Quisp
Jr. Member
- Feb 14, 2011
- 79
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- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 600, Teknetics Omega 8500, Garrett GTA-1000, Pro-Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I hit up a playground yesterday for a short bit in between rain showers. It's the type with the wood mulch all over. I found this chain 3-4 inches down in the wet mulch and didn't think much of it as it was pretty tarnished. I figured it was either gold plated and worn off or was a non-precious metal. This evening I decide to look it over better and spotted an 18K mark on the clasp. I got out some gold jewelry cleaner and dunked it a few times and it started to come alive. There are still some discolored spots "pits" but the more I cleaned it the more it looked like gold. In the picture of the clasp I had to shine the light at an angle to get the 18K to show, so the pits look much darker that they really are. I don't have a gold testing kit so I'll have to find a jeweler who can tell me for sure. If it's gold it would be my first big gold. Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Dan
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UPDATE - It tested as Zinc and Copper. What a bummer! Thanks to all for playing along.
Dan
![gold1.jpg gold1.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1450/1450777-e1c4950e1cb9b22d124a8adf12b4540c.jpg)
![gold2.jpg gold2.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1450/1450770-8ad7dd426aa43229d518a6c43f451782.jpg)
![gold3.jpg gold3.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1450/1450772-0881ad55d4927ca5fe91768bf028b56d.jpg)
![gold4.jpg gold4.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/1450/1450775-70bbd00007c5887c5366968c9d8c0d37.jpg)
Thanks,
Dan
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UPDATE - It tested as Zinc and Copper. What a bummer! Thanks to all for playing along.
Dan
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