I googled a little bit, and it didnât look particularly like it. If I were you I would Google his name and see what comes up. Maybe youâll have more luck.
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Sure! The artist is Milford Calamity, and he uses a lot of Ithaca Peak and Kingman turquoise in his work, so I have no reason to doubt him that this is an Ithaca Peak stone. I tried taking an outdoor photo to see if I could get the gold colored pyrite to glitter, but I couldnât catch it with my camera.
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Sorry but no. Itâs not quite rightâŚso you must send it to ME. 
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you made me literally LOL
Seriously though, when I wear it I kinda canât stop looking at it. Since I purchased this I have upped my budget for Native American jewelry, but I admit I kind of choked a bit at the time, because it was the most I had ever paid for a ring. But it was worth every dollar. And after I bought it, we went outside to leave the market and saw the gold glitter. It was like my personal little surprise.
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Total stunner. 
I will definitely seek out your friend Milford whenever I get to a show. Thank you for introducing his art to us here!
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Youâre welcome! Heâs also a pretty dang cool guy.
Hereâs the back of it again. That was what hooked me after the stone.
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Reply to billgr0248:
It doesnât look like Steeve Grants work to me and the hallmark is different.
In my earlier years, I made a small living as a silver/goldsmith for several yearsâŚ
If you are asking me, the craftsmanship on that cuff is very clean. No slapdash, mucky silver solder work (which is no small task with many thin, closely placed silver bezels on a heavy silver backplate). This Cuff was not a mass-produced piece, but the artisan cared about what he was doing. Likely a commission piece.
If the claim of Bisbee is true, it is my guess that someone acquired some lower grade, atypical Bisbee turq, and knowing its coming rarity in any grade, commissioned a lovely cuff to preserve it in. I can guess that the Cuff was not cheap to make. More evidence of the stones being of a more valuable origin.
I took the liberty of downloading a couple of photos of your cuff and enhanced the contrast, saturation, and gamma correction without adding any color and now I can see traces of Bisbee brown matrix. The cabs are small so not having much matrix is understandable. If the n=colors in my enhanced examples are accurate, I would be about 70% comfortable saying the origin is the Bisbee Lavendar pit.
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That is one splendid ring!
As far as spending $$$$ on jewelry, my philosophy is; I worked hard and have the scratch and I am not depriving my family in any way so⌠why not.
With turquoise jewelry, I am also preserving the turquoise as a sort of specimen in a jewelry mount instead of it sitting on a shelf or in a perky box. With turquoise jewelry, I only collect what I consider to be really nice specimens due mainly to rarity or history. My wife likes turq, but her passion is Tanzanite.
I can talk myself into anything!
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Decorating the reverse of a piece of jewelry is a hallmark of quality IMO.
Just nice!
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Amazing ring from Milford. This guy is a class act IMO. I donât have a beauty from him yet but follow him on Instagram. If you join, you can view Monday Morning with Milford. These are informative chats about this and that. I look forward to Mondays.
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@here4turquoise
He seems like a great guy. I like his Instagram posts, too.
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Thank you! I admire beautiful turquoise in and of itself, but one of my rules is I have to be able to wear it, because what I really love is Native American jewelry. And I donât want it sitting in a box unworn. My joy comes from wearing it.
I have heard Native artists say that when they decorate the inside of a piece itâs for the owner alone to enjoy.
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Yes, I know I still need to join Instagram, but Iâm not sure I trust my self control enough to not spend too much time on it
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@Ziacat
I control my Instagram feed by only looking at and interacting with jewelry postings. NA, antique jewelry and silversmithing tips.
The more you stray from your interests, the more it gives you other unwanted stuff.
Iâm not on Facebook, but I think it works the same way.
And yes, I sometimes waste a whole afternoon looking at NA jewelryâŚ
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Good tips. I think I would want to look at National Park stuff too.
So is looking at Native American jewelry all afternoon really wasting time 
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You are rightâŚI guess itâs more like âresearchđ¤Łâ
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Not in my opinion. 
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Research is exactly what I was thinking too @Stracci.
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@here4turquoise @Ziacat
I think it is important to see what other artists are doing, how they work and what stones they are using.
It certainly helps me to get perspective on modern jewelry artisans, both Anglo and Native.
Anyway, back to the topicâŚ
Thatâs an unbelievable watch @Bisquitlips
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That makes complete sense for you. For me it would just make it more difficult for me to decide where to spend my $
Yes, I apologize @Bisquitlips that weâve gone so far off track. Your watch is great, and I love the turquoise.
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