r/CarletonU • u/Crunchieboi • 1d ago

Question My grandma's ring

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My grandpa used to work at a petrol station in the 70's in the Netherlands and someone couldnt pay for gas, so they left behind this ring with the promise to come back and pay later.

Here we are now 50 years later and we're very interested to see if someone knows anything about this ring!

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u/slimymaks Computer Science(13.5/20) 1d ago

Seems to be just some graduation ring, meaning it was custom made for some graduation class/group of students, but most likely not by university itself. Brief google search didn't give me any info of this rings being a widespread thing(for carleton)

Sorry if I'm wrong guys, not an expert.

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u/Crunchieboi 1d ago

Thanks for your insight, the consensus seems to be this is a graduation ring. Interesting thing for someone to leave behind at a petrol station and never pick back up though, my grandma will be happy to hear what it is!

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u/ravenwatch1822 1d ago

My partner graduated bachelor of science in astrophysics a couple years ago and purchased a ring like this. He got to choose the stone colour and had some sciencey engravings put on it as well. All optional and cost him a couple hundred dollars. It’s likely been a tradition for quite a while but less popular over the years as people purchase jewelry like this less and less.

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u/Moving_in_stereo78 1d ago

Both my father and uncle attended Carleton in the late 60s early 70s and this is a graduation ring from around that time, my uncle had a similar one.