The Tungsten Carbide Mystery?

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This should be an interesting discussion. I just got back from a day of detecting at a Michigan State Park beach, got 2 Triton Tungsten Carbide rings that retail between $250-$350 each. I found so many of these fakers in recent years it's really quite puzzling to me, the notion that people are spending big money on these rings that have no scrap value or even much resale value, if any at all in many cases.

Now I get the whole wear factor, tungsten carbide being extremely hard and durable, but at the same time I can still buy a 10K gold band, something with value, for pretty much the same money that folks are spending on these TC rings with zero precious metal value and little if any resale value. Who can explain this too me? I'm miffed. What am I missing?

 

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Tungsten Carbide, becoming all-too routine. Got another Triton yesterday, this one in black.

 

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[Blak bart]

I just got that same ring a couple weeks ago !!

 

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I just got that same ring a couple weeks ago !!

If this trend continues the price of gold is going to plummet.....
But I did just hear this, 98% of those uneffected by covid wear either gold, sterling or platinum. 99.3 % of those effected by covid wear Tungsten. Please feel free to share everywhere....

 

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This should be an interesting discussion. I just got back from a day of detecting at a Michigan State Park beach, got 2 Triton Tungsten Carbide rings that retail between $250-$350 each. I found so many of these fakers in recent years it's really quite puzzling to me, the notion that people are spending big money on these rings that have no scrap value or even much resale value, if any at all in many cases.

Now I get the whole wear factor, tungsten carbide being extremely hard and durable, but at the same time I can still buy a 10K gold band, something with value, for pretty much the same money that folks are spending on these TC rings with zero precious metal value and little if any resale value. Who can explain this too me? I'm miffed. What am I missing?

Agreed.

I scratch my head everyday at peoples decisions... dont know why someone would spend more than 10 dollars retail on those.

As the ole saying goes - "a fool and their money soon part ways".

 

[Riverbum]

Wondering if they are soo cheap then they'd be easy to throw away if your "relationship" soured with the man/women who gave you a tungsten one. That would make it something a lot o folks could throw away,and our chances of finding them as Metal Detectors increases. I've never run up on one yet, but I've never found a ring in the 45 years of detecting either

 

[crashbandicoot]

This should be an interesting discussion. I just got back from a day of detecting at a Michigan State Park beach, got 2 Triton Tungsten Carbide rings that retail between $250-$350 each. I found so many of these fakers in recent years it's really quite puzzling to me, the notion that people are spending big money on these rings that have no scrap value or even much resale value, if any at all in many cases.

Now I get the whole wear factor, tungsten carbide being extremely hard and durable, but at the same time I can still buy a 10K gold band, something with value, for pretty much the same money that folks are spending on these TC rings with zero precious metal value and little if any resale value. Who can explain this too me? I'm miffed. What am I missing?

I haven,t looked lately so don,t jump my case if I,m wrong but last time I looked,Tungsten carbide was going for around 5.00 a lb.scrap.I was contemplating removing the teeth from saw blades for scrap but just wasn,t worth it.

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

This should be an interesting discussion. I just got back from a day of detecting at a Michigan State Park beach, got 2 Triton Tungsten Carbide rings that retail between $250-$350 each. I found so many of these fakers in recent years it's really quite puzzling to me, the notion that people are spending big money on these rings that have no scrap value or even much resale value, if any at all in many cases.

Now I get the whole wear factor, tungsten carbide being extremely hard and durable, but at the same time I can still buy a 10K gold band, something with value, for pretty much the same money that folks are spending on these TC rings with zero precious metal value and little if any resale value. Who can explain this too me? I'm miffed. What am I missing?

I guess they're better than finding the little more common cents. I give them away to family, friends and even strangers. Been thinking about making a necklace out of them all strung together...something to wear at MD gatherings.