Here's why I take the time to look thru junk jewelry!

[jnkhntr]

This lot was all from the same sale. I paid 50 cents each for these:

18k brooch 4.6 grams
14k 3 pieces 2.5 grams
10k ring 1.7 grams

All are clearly marked and have passed acid tests. Made my day!

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

Heck to the yes!

Gotta love finds like that.

[jerseyben]

I'll take it a step further:

Don't forget to look through your own junk jewelry bin. With gold hitting $1800+ I decided to take a second look at my junk bin at anything that looked remotely like gold. Wouldn't you know it, I found 2 small pieces that passed the acid test. One of them was actually marked 14K VERY tiny on the stem.

[2Minnesota]

Good eye, awesome finds!
I have looked through the jewelry at sales for years now. It all started when I got a 14K thick herringbone necklace for $1 and I had just bought one exactly like it at Goodmans for over $300 (like I said a long time ago). Seems like you look at many sales with no luck, but then you come accross the one sale that has the "goods".

[Goldmanford]

Awesome finds...lucky!

[jnkhntr]

Awesome finds...lucky!

As the saying goes, "The harder I work, the luckier I get!

[boogeyman]

I've been buying junk jewlery for awhile. Sometimes if a yardsaler has a lot of stuff in a bowl or tray, I'll look around then go back to it & ask "how much?" they almost always reply which one? I say all of it. It usually freaks them out & I get the whole lot for a good price. Test & sort put costume on pieces of 3 X 5 cards or in plastic bags for resale. I can always count on at least 300% profit not including gold or silver values.