silver?

[Wetgreenie]

Sorry no pic but, I found a beat up ring that looks to be silver.
I see some stamps on the inside but had no magnifier.
By the pattern, it was recognised to be a "Black hills Gold" ring.

I guess i really never knew waht Black hills Gold really is.

 

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[Ant]

My understanding is that Black Hills Gold is a style of jewelry. A style that legend has it was invented by a Frenchman back in the 1700. The designer utilized three colors of Gold and the original design was of grapes bunches, leaves and vines, and used green, yellow, and rose gold in the scheme.
They do use silver in Black Hills Gold plated jewelry.

HH

 

[Wetgreenie]

They do use silver in Black Hills Gold plated jewelry.
HH

That is what I was thinking. I have seen the Toned rings in the past but this one seems to have lost any color or plating making it look to be a silver base left over. I'm sure once I get the band put back into shape we will be able to read the stamps too.

Either way you can tell it was not meant to be a super quality piece.

 

[Monty]

There mus be two different Black Hills Gold companies. The one I am familiar with makes rings mostly in gold alloyed with other base metals to form very unigue jewelry. It comes from the Dakotas and once was made by Indians, but I think the White Eyes have bought them out. We have several Indian stores here in OK that specialize in handmade Indian crafts and they always have Black Hills Gold rings on display. Monty

 

[Ant]

There mus be two different Black Hills Gold companies. The one I am familiar with makes rings mostly in gold alloyed with other base metals to form very unigue jewelry. It comes from the Dakotas and once was made by Indians, but I think the White Eyes have bought them out. We have several Indian stores here in OK that specialize in handmade Indian crafts and they always have Black Hills Gold rings on display. Monty

I think that Rose gold is mistakingly identified as being natural gold that comes out of the Black Hills of Dakota. But actually there is no such thing. I myself at one time believe the same until I found out the truth.

If you could post any infomation about this, we can discuss it further, but if not, we can't. Black Hills Gold is still a Jewelry Company.

Here is the link on how they make BHG:
http://www.blackhillsgoldjewelry.com/history.html

 

[Ant]

They do use silver in Black Hills Gold plated jewelry.
HH

That is what I was thinking. I have seen the Toned rings in the past but this one seems to have lost any color or plating making it look to be a silver base left over. I'm sure once I get the band put back into shape we will be able to read the stamps too.

Either way you can tell it was not meant to be a super quality piece.

According to this link you might have a solid karat alloyed gold ring. Study how they make BHG, some of it looks frosted. Could you post a photo of your ring?
http://www.blackhillsgoldjewelry.com/history.html

 

[Wetgreenie]

Let's see if this works using the scanner.
I still can't read it but there are two very small stamp marks inside the band.(.000)
the leaves seem to have a remnant of gold tone but just barely.

 

[Ant]

While "Black Hills Gold" is a jewelry company, you are not correct in saying there is no such thing as actual black hills gold.

I personally, have, in my possession, 3 peices, dug myself of gold which has a bluish, a greenish and a reddish tinge. (used to live in the area).

These are from about.com site:

Black Hills Gold Black Hills Gold
Legend says that a French goldsmith named Henri LeBeauold first created this jewelry after a dream. Traditional pieces are designs of leaves, grape clusters, and vines, and are made with a combination of green, rose, and yellow gold.

Definition: A style of gold jewelry said to have first been created in the 1870's by a French goldsmith named Henri LeBeauold, who is said to have dreamed about the design after passing out from thirst and starvation. Black Hills gold jewelry depicts leaves, grape clusters and vines, and is made with a combination of green, rose, and yellow gold.
The jewelry must be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota in order to be called Black Hills Gold Jewelry

The Black Hills Gold Company DOES add silver, etc., to their jewelry - first, to give it that expected look, and, to make it more durable, and for decoration sake.

But that is not to say that the pinkish tone (or greenish tones, etc), are not naturally occurring in that area.

One thing about gold, it's origin can be discovered, just by the way it looks.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm- I love gold!!!

B

From BHG Site:
"What makes this Jewelry so unique is the yellow gold grapes with leaf designs in shades of pink and green gold. The colors are actually achieved by alloying gold and silver to produce green and alloying copper with gold to produce pink. The frosty appearance is achieved by wriggling, or engraving, the leaves".

http://www.blackhillsgoldjewelry.com/history.html

Hi mrs.oroblanco.
I quoted the above from the Black Hills Gold site and I've highlighted the section of concern as well as a section in what you posted. It states just how BHG is made. If they had nuggets like you say, they would have gobs of them to find on line. I can't find any. You may be the only one to have nuggets like this. And, the Frenchman was a Jeweler and in a dream he dreamt up the design, he didn't find natural nuggets to make his pieces.

The fact still stands that Black Hills Gold is manmade and not natural, unless you can post evidence to the contrary. We need facts with evidence.
I inadvertently left out that copper is use for the BHG pink gold.

Let's see if this works using the scanner.
I still can't read it but there are two very small stamp marks inside the band.(.000)
the leaves seem to have a remnant of gold tone but just barely.

That ring has the luster of Gold to me, not silver. 14k gold mark in European is expressed like this .585 and pure gold is marked .999 = 24k gold. Most silver used in jewelry is marked .925. Will it transfer a black mark using silver polish?

On a side note, I do remember Peg Legs nuggets, they where said to be black.

 

[Hardy]

still not a bad find