Three-headed snake ring found inside Bonnie and Clyde's abandoned car after a failed ambush on November 22, 1933.
The ring was recovered from their bullet-riddled ’33 Ford Model B by Sheriff Smoot Schmid after the "Sowers Raid" in Sowers, Texas. Bonnie and Clyde made plans for a family gathering to celebrate the birthday of Clyde's mother. Unbeknownst to them, the Dallas police were informed by an unnamed informant where they would be ahead of time, and a five man posse awaited their arrival that same night. It was 6:45pm when the outlaw couple approached the secret meeting in their stolen vehicle. Clyde's instincts sensed the trap and he accelerated past his family's car at which point the lawmen unleashed a hail of bullets. Bonnie and Clyde were forced to flee on foot after three of their car's tires were punctured. Despite the wounds in their legs, they successfully escaped.
The five man posse then raided the abandoned Ford and discovered a cache of Bonnie and Clyde’s personal belongings. Most of them took home a variety of relics, ranging from bullets to lipstick cases. This ring is recorded in the Schmid family’s inventory as “Bonnie Parker's Ring". Although, no one knows for sure if it was Bonnie's.
What we do know is that Clyde was a skilled amateur craftsman, dabbling in jewelry-making, leather craft and woodwork. He was also a skilled musician. The ring most likely was self-made by Clyde around 1930-1932 while incarcerated at Eastham Prison. There's a lot of giveaways in the ring's details, like the arrow passing through the musical note “B” for Barrow. The red and green jewels were commonly used in his other crafts with similar styles and artistic approach. Schmid's descendants auctioned off the ring back in 2017 and it was sold for $25,000.