1984 Tour Crew Silver & Gold VH rings

[sadaist]

You know how it is. Late night searching the deepest depths of the Internet for "David Lee Roth 1984 Fish Prank" or something....and you come across some gem.

Van Halen awarded the tour crew from 1984 a silver VH ring. If they made it through to the end of the tour they were awarded a similar ring but in gold. Word is they only awarded less than 10 gold rings to the crew. This was a loyalty perk & pretty damned cool I think. Guarantee it was Daves idea.



Comment posted:

I talked to a guy today that was wearing this ring!! He also had the gold ring to match on the other hand. His story was that VH gave the silver ring to all the crew members at the beginning of the tour. He said there were about 350 silver rings given out. If you lasted the entire tour you got the gold ring which he had on. Seems like he said the number of gold rings given out at the end of the tour was in the single digits. He was a pretty tall guy and told the story that he was a body guard/driver during that time.
I just had to come home and check out his story because of course I had never heard of nor seen one of these before.

Another:


just this past Sunday at a flea market in Sweetwater, TN. A vendor had a supposedly 18k gold ring like the one pictured. This man also said he had been a bodyguard/driver for Van Halen in the 1980s and had been given one of 8 of the gold rings. He also said 350 silver rings had been given out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6213303.../#DiscussPhoto

[rocking ron]

Never have seen this before, pretty cool, he may hit me at my for-head with it haha...also cool...

[Diamondjimi]

Cool. i want one!!!

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Don't lie Sadaist, you bought that at the flea market at the Sports Arena over the weekend.....

[VAiN]

That's so cool!

[Guitar Shark]

Van Halen awarded the tour crew from 1984 a silver VH ring. If they made it through to the end of the tour they were awarded a similar ring but in gold.

Very cool. We should ask Nitro Express to show his.

[DONNIEP]

Too cool!! I need one of those...

[Zing!]

If I had earned that gold ring I wouldn't keep it to myself. I'd never stop talking/telling that story over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over to anyone that would listen.

[SNIPER]

I know a light guy from the OITOOKASHIT2 / monsters tour. I don't suppose he got a 55 ring.

[DONNIEP]

I know a light guy from the OITOOKASHIT2 / monsters tour. I don't suppose he got a 55 ring.

The crew should have been rewarded medals if they made it through that piece of shit tour

Could you imagine having to listen to that crap every other night for 6 months or however long it was?

[SNIPER]

The crew should have been rewarded medals if they made it through that piece of shit tour

Could you imagine having to listen to that crap every other night for 6 months or however long it was?

Yep!

[TJMKID]

That gold ring is like Kryptonite for any girl between 18 and 50 ---- you got guaranteed pussy comin' your way if you flash that mothefuckin' beauty in a bar.

I agree this was Dave's idea --- he's very loyal --- and the 10 roadies who got the coveted gold edition were the guys who scored him the best-lookin' ass on that tour.

[NIN1211]

[QUOTE=TJMKID;1652679]That gold ring is like Kryptonite for any girl between 18 and 50 ---- you got guaranteed pussy comin' your way if you flash that mothefuckin' beauty in a bar.

I agree this was Dave's idea --- he's very loyal --- and the 10 roadies who got the coveted gold edition were the guys who scored him the best-lookin' ass on that tour.


if you survived a year with these guys.........

you got this.....................
Compliments of Ga y Cherone

[TJMKID]

If I had earned that gold ring I wouldn't keep it to myself. I'd never stop talking/telling that story over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over to anyone that would listen.

You wouldn't have time to talk about it ---- you'd have too much pussy bouncing on ya dick

[DONNIEP]

You wouldn't have time to talk about it ---- you'd have too much pussy bouncing on ya dick

Guaranteed hummer at the show of your choice if you're wearing the gold ring..."Why yes, I actually do know the band. Let me tell you the story of how Dave gave me this ring..."

[VAiN]

That gold ring is like Kryptonite for any girl between 18 and 50 ---- you got guaranteed pussy comin' your way if you flash that mothefuckin' beauty in a bar.

In 1984, right? Do that in 2012 and 90% of the nitwit bitches in the place won't know what the fuck they're looking at.. the other 10% are old.

[DONNIEP]

In 1984, right? Do that in 2012 and 90% of the nitwit bitches in the place won't know what the fuck they're looking at.. the other 10% are old.

Now that you put it that way, yeah, you're right. Thanks for shootin' down the fantasy

[VAiN]

Now that you put it that way, yeah, you're right. Thanks for shootin' down the fantasy

It pains me as well, man...

