JACKPOT! PT 900 with Diamonds -Update- Diamond Test Result!

[DrJoePrime]

My usual detecting beach hunt which is a daily ritual. Had a few clad and some little cars but no rings.

After quite a few recent disappointing heart breaking finds got this Heavy Silvery ring with a gem. Looked very good in the scoop. I quickly slipped it into my pocket and didn't confirm what it was since I had another half hour to detect.

Well I kept trying to not get too excited and I was still amazingly able to wait til I got back to the car. First look and my heart sank ... looked like corrosion on the bottom ...arghhh.

But got my glasses off (I'm near-sighted) and looked more carefully. The corrosion was decorative engraving and there on the inside no karat marking but only PT900.

Well OK..then I lost it! There's a huge diamond and 2 medium size and 6 little emerald cut. The engraving on the sides looks to indicate an oldie.


Found in dry sand shallow, about 3" deep with my Surfmaster PI+.

UPDATE: Now that my hands have stopped shaking I have another better photo. Hoping to get a reading on that big diamond today ..will post as soon as I know (say 4pm Calif time). HH Joe

UPDATE 2: My good buddy Dan (Captn SE) met me with his diamond tester. He checked the 8 smaller diamonds AND....YES!! REAL!!
Then the Big One........................nothing....................... What the heck .. is your machine working? Try again ... still nothing .... Arghhh it's NOT diamond!
Well, I need a 2nd opinion but it sure looks like they put a CZ in a Platinum ring. Why? Why? Why?

 

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[bootybay]

If by chance when you take that to a jewelers.. and they say the center stone isnt a diamond, there is also the possibility that it could be a clear topaz or another type of gemstone. Either way, just the setting with all the other stones is a killer ring.. and I agree with the others, why put a fake diamond in a plat ring.

 

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[kyphote]

Perhaps the bride-to-be found out it was CZ and tossed it in rage. Hence your still-glorious find.

 

[favored papa]

An old friend took a big diamond to a jeweler to have the prongs re done, (the Setting) did not know for years the jeweler stole the rock and put on a CZ that was in the 70's they been doing it for years. No Matter still an A # 1 find.

 

[steelheadwill]

Beautiful Ring ! Great Find ! Congrats !
This is what Keeps ya comin' back !!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Still a great looking ring in platinum with small diamonds It seems the concensus is that the centre diamond is not real and your friends tester proved it. Don't be too disappointed though, it's still an incredible find that we all wish we had found!

 

[coin1921]

Could the large stone be a Moissanite. They are just under the real diamond on the hardness scale and fairly expensive. This could explain why it would be in a platinum setting.

 

[melonhead74]

Awesome find!!!! That is one beautiful ring! My wife keeps praying that one day I will find something half as beautiful as that ring! Very unique setting, have to say probably the best ring find I've seen yet...IMHO. Congrats on making the banner! HH

 

[Silver Searcher]

Weldone on the Banner Joe shame the big stone didn't test right I hope the second test reveals it is real

SS

 

[DrJoePrime]

Thanks all for your kind comments.

Melonhead: The trick is to BELIEVE! It might sound strange and often it's difficult but really and truly you must BELIEVE you will find something good ... and you will! (persistence also helps)

HH Joe

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats on your find. that is a beauty.

 

[allen]

that really makes the banner look more beautiful than it has in a long time !!!

 

[txkickergirl]

don't dismiss it as a cz, it could be a mossite diamond which is man made and jewelers have a hard time telling the difference. My guess is it is a sapphire.

 

[desert dog]

NICE FIND WELL DONE

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Joe congrats on the spectacular find as well as making banner

HH,
Brian

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

This reminds me of that CZ commercial. "She will never tell..." and it will save you money. (Only later she discovers its a CZ and throws it as far as she can.) To be found by you. Man that guy was a cheap skate Haha !!

Still a good find you still have $1200 of diamond ring, (I think... Don't take my word for it, I'm still learning to appraise and this is how.) Great find !!
Please tell me if I'm close....

