Chain for (wedding) rings when riding?

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For the first time in my life I have (relatively) 'expensive real' rings (engagement and soon wedding) that I wear every day. So, after work I arrive at the yard and panic about what to do with them... leave openly in car and risk break-in or hide about person/yard and risk loosing.

What does everyone do? I was thinking of maybe a chain so I can move them to round my neck when at the yard? Should it be something tough so they don't get lost or some thing breakable (baling twine!?!) for safety?

As you can tell I'm not used to have to worry about this!
 
I always ride in my wedding ring - have never thought of taking it off! My engagement ring is too small so don't wear it at the moment. That used to annoy when I rode as it would catch on stuff! I think wearing it on a chain might annoy you if it is banging around and chain might actually break (my favourite necklace broke the other day as clasp snapped off). How about leaving it safely tucked away at home?
 
Until I dislocated and fractured my ring finger :eek: I never took my wedding or engagement ring off at all, I would have been too scared to loose them.

But I do know people that take their rings off at night, or when they are washing up :confused: If you must remove them I would put them on a chain round your neck and tuck it under your clothing.
 
I wear mine - wedding ring, engagement ring, eternity ring on my left hand and a quite expensive dress ring on the other hand. Thye have never got damaged and I don't find they get in the way.

If you don't want to wear them, then I would leave them at home. If you get to the yard and find you have forgotten to leave them at home then my preference would be to zip them in jodh or jacket pocket rather than leave them in the car. How likely is it that your car would be broken into at the yard?
 
Wear my wedding ring 24/7 & it has never bothered me for riding, even when riding & lunging 7 or 8 or more and doing all yard chores from morning to night.

Eternity ring stays on from getting up to going to bed. Never had one :o when running yard as business, tho its not a problem to ride in it. Its not at all cheap.

Engagement ring is worn at any time when not at the yard or going to yard. When not on, its on my bedside table.
 
I don't really take my wedding ring off and it doesn't seem to get in the way at all. I do take my engagement ring off at night and so don't put it back on if I am going up to the yard. I don't think a chain round your neck is a good idea - if it broke, you would loose your rings. Leave them at home.
 
I learned the hard way - I wore my engagement ring to the yard all the time until one day I bashed it and lost a diamond from it - OH was less than impressed and I am now banned from wearing it to the yard at all. I have a little zip bag that I keep it in at home when Im at the yard.
 
im a bit lost here - why would it be a good idea to take your rings off your finger then wear them round your neck strung onto something 'breakable' when you're much more likely to lose them that way if it does break..?


best ideas i can think of :
1. leave rings on.
2. wrap them in something safe and leave them in your car glove box (why does leaving them in your car mean they must be on display - you werent planning on leaving them on the car dashboard were you?
3. as someone already suggested, tuck them into a zippable jod pocket.

simplez.
 
never take mine off and never had a problem with them getting caught on anything or damaged. i think the safest place for a ring is on your finger! on a chain it is more liable to get caught.
 
For those that think I'm slightly crazy
- I thought to take them off in case they got caught on anything and I ended up with finger 'degloved'. Was always taught not to ride/handle horses with any rings because of that. Is that old fashioned/paranoid?

- I go straight from work to the yard so leaving them at home would mean not wearing them all day

On the plus side I imagine the yard is fairly safe in terms of car-theft (it is just relatively isolated and I'm often the only person there).

Maybe I should get a second ring case... I *have* left them on the dashboard before now (covered by some papers) because glove box is too big/dark/full of sweets etc to put loose rings in. But a case in there would be fine. :-)
 
I never take mine off, and do everything wearing them. Ok so only had the wedding ring on there for 3 months but my engagement ring is a size too big and in the 3 years I've been wearing that, it's not come off (hope I'm not tempting fate!). I do have them both insured though as they are quite expensive, so if the worst did happen....!
 
My engagement and wedding rings stay on at all times. When I chose them I made sure they would be non-scratchy and not easy to snag on anything, partly due to horse and partly due to me being an early years teacher and spending days with hands in playdough and paint. They fit very tightly so will not fall off. I darent take them off as that is when I would lose them!!!!
 
I wore my late mothers ring on a chain around my neck but when I had a bad fall I had to be put on a spinal board with a neck collar. The paramedic carefully undid the chain, didn't spot the ring, pulled the chain out from behind my neck and put it away for safe keeping. Unknown to him my mothers ring must have fallen as he slip the chain out. I wasn't in any fit state to tell him at the time. Never found mum's ring again.

So I'd say No - don't put on a chain it can get lost.
 
I wear both engagement and wedding ring all the time, but I have been known to wrap an elastoplast round them at the yard, quite useful when long lining etc, or if the weather is cold and my fingers shrink a bit.

Double choc lab....sorry to hear about your late mother's ring being lost. Nuts as it sounds, I've got a metal detector if you'd like me to have a search for it?
 
I never take my wedding ring off, generally leave an eternity ring on but tend to leave my engagement ring at home as that is more likely to catch on stuff. Think it depends on the rings really. Would have thought a little pouch you can zip in a coat pocket could be a good idea if you don't want to leave them at home and are worried about wearing them.
 
I don't wear rings full stop, and never intend too. My father nearly lost a finger to a ring, and as such refuses to wear one.

I don't want to wear one for the same reason, I've managed to mangle my fingers well enough without rings! I've told OH I want an engagement pony if he ever decides to do that!!!

So, if it were me, I'd not wear any to the yard & leave them at home, if you are going to wear rings at all.
 
I also think wedding ring safer on. But,I rarely wear my real engagement ring as its too valuable to risk losing.What I do instead,is wear cheap ring to work,then when I go to yard straight after,it can just be left in car and its not end of the world should it get stolen. Actually have a few gold rings with cheaper stones in such as zircon or white sapphire,and noone has ever asked if they are not my real engagement ring,so assume they must look.ok!!
 
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