Its better than 23K GOLD ~ WOOHOO!!!

oddcoins

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It's better than 23K GOLD ~ WOOHOO!!!

Hello!

I dug this gold ring a couple weeks ago at a local park. At the time I didn't know what the marking were inside in band, but someone in the WHATS-IT forum said it's Japanese for PURE GOLD. So . . . . yesterday I took the ring to a local coin/jewelry shop to have it tested . . . . yep, sure enough, it tested at very high . . . they said it's better than 23K!! WOOHOO ~ 3.6 grams of GOLD!!!!

That same day that I dug the ring I dug a few other goodies . . . . . in particular the 1925-s Merc dime . . . . it's in pretty good shape . . . the guy at the coin shop said it's a solid VF, but not quite a XF/EF.

THANKS for looking!!
Neil
 

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hamiddetecting

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The congratulation!
 

FamilyFun2010

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So, on the ring, I guess one is the makers mark and the other is the gold mark? Just guessing. lol Everything else is cool too!
 

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Awesome ring.:thumbsup:
 

Jason in TN

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What detector were you using and what was the reading. Just curious have heard pure gold reads higher on the scale than like 10 or 14k would.

jason
 

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oddcoins

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What detector were you using and what was the reading. Just curious have heard pure gold reads higher on the scale than like 10 or 14k would.

jason

I have a Minelab eTrac ~ it came in a solid 12-35 . . . . . that's much higher than most gold rings come in on the eTrac
 

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