[Angel]

In 1984, right? Do that in 2012 and 90% of the nitwit bitches in the place won't know what the fuck they're looking at.. the other 10% are old.

Newsflash. You bastards are old too...

[TJMKID]

In 1984, right? Do that in 2012 and 90% of the nitwit bitches in the place won't know what the fuck they're looking at.. the other 10% are old.

Yeah, you make a good point. Most women under 35 have no clue who David Lee Roth is ---- but they all know that wrinkly twat Steven Tyler just because he's on a douchey contest show.

What happened to the world when it used to make common fuckin' sense ??

[DONNIEP]

Newsflash. You bastards are old too...

Say it ain't so Angel!!!!

[sadaist]

Newsflash. You bastards are old too...

I'm not old......I'm just a higher level.




(World of Warcraft joke)

[sadaist]

Newsflash. You bastards are old too...

Take that back or we'll smack you with our canes!

[DONNIEP]

Yeah, you make a good point. Most women under 35 have no clue who David Lee Roth is ---- but they all know that wrinkly twat Steven Tyler just because he's on a douchey contest show.

What happened to the world when it used to make common fuckin' sense ??

The only time I've seen Steven Tyler lately is on that BK commercial. That fucker looks like some ugly old trailer-park skank...

[sadaist]

You tell me which a young woman would prefer.


Exhibit A:





Or exhibit B?


Love the dude photobombing this pic

[DONNIEP]

Oh fuck!!! That made me choke on my beer!!! Hahaha, look at those tits

[VimFuego]

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Dude, does in fact, look like a lady.

[SunisinuS]

Newsflash. You bastards are old too...

I still got Blue Steel Baby.

[TJMKID]

Egads ---- at least we know what Liv Tyler will look like in 30 years ---- even the saggy boobs!

You tell me which a young woman would prefer.


Exhibit A:

[Dan]

Holy Shit,Milk That Fucker.

[Zing!]

Goddamn - Keef Richards is in better shape than that.

[private parts]

Flea market in Sweetwater Tn. That 45 min from my house. Hum.......

[DavidLeeNatra]

You tell me which a young woman would prefer.


Exhibit A:

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Nice tits....

Oh wait....

[merlin186]

does anyone know the value of this? i found 1 for sale for 3000 bucks. seems a bit steep thoughts anyone?

[DONNIEP]

does anyone know the value of this? i found 1 for sale for 3000 bucks. seems a bit steep thoughts anyone?

Damn - I forgot all about this thread. Jesus, this was almost four years ago...

Anyway, to answer your question - there ain't no way in hell its worth 3 grand. I can't imagine they'd have the gold rings made out of anything more than 10 karat gold. And they look about the size of a guy's class ring. So tops you'd be looking at maybe 500 bucks. Now, you factor in the rarity and the price goes up. But there's no way in hell I'd drop 3 grand on one. Even if that's remotely close to market value for a collectible, the value of it ain't gonna go up cause the fan base is shrinking.

Find out what it's made out of, calculate the scrap price, then add a couple hundred for the VH connection and offer that.

[DONNIEP]

Honestly, if you really want one - get pics of the silver one. There's a lot of people on the interwebz who custom make jewelry and you'd be looking at maybe 500 bucks for a custom piece like that.

[DONNIEP]

Oh hell - you're talking about this one?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/252261296541?_...85&_mwBanner=1

I will bet 50 bucks that hunka shit is a made in Mexico sterling silver ring. It's the real deal alright, but it's worth maybe 100 bucks. If it was any other sterling silver ring you'd be looking at 50 bucks all day long. But since it's a Van Halen '84 tour ring - I wouldn't give more than a hundred bucks for it, maybe two hundred if I was half drunk. Seriously, the quality of the casting on the silver ones is typical Mexican dog shit.

That seller is either insane or drunker than me and Vandy on our worst nites.

Seriously, the seller says he bought it at an estate sale. He probably paid 20 bucks for it. I'd offer a hun if you really want it. He ain't gonna sell it for much more than that.

[DONNIEP]

Back when this thread was posted I searched for the gold rings. Nada. 4 years later - there's still no pics of a gold one that I can find. I think the gold rings are a myth. First off, there would have been waaayyy more than 10 guys who were crew that were still around at the end of the tour. Second, IF the gold rings existed there would be more mention of them than a couple of basically anonymous posts on the interwebz. And there would be a picture of one. I say the gold ones never existed.

Regardless, the rings are a cool piece of memorabilia. But they're only worth a couple hundred bucks tops.