one nostril blocking it off while I sneezed the stone out of the other nostril.

    Imagine if they did that nowadays. There'd be lawsuits n'everything...
  • Deleted user 7 April 2008 09:46:43
    pjmaybe wrote:
    I got a pebble stuck up my nose when I was a kid. The bitch of a school nurse got it out by shoving a pepper-covered finger up one nostril blocking it off while I sneezed the stone out of the other nostril.

    Imagine if they did that nowadays. There'd be lawsuits n'everything...
    That's class!
  • Salaman 7 Apr 2008 10:24:19 16,605 posts
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    Your fingers are become more and less swollen throughout the day.
    If it's your ring and there's no rush in getting it off, just wait and over the next few days, I'm sure you'll manage when your fingers are a bit less swollen.
  • LeoliansBro 8 Apr 2008 17:54:32 35,125 posts
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    Ring update: it's still there, still stuck although not actually uncomfortable, and has stained the skin underneath it green.

    This means that even if I can get it off I'll be left looking like some idiot emo 12 year old who draw a trendy ring on his finger...

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Agent_Llama 8 Apr 2008 18:05:12 3,045 posts
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    Leolian'sBro wrote:
    Ring update: it's still there, still stuck although not actually uncomfortable, and has stained the skin underneath it green.

    This means that even if I can get it off I'll be left looking like some idiot emo 12 year old who draw a trendy ring on his finger...
    Is it wrong to see this as a comedy thread? Bravo!

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  • catterz 8 Apr 2008 18:05:29 8,757 posts
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    Have you tried putting the finger up your bottom? Far enough so that the ring enters the anus. You can use this pressure to help it off.

    Let me know how it goes.

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  • Agent_Llama 8 Apr 2008 18:06:51 3,045 posts
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    catterz wrote:
    Have you tried putting the finger up your bottom? Far enough so that the ring enters the anus. You can use this pressure to help it off.

    Let me know how it goes.
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  • Chopsen 8 Apr 2008 18:16:53 13,728 posts
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    Did you try getting the finger cold as someone suggested?

    get your hand icy cold, as cold as you can tolerate. then smear in lubricant, hold the hand as high above your heart for a while and pull.

    edit: obviously get someone else to pull it, unless your have one arm that is freakily longer than the other

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  • SirScratchalot 8 Apr 2008 18:29:22 7,843 posts
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    Leolian'sBro wrote:
    It's not coming off. It's not too tight, just won't go over the knuckle. I've tried soap, vaseline, fairy liquid, immersing my hand in snow, but the only effect was to take a chunk out of the finger next to it with one of my nails...

    Any thoughts?
    Hot water on the ring.
    Metal expands far more when heated than your finger will, might give you the edge. If you can heat the ring and cool the finger at the same time that'd be great.
  • Amajiro 8 Apr 2008 19:08:41 2,214 posts
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    Slightly OT, but I would imagine that ring must be worth a fortune - it must be almost contemporary with the saint himself. Where/how did you acquire it? And might I ask how much you paid for it?

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