Above is the ring that I purchased from my friend Larry Manetti (aka Orville Wilbur Wright III "Rick") Below is my Magnum PI team ring evolution, I made three designs before comming up with my fourth and final design.
Here is part of my 41yr Collection for everyone to Enjoy! I started collecting this stuff back in 1970, This is my Magnum PI collection, I will be adding more as I locate or take photos of my collection.
Above is the ring that I purchased from my friend Larry Manetti (aka Orville Wilbur Wright III "Rick") Below is my Magnum PI team ring evolution, I made three designs before comming up with my fourth and final design.
Above is the ring that I believe started it all, this is the ring from the movie Casablanca, the first cross of lorraine ring was in this movie back in 1942, I have alway's liked the Casablanca Ring and alway's wanted to have one made for myself or make one for myself. 38 yrs after Casablanca Don Bellisario, created Magnum PI and this is the design that he used, after extensive research, what I found was in WWII there were several different designs of rings with the double cross on them, but the cross designs were drastically different from one another, this example is the only one that I have ever seen that has the familiar cross that resembles the Magnum PI Team Ring, There are a lot of people all over the world making rings to reprosent the croix of Lorraine Team Ring I just wanted to create a wonderful ring with my faveroite cross on it.
This is my first attempt at making a team ring it is a black onix stone with the cross applied a very crude design, but reconizable I went to a Vet hospital for out puppy, I was wearing this same ring the Dr. Asked me what was the meaning of my ring? In the 1940's durring WWII this is what the rings with the cross of lorraine looked like.
This is my second attempt at making the french cross ring, not much to say about this design except I drew the cross myself and it's not to bad.
This is my second design charm it looked just like the second design cross ring.
This is my third attempt at making a french cross ring, I have always liked this virsion it is a very clean looking ring, at the time I did not realize that this cross design was used on the show.
This is my fourth and final attempt at making myself a french cross ring, This ring is so shiny the glare makes it difficult to photograph this is the design that I was trying to recreate for so many years I can still remember the day I finished this design it was such an awesome feeling, I finely did it I still get goosebumps just thinking about it.
This is my final attempt at making a charm for a necklace, this was made to go with the fourth ring.
This is my fourth design ring that I added 13 Diamonds to the cross, I really love this ring, I wear it often.
This is my attempt at making a cross of lorraine ring that was larger then the rest it is to scale but man is it big, I like to experiment this is the result of my experimenting actully my silver pattern ring, I am working on it right now making it all flow with the enamel and the cross, after I get it finished I will replate it gold and post a picture of it here.
Here is my official Magnum PI Letterhead and Envelope, I got this several years ago.
Here is my official Magnum PI Letterhead from MCA TV, this is another real cool looking Letterhead.
Here is my Magnum PI Crew watch, every year for Christmas Tom Selleck would buy the cast and Crew Elaborate gifts, and this is by far one of the nicest gifts I have seen that he had custom made.
Here is my Real last season Team Ring from Tom Selleck, he used it towards the last season of the show, I have also got the mold that this ring came from, this ring came from a prop lady that used to work on the show.
Here is my real VM02 Da Nang cap it also is screen used by Tom Selleck, these items are in my personal collection.
Here is my real Jungle Bird Shirt from Tom Shelleck's Wardrobe, this shirt still has the tags and TS on the tag.
Here is the mold that came directly from Universal Studios, it is the mold for my screen used Tom Selleck ring, to be honest I like my ring design a lot better my cross is a lot more defined and clear, this one is not so clear and my ring is a true oval this one is more round not a true oval, no matter what it is still awesome.
Here is the coolest item it is a small little keychain with the Magnum Cross logo on it, every year Tom Selleck would buy the crew and cast very nice xpensive gifts, and all his gifts were custom made.
Here is another christmas gift it is a crew belt buckle this is real cool item it is made gold color with the Magnum cross logo in the center this is number 7 out of like 1,000 I know that Roger has number 13 When I talked to Roger he showed me his belt buckles he also has the silver one, anyway he told me that he has number 13 and comented that he and Larry should have number 2 and 3 and how did he wind up with number 13? I painted the background of mine black to bring the detail out better.
Here is another real cool item when an actor or crew member is working on a show thay get these placards for there car dash, that let them on and off the movie studio lot with out any hassels, it tells the gate guards and security that this person is working on a certin show and he or she belongs on the movie lot, this is one that was used for Magnum PI this is a very rare item I have not seen another one.
This is my silver pattern ring that I made my final mold from, it took years to get it exact but this is the fial product, looking at it now I can still feel the butterflies and excitement that I felt when I was taking this photo, it's finly here this is it, I work in construction with my dad in our family owned business, I was on a jobsite in Hanford, CA when I took this photo.
