Navajo ring maybe gold

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I am starting to listen for the solid targets in the gold range. I don't know if this is gold. It rang up at 66 on 18KHz. I can't decipher the hallmarks. It was a bit tarnished (still is) and I've read that 9k gold will tarnish (can contain nickel and copper). So I don't know, but i think maybe it might possibly be gold. If it was copper it would have read much higher. What do you think? Oh yeah, got my WS-4 wireless headphones!

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pretty ring, still might do an acid test on it
 

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Beautiful ring. Gold or not, it's a Keeper. I know you were thrilled to find that.
 

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They are very very rarely gold. I like the nickel idea
 

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From the picture it looks like gold and it is stamped. But without a doubt acid test or a quick stop at the jewelry store they will test for free.

10k and down will tarnish, rarely 14k up

10k..

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Thanks for all the replies. My feelings are that it is low-grade gold, but sometime i will get a test kit and find out. I spent a long time trying to see what the hallmarks are but came up empty. There is no karat marking. When i got the hit something told me it was a ring. So at least i feel like I am finally making some forward progress again. Been using full tones and it hasn't been real easy, but I can hear the targets better. Still got a long ways to go. Maybe some day I'll try out the Pitch program. I messed with the Gold Field a bit but it was too much for me.
 

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Nice find could it possibly be brass if not gold? "D"
 

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Whatever it's composition, cool find.
 

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Nice looking ring, congrats! :occasion14:
 

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