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[RyanOShea]

JUST SO YOU KNOW. ITS NOT UNCOMMON FOR DIAMONDS IN PLATINUM RINGS THAT ARE FLAWLESS. AND ARE HARD TO TEST FOR INCLUSIONS. YOU NEED TO HAVE AN EXPERT JEWELER LOOK AT IT. YES, THEY DO PUT CZ IN PLATINUM RINGS. HOWEVER 8 REAL AND A CZ....I THINK A LAB CREATED DIAMOND WOULD BE MORE LIKELY AS THE ALTERNATIVE. WHICH ARE HARD TO TEST. SO TAKE IT TO A PRO. A REAL PRO. EVEN A SMALL FLAWLESS DIAMOND IS WORTH, WELL, A SHIT LOAD!
LOOKING AT THAT RING. SOMEONE SPENT SOME SERIOUS MONEY ON IT. I'VE SEEN SIMILAR PLATINUM RINGS, WITH JUST CZ IN THEM AT 2,450.
SO EXCELLENT FIND!! WHOO HOO!

SORRY, CAPS LOCK WAS ON.

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

It's a beauty even if the large rock isn't a diamond.
Chris

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

My usual detecting beach hunt which is a daily ritual. Had a few clad and some little cars but no rings.

After quite a few recent disappointing heart breaking finds got this Heavy Silvery ring with a gem. Looked very good in the scoop. I quickly slipped it into my pocket and didn't confirm what it was since I had another half hour to detect.

Well I kept trying to not get too excited and I was still amazingly able to wait til I got back to the car. First look and my heart sank ... looked like corrosion on the bottom ...arghhh.

But got my glasses off (I'm near-sighted) and looked more carefully. The corrosion was decorative engraving and there on the inside no karat marking but only PT900.

Well OK..then I lost it! There's a huge diamond and 2 medium size and 6 little emerald cut. The engraving on the sides looks to indicate an oldie.


Found in dry sand shallow, about 3" deep with my Surfmaster PI+.

UPDATE: Now that my hands have stopped shaking I have another better photo. Hoping to get a reading on that big diamond today ..will post as soon as I know (say 4pm Calif time). HH Joe

UPDATE 2: My good buddy Dan (Captn SE) met me with his diamond tester. He checked the 8 smaller diamonds AND....YES!! REAL!!
Then the Big One........................nothing....................... What the heck .. is your machine working? Try again ... still nothing .... Arghhh it's NOT diamond!
Well, I need a 2nd opinion but it sure looks like they put a CZ in a Platinum ring. Why? Why? Why?

Wow..i was reading your updates and remember something that happend about 10 years ago with my brothers exwife..she had a nice PT ring with a large stone and a couple smaller stones..Anyway..she had knocked the stone loose and took it to a local jeweler to have it fixed..about 4 years later they unfortunaly split up and she went to sell the ring, only to find out the stone had been replaced with CZ..it was orginally bought from Zales and was certified..

 

[DrJoePrime]

Bloody Belle, I modified my original post, update#2 (in blue). The eight smaller stones ARE diamonds but the big one is NOT.

I am planning to pursue this a bit further but am not too optimistic.

The setting is really beautiful to me with a unique engraved surface on the outside of the ring. It seems to be older and I wouold expect whoever lost it to be pretty upset.

HH Joe

PS: here's one more photo

 

[mikeinOC1]

You are doing pretty well over there this year in Long, Seal and Sunset Beaches, aren't you joe ? Didn't you find another just plain old platinum band earlier this year over in that area of the So Cal coast ? Or was that Jaws2 ?

Anyway I agree with some of guys about the possibility of the stone being other than CZ (if a jeweler didn't pull a fast one or the owner lost the original stone some other way). It seems Moissanite is a pretty popular gemstone these days. I think some of these high end people like a little different gemstone to set themselves apart from the standard crowd.

I found a nice little 18k white gold Tiffany & Co ring three or four years ago in south OC. The stone was green. Looked a little dark for emerald to me. A jeweler told me it wasn't emerald. Something called Perdite. Never heard of it before and never did find out much more about that type of gemstone but thought it was interesting a Tiffany & Co ring was not using one of the traditional gemstones most of us think of.

Anyway I found this little blurb from a jewelery site talking about Moissanite. I thought some of the Tnet members who are not already familiar with this stone might find it interesting. I think if you can afford it you might want to have some with a little more gemstone expertise look at your latest find.

"Cherished worldwide the jewel is acclaimed for it exceptional brilliance and dispersion (fire) - properties that in Moissanite exceed most popular gemstones and are greater than diamonds. Moissanite is also harder than ruby, saphire and other popular gemstones and second in hardness only to diamond".