Does this look like gold to you?

[marjam]

I dug this ring years ago. It was covered in a crust of gunk, and I thought it was a junker for sure. I broke the cleaning supplies out with fine grit sandpaper, and after cleaning it, I am not sure if it's a junker or not. No marking inside, I could have sanded it off or who knows, it may not be anything, but I'm hoping it is obviously. It sort of looks copper, sort of gold, but this is what is underneath. I may take it to the local jeweler to have the metal tested, but it's an old signet ring I dug in an area where I have dug barbers, indian head cents, and v nickels.

 

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[marjam]

I bet that cleaned up nice.

I should have did this before I went, but I watched the acid test on youtube after i got back, and it says no reaction is gold. My ring had no reaction, so now I'm wondering if the guy did it right. It didnt turn green or anything. It looked like a drop of water on the scratch specimen he took from my ring. If it was copper it should have turned green, correct?
He just said it's not gold after the acid test didnt turn any color or anything. I dont know anything about these acid tests, only what little I seen on youtube. If anyone knows what kind of reaction I should have seen, please clue me in. Thanks I appreciate.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice ring recovery!