Smokin 19th century wedding band 18K

[diamondjim]

Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

Long, long weekend of hunting...but it all boils down to one ring I drove serveral hours round trip to go find an outstanding road trip adventure...

Smokin' 19th century wedding band from old recreational site on the river.

It's marked 18K :-) BUT came out of the ground a STRANGE color. Polished it down now it glows yellow, even better than the pic...deeper yellow than my other 10Ks. But there are those stains...HOW?

Calling all water hunting experts, you ever get screwed up color gold rings from the bank area? This ring came of out the gravel banks where water, air and other metal items were constantly getting moved around.

 

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[jraven]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

Beauty!!!

 

[christ-first]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

beautiful ring. there's just something about gold.

 

[Mike Moutray]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

you might want to take it to a coin shop or jeweler to test it.... I've found many brass or gold plated rings marked 18K. Could explain the pitting and strange color, but hope your's is real! Take care and HH, Mike.

 

[diamondjim]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

S'OK, would be cool even if it's fake...never found fake marked gold before. I actually suspect now it may be a similar metal to other late 19th c. rings I've got, a kind of German Silver. (Whichs contains no silver and isn't made in Germany) The others aren't marked one way or the other. The pitting could be from getting beat up in the gravel, or it could be chemical...but I will have it tested for sure.

It's still a very old wedding band...wonder if there was a guy hanging out on the street corner of the saloon "hey buddy, I'll make you a good deal gold chains and rings" Or maybe "hey man, my horse ran out of feed, it's parked down the street, buy this ring so I can get some oats to get home."

Either way, I love an item like this that has a story to tell.

 

[Ron B]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

Good morning!
Personally, I've always heard true gold doesn't tarnish! But even 18kt has other types of metal included. So, that could mean the nickel, copper, or brass used in the process could! Testing is probably the only way you will know for sure. Neat find nonetheless! Can I have it?

GRB

 

[geodawn]

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That is a really cool find. Gravel is really rough on jewelry and coins.

 

[WeaponsUSMC]

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Nice ring, the date on it would be after 1906, that is the first year they started to use the K system for marking. Early 20th century at the earliest.

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

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Very Nice There.




P.S. I'm rubbing the Finger Of Faith. "Cheers"!

 

[Bridge End Farm]

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wonderful discovery

 

[Kas]

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I have a ring marked 18k that isn't shiney at all. It's a plated poor man's wedding ring. Still a cool find.

Ken

 

[diamondjim]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

OY...did I at least get the RING part of the ID right ? ? ? ? :-)

Thanks for all the great input everyone, always something MORE to learn about and that's what makes it endlessly fun to keep diggin'.

So maybe we'll call it "poor man's wedding ring, 1930ish?"

I've HEARD from distant sources old gold can sometimes get screwed up in the ground, but I've never seen it myself...not in the harshest, nastiest chemical waste land I know...a place that eats REAL copper wheaties like they were zinc, even silver coins come out black and brown and pitted, but not gold, comes out perfect yellow.

I can easily see how this ring got passed off as real when it was new, the metal has such a great deep yellow color, you'd swear by it! Fooled me and others who've seen it in person.

 

[finderzzs]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

Even old gold should come out shiny. I have found white gold tanrished black before, but I have found the brass rings marked as gold, after a good polishing, they look just like gold. But I've never seen them pitted before. Still a fun find, get it tested. HH

 

[Prober]

Re: Smokin' 19th century wedding band 18K

Looks like a ring to me; I'd add it to my ring count! The ones I'm not sure of I have in the same box as the gold then when I go to the jewelry store they can test it. I've got other unidentified stuff in there too...stones that look like diamonds & sapphires, rubies. I have no clue, that's why I have all PS (pretty stuff) identified by someone with a clue.