Gold Necklace w/ Wierd Marks

[Breezie]

Hey Y'all, Below are 2 pics of a gold necklace with marks I've never seen. On the open clasp end, it looks like O.T. or O.1, and some ways it looks like O. and a cross. On the lobster claw portion, it looks like the mark has been hammered out. Any ideas on these wierd markings? As always, thanks in advance, Breezie

 

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[Chug And Red]

It Almost looks like O V R to us here Maybe it the pic Great find there!!! HH chug and red

red is looking up the marks hopfully she will find something she is getting really good at it!!!

 

[Breezie]

It Almost looks like O V R to us here Maybe it the pic Great find there!!! HH chug and red

red is looking up the marks hopfully she will find something she is getting really good at it!!!

Thanks Chug & Red. I wish I could have posted a better pic, but the mark is so tiny. It could be O V R. Tell Red I'm rooting for her! Breezie

 

[Chug And Red]

This is an old trick but a easy one use a candle with a smokey flame, let the soot coat the markings then use small piece of paper to get a better imprint of the marks!! we have used this trick a few times!!!! make sure the items heated cool a little don't burn your self!!!

A lighter will work also!!!

 

[Breezie]

This is an old trick but a easy one use a candle with a smokey flame, let the soot coat the markings then use small piece of paper to get a better imprint of the marks!! we have used this trick a few times!!!! make sure the items heated cool a little don't burn your self!!!

A lighter will work also!!!

Cool trick on using the soot to read it. I'll keep that one in my memory bank. I did manage to get another shot of it, this time I flipped it around. Do you think it stands for 10K, and they only embossed the 10?

It has 2 other marking that have been hammered out. I'm wondering since the color is on the reddish gold side, if someone was trying to pawn it off as 18K, and destroyed 2 of the marks, and forgot this one.

 

[Chug And Red]

This is an old trick but a easy one use a candle with a smokey flame, let the soot coat the markings then use small piece of paper to get a better imprint of the marks!! we have used this trick a few times!!!! make sure the items heated cool a little don't burn your self!!!

A lighter will work also!!!

Cool trick on using the soot to read it. I'll keep that one in my memory bank. I did manage to get another shot of it, this time I flipped it around. Do you think it stands for 10K, and they only embossed the 10?

It has 2 other marking that have been hammered out. I'm wondering since the color is on the reddish gold side, if someone was trying to pawn it off as 18K, and destroyed 2 of the marks, and forgot this one.

Hi Breezie! Red here, I'm still working on identifying those marks, the letters look like O. and then a T or cross and another dot. It looks like it could be 10 carat gold, a man's chain? It's an awesome find, it may take me a few days, so hopefully sooner then later, I will find out who made it!!!! Glad you tried Chugs idea. Do you have a loop?

 

[Dano Sverige]

It's O. l. in my opinion.(O & L) makers marks are usually the ones inside the rectangle mark.
Dano.

 

[Chug And Red]

played with the pic a little sure looks like O.I., chug

 

[Breezie]

Thanks Chug & Dano for the post and help. I took the necklace to a jeweler today, and he said it was marked 14K, which was in one of the areas that looked hammered. He said, like Dano said, the I.O. was the maker's mark, but he didn't know what/who. I'm not sure if I should GREEN check or not, since we haven't ID the maker, but at least we know it's 14K. We need a half green check; LOL Breezie

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

To me it looks like an O with a Q-like squigly about 2 oclock. The next symbol looks like a K shape with a crown on top.