Ring Marked .916 No Kidding 22k Gold!

[LawrencetheMDer]

Hit the water today metal detecting with the Excal and made the mistake of wearing my shorty wetsuit in 72 deg water for 5 hrs. I think I was covering more ground with each swing because I was shivering so much! These old bones need a full 2-3mm wetsuit in low 70s degree water. But during my shivering I hit a good target in about 4 ft of water and saw gold in the scoop. I started to have second thoughts about the ring when I went back to the car and could see something like 925 without my loop. When I got home my 10x loop revealed .916 as shown in the photos. Now I was worried it wasn't even silver (.925), but had some inventory mark and that the ring was junk. Decided to Google it [this is where my wife chimes in and says something like "You Google? The Man who knows everything?"] ...Decide to Google ".916 and wedding band" and viola - The ring is probably British and 22k gold (.916) is big there; like 14k in the USA for wedding bands. Rings in somewhere around $500. Not bad for "junk".
This cool gold ring puts me in for 6 this year and brings my coin : gold ratio to 280 : 1 for 2017. This matches my long term ratio of 250 - 300 : 1. I'm Happy. Have just one more day to MD the beach as my days are numbered here in Florida. Leave next week. One more chance for gold.

 

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[PI PETE]

Love [emoji173]️ those Karats

 

[CASPER-2]

72 IS BATH WATER - I WAS IN WITH SHORTY LAST WEEK - 52 DEGREES
VERY NICE 22 K - I GOT ONE LAST YEAR - INDIA GOLD

 

[CASPER-2]

The ring is not British - UK ones would have hallmarks

 

[vpnavy]

Nice looking ring!

 

[CASPER-2]

THIS IS 916/ 22K = INDIA GOLD - I GOT IN V.I.

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

MDers, thanks for the correction...Love that Indian 22k Gold!

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

72 IS BATH WATER - I WAS IN WITH SHORTY LAST WEEK - 52 DEGREES
VERY NICE 22 K - I GOT ONE LAST YEAR - INDIA GOLD

...My wife says I have no body fat for insulation.

 

[Deft Tones]

Great find! Beautiful color on the higher k gold. Congratulations.

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Why would you think it was silver to begin with - that sucker is YELLOW. Great find!

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Why would you think it was silver to begin with - that sucker is YELLOW. Great find!

It's called Paranoia! Just too many times I've thought that I had gold in my scoop that turned-out to be more-or-less junk. I've had rings w big "diamonds" that turned-out to be, well, not diamonds. Recently even recovered an aluminum ring and another ring composed of ceramic (?), found accidentally in a dig hole. When I thought I saw 925, silver was the conclusion. Nothing surprises me anymore and I'm skeptical about finds until I can verify.

 

[bill_wabo]

Beauty of a ring, that yellow color is a good indicator imho. Congrats!

 

[cudamark]

72 IS BATH WATER - I WAS IN WITH SHORTY LAST WEEK - 52 DEGREES

I agree! I'd love to have water that warm. 72 us about as high as it gets here.......in late July or August.

 

[The Urban Prospector]

That ring is so beautiful! Can't wait to see that high karat loveliness in the bottom of my scoop! Congratulations on a very nice find.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful ring recovery!

 

[fongu]

Beautiful ring, congratulations.

 

[scaupus]

...My wife says I have no body fat for insulation.

i wore 2 wetsuits in s fl today, a shorty and a farmer john over it. I like to stay warm all day.

 

[ScubaDetector]

Just WOW. Love that color. Great score

 

[FLORIDA KEYS PIRATE]

That's a beauty !

 

[Twinkletoes]

Congratulations on the gold! Probably more where that came from. Tt