FOOLS GOLD!

[BIG61AL]

FOUND MY SECOND RING, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOLD BAND BUT IT WAS JUST GOLD PLATED. STILL NICE TO PULL OUT A RING. ALSO FOUND THIS TINY OFFICE ASSISTANT PIN AT A ELEMTARY SCHOOL.

 

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[Detectingfreak]

Very nice gold plated ring!

 

[midas777gold]

That is NOT a gold plated ring. It says 14KP which means 14K Plumb. Plumb meaning exactly 14K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU DID FIND REAL GOLD.

 

[Roadquest]

It would be worth having the ring checked out........Roadquest

 

[midas777gold]

10 or so years ago, a law was enacted to keep all karats of gold within a specified tolerance. Old gold - 10K could be anywhere from 9 kt to 11 kt, 14K could be 12.8 K to 15 K, etc. Guess what end of the scale most jewelry makers went to.
Since the law Karats were toleranced within +or- 5%. that's what the "p" plumb means.

If you have any doubt, test with Nitric Acid.

 

[Mighty AP]

The masses have spoken Al...............looks like you found real gold! WTG! It is a beautiful find!

 

[treasurekidd]

Not to rain on this parade, but I understood 14KP to mean 14 karat plate. I hope I'm wrong, because it is a nice ring, plated or not! HH!

 

[midas777gold]

We have recently started selling a new line of Jewelry. All of these items are stamped 14KP. Many Customers emailed us and were concerned the Jewelry may be plated. If you purchase a Piece of Fine Jewelry Stamped KP You should be aware this is a GOOD thing!

14KP Means that You have Purchased a Ring that is EXACTLY 14 KARAT/ CARAT GOLD it has been tested and the GOLD Is 58.8% PURE! In some cases, JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS will sell 13KT -13.5KT STAMPED WITH 14KT STAMP. This is an ACCEPTABLE Practice in the JEWELRY Trade- 14KP TRANSLATES TO "FOURTEEN KARAT PLUMB", SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A GOOD THING!

Anyone else who thinks 14KP means plate, I will buy your 14KP rings for $1 each!!!!

 

[Goldringer]

We have recently started selling a new line of Jewelry. All of these items are stamped 14KP. Many Customers emailed us and were concerned the Jewelry may be plated. If you purchase a Piece of Fine Jewelry Stamped KP You should be aware this is a GOOD thing!

14KP Means that You have Purchased a Ring that is EXACTLY 14 KARAT/ CARAT GOLD it has been tested and the GOLD Is 58.8% PURE! In some cases, JEWELRY MANUFACTURERS will sell 13KT -13.5KT STAMPED WITH 14KT STAMP. This is an ACCEPTABLE Practice in the JEWELRY Trade- 14KP TRANSLATES TO "FOURTEEN KARAT PLUMB", SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A GOOD THING!

Anyone else who thinks 14KP means plate, I will buy your 14KP rings for $1 each!!!!

Great stuff, can you tell me how to determine if a ring is white gold or Platinum? I have one that is supposed to be platinum but has no marking.

 

[Burdie]

Congrats on that gold ring! Rings are fun to find no matter if they are real or not. HH Burdie

 

[Green1]

very nice GOLD ring.... well ya do learn something everyday,,,

 

[romeo-1]

Yep, that is a real nice Gold ring. I also like the look of that pin you found. Could that be gold as well?

 

[dave-enc]

Congrats on the wedding band as Midas said it is 14k, most plated rings will say HGE, or GE. One easy way I have found you can tell is where does it signal at on machine. Most that are gold will hit in the foil-tab area, with some really heavy ones getting up around zinc cent. Most gold plated rings will run higher as around the zinc-copper penny area. If you start finding a lot of jewlery a test kit is invaluable
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Blackjack77]

Nice ring!- congrats. Also very good info on gold plating- thanks
HH

 

[jopher]

I was gonna speak up even B-4 i read the post by Midas.I can see soft dents and scratches in that ring that say "solid gold".Congrats and nice job....Joe

 

[LizardQueen]

It looks like gold to me. Nice ring.

 

[BIG61AL]

Thank for all the helpful info! I guess the name of this post should changed from "Fools gold" to "Fools first gold"

AL

 

[Mona Lisa]

Awesome find, Big Al! Your ring just went from a good find to a great find!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Gold plating uses solutions that actually plate a very thin layer of 24K gold onto the object. This is technically much easier and cheaper than going to the trouble of plating out "14K gold" onto something. It is a lot easier to plate out a pure metal than some alloy of definite composition.

The pure gold layer on a plated object is so thin that it doesn't make a big difference in the cost of the gold used, so they might as well plate with 24K. If you rub it long enough with metal polish or #0000 steel wool, you'll wear right through it. I'm betting that your ring won't do that.

I've read the same things others are saying about "plumb" also. 14 karats, on the nose. You could have a jeweler check the specific gravity for you, that would tell you pretty quick.

 

[JerV3]

It's still a nice ring even if fake.

I was finding gold rings a yr or so ago consistently.

Now I can't find any. I dig tons of foil nickles and tabs.

Gold is like that. It comes and goes.

Don't got any gold yet this year.

Found like 7 gold last year.

HH Jer