Gold ring in gutter while walking to thrift store. Gold??

[NJ Marty]

Is it gold tone or gold? I have no tester. I got out my car parked on a crappy street in Paterson on the way to the thrift store and this was in the gutter. Looks like an old repair on it and I cant make out the writing or who it is on the ring or the stamp inside. Im hoping for gold any ideas on who or what is.
Thanks

 

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[silverdollarbill]

I'm voting gold. Reason for that is how it is worn. Metal looks soft.

 

[inspectorgadget]

Surely real gold by the looks of it

 

[mugsisme]

Look for the places that get the most worn. On a ring, it will be on the bottom of it, along the edges. If it is plated, that is where it will be coming off. Is that a chip in it? If it is, and it's the same under it, then it would probably be real gold. Also, if you rub in on something (I have a stone, but I am guessing any rough surface will due), you can look for silver color under it. If it doesn't, then good chance it is gold.

 

[GibH]

I'm no expert, but if I had to guess, I would agree with silverdollarbill. Looks very soft and I would GUESS high karat, possibly 22k.

 

[bigcaddy64]

Is that a picture of Opie on the ring? Good find, Marty. It's gold

 

[NJ Marty]

Is that a picture of Opie on the ring? Good find, Marty. It's gold

Definitely not Opie. Looks like a number 9 on his left shoulder.

 

[NJ Marty]

I'm voting gold. Reason for that is how it is worn. Metal looks soft.

Im hoping so. And it is very soft. I put a little pressure on it and it bent very easy.

 

[jochart]

looks like a wax cast high karat gold ring to me

 

[diggummup]

Looks like Mahatma Gandhi to me, though I don't know what the no.9 would represent. I would vote gold too.

 

[Rodbuster209]

I would guess some type of Asian character & writing, take it somewhere and have it checked out. Great find!

 

[jerseyben]

90% sure it is k gold.

 

[worldtalker]

90% sure it is k gold.

Be even better if it's 90% Gold!

 

[tamrock]

Sure looks like gold to me. I once found a gold & diamond ring. Back before the days of cell phones I'd always do my phone calls from the pay phones with the call card. I did a load of air travel from the later 80s to mid 90's. I was waiting for a flight at Chicago's Midway and was making some calls before I took off and the payphone I chose I noticed as I was hanging the phone up there was this ring on the top of the phone. Sure thing it was a 14K ring with 5 small round diamonds in a row. I'd walk the airports on layovers all the time, looking down on the ground and pickup pens, lighters, change etc. I remember I found a sterling bracelet once in an airport. I'll bet the custodians at airports find all kinds of stuff at that job. This is a habit I have from hunting stone artifacts from a young age to a pastime I enjoy to this day. I naturally look at the ground almost everywhere I go still. In a thrift store or antique shop, I had to get in the habit of looking high, low and in between.

 

[MLively]

Wear it and see if your finger turns green in the morning lol. Looks like gold and I think the 9 is really some kind of diploma. Maybe a class ring of some sort but definitely not a "Jostons" made ring

 

[masterjedi]

It does look soft and worn like gold but.... the 3rd pic of the stamp where you see all of the different spots of color do not look like gold. I have seen a few rings over the years like this and as soon as you put acid on it to gold test it, it turns green immediately (not gold). Hope this is not the case here and yours is gold. It looks 14K by color...18K and higher is way more yellow in color...

 

[NJ Marty]

It does look soft and worn like gold but.... the 3rd pic of the stamp where you see all of the different spots of color do not look like gold. I have seen a few rings over the years like this and as soon as you put acid on it to gold test it, it turns green immediately (not gold). Hope this is not the case here and yours is gold. It looks 14K by color...18K and higher is way more yellow in color...

You were right. I took it to my friend and he tested it and its not gold. Darn.

 

[gino22]

You were right. I took it to my friend and he tested it and its not gold. Darn.

Weird. Would have pegged it as a crudely cast gold ring based on the pics. What was it, just plated?

 

[Doubter in MD]

Sure looks like gold. How good a friend is s/he?

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Looking at it, looks like it might be from India, in some of the native script. They're known for 22k...

but then I read the follow-up from your friend who tested it.... Darned....