Here is my original wax carving of my Magnum PI team ring, the photo is blurry my camera was not that good but that is all I have of my original carving. This is my VM-02 DaNang cap that I was able to get Larry Manetti and Roger E. Mosley to sign for me this is a great cap I am so lucky to have it these guy's are a blast, they are just like they are on the TV show a couple of young kids goofing around.
This is my crew shirt for the episode All For One.
There has been some question as to the authenticity
of this next item, Yes it is the real deal, me and my friend went to Hollywood. CA to meet with Larry Manetti to purchase his two Team Rings that he used on the TV show, I got the early virsion I call it the first season ring and my friend purchased this one Larry handed them to us himself, so if anyone has anymore doubts about this ring being real don't it is 100% real.
This is my Magnum PI Display Case you can see I have several items autographed by the Guy's and you can see the custom made Ring Box that I made for Larry's Ring that I now own, my friend got the ring that the real box came with so I just coppied it some and put my own personally to it.
This is an awesome model, This solid Philippine mahogany model is custom hand painted and the base is hand carved with the Island Hopper logo after the Island Hopper Helicopter from Magnum PI.
This is my Magnum PI prop 45 auto pistol, I got it signed by my Friend Larry Manetti because he was the go to guy in Magnum for Guns, this is a real awesome looking piece now.
This is my T.C. Jewelry box that I made up as a ring box like the one that Tom Selleck had made for Larry Manetti as a joke, I got Roger to autogrpah it for me.
This is my Larry Manetti Jewelry box that I made like the original one that Tom had made for Him and as you can see Larry Signed this for me also.
This is my Blacksheep Squadron WWII USMC Garrison cap that I got Larry Manetti to Sign for me, and put his Screen name of Lt. Boyle also, this is a cool item because I have always been a Pappy Boyington and Blacksheep fan I even knew Mr.Greagory "Pappy" Boyington, he was a fun guy to know real war hero who was a POW and became a true Legend.
This is the area that I would like to add some awesome items that other Magnum PI fans have in there collections, if you are a member if the magnum pi community you have to have something that is special in your collection even if it is a photo, it does not matter it is something that should be shared with others, that's why I have decided to add this section to my site it is done only out of the respect I have for the best TV. Show ever made.
Here is an awesome item it is a scale replica of my 1955 Chevy Belair I have decided to add these models to my products I will be adding more as I get more photos this is a awesome scale model of my car that was carved from solid mohogany wood I am going to offer this service to my customers so if you have a custom Streetrod or what ever we can make you an exact scale minitaure of it.
Here is an area that I will be adding some other permotional items that was made for the show, as well as all the other Team Rings that I have seen out there.
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This is my second attempt at making a team ring,real big this one is the result of me experimenting, I love to experiment with different designs.
This is my first season team ring after I purchased my Larry Manetti ring I made this one and I call it my first season team ring.
This is my real team ring that was screen used by Tom Selleck, this came from a prop lady who had it for years.
This ring I purchased from my friend Larry Manetti (aka: Orville Wilbur Wright III "Rick") when he handed it to me he told me that this is the ring that he used on the first three seasons of the show, Here he is wearing it in a scene from the episode (The Love-For-Sale Boat) if you look close you can see the different color cross the diamonds give it that effect. He must have used it off and on, probably what ever was available at the time of filming, I am sure that the rings did not mean as much to the guy's as they do to us.
This is the ring that Larry Manetti was selling in the tabloids in the 1990's this one is 14k gold I added the baked enamel myself.
This is the necklace that Larry Manetti was selling in the Tabloids in the 1990's this is a real one from the advertisement see below, Also notice the ring he used for his advertisment it is the ring that he sold to me..
This is my Diamond Team Ring that I purchased from Larry Manetti and my Necklace that he used to sell in the Tabloids in the 1990's.
This is my Titanium team Ring that I got from a customer of mine he traded me one of my gold Team Rings for this awesome titanium virsion that he had custom made.
This is a ring that I found at a little carnival in Squaw Valley, CA it has the Cross of lorrane so I got it for my collection.
This is my US Calvery virsion it looks worse then my first attempt, and get this I paid $80.00 for this ugly chunk of metal it eas before I became a Jeweler.
This is what I call my ebay team ring you have all seen this ring on ebay for ever.
This is the charm to the ring above I got them as a set for my collection.
This is my JR Design team ring it is a nice looking ring for sure, glad to add it to my collection.
This is my Lighterside set that I got from the Lighter Side, I had to get this set for my collection.
This is a ring that was used on the series Magnum PI, I don't know what episode it is from or who wore it, but it is still cool knowing it was used on our faveroite show.
This is my Viet Nam vet ring that I got a few years ago from the franklin mint very cool ring and very comfortable ring to wear.
This is my Magnum era Naval Investigative Service (NIS) badge, it is from the ara that Tom Magnum was in the NIS after that they Changed there name to Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).
This is my POW-MIA.ring that I purchased a few years ago from the franklin mint another nice design.
This is my Navy Seal ring it has a Purple Heart insted of the stone on the top.
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