I don't think this has much to do with Frodo discarding the Ring, but he has offered to give it up to others and when Tom asked to see it "Frodo, to his own astonishment, drew out the chain from his pocket, and unfastening the Ring handed it at once to Tom." [FotR, Bk. 1, ch. 7, p. 170]
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Originally Posted by FotR, Bk 2., ch. 7, p. 431
I will give you the One Ring, if you ask for it.
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