If you know someone who particularly enjoys wearing jewelry you could consider purchasing him or her a custom made silver ring. A custom ring is basically a ring that was made by your orders and demands. In other words, you tell the person making the rings what to do and what material to use and they will forge a ring for you. It can be quite a romantic present to give your lover a custom made ring with a special symbol or initial. Either way if you are planning on purchasing any type of jewelry you should know the difference between materials used in creating the rings. Silver is probably the most common precious metal that is used in rings and it is affordable so a lot of people will buy and wear silver jewelry. However, if you want to go all out you can buy a gold piece of jewelry. Gold is quite pretty and expensive so you must make sure that the person you are buying it for really deserves it. Either way you can create many different interesting rings if you hire someone to create a ring based on your wishes. You just need to use a bit of imagination and you will be wearing a very pretty ring.