10k find

[emesis]

Last hunt for 09 yielded a small gold and diamond engagement ring. No marking other than initials and the date 1944. Have found plated gold rings before and they tend to flake,so I guessed it might be gold. Took it to a jeweler and said it was 10k gold with an eighth of a carat diamond, which he called a miners cut , what ever that means. Anyway, that wraps up the decade on a good note.
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[The Beep Goes On]

Nice close to 09 pfired! Sweet

 

[DigginThePast]

That is a very cool find. "Miners Cut" would make it fairly old as I don't think that cut has been used much since the early 20th century. I saw your title and thought you meant $10,000 find. Still a great find that I wouldn't mind making.

 

[tymcmurray]

Sounds great!

Ty

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[Breezie]

The 'old mine' cut diamonds have a high crown with a small table/top, which gives them almost a cushion shape, thus look more square. The mine cut diamonds were very popular in the 18th century, and through out the 19th. Breezie

 

[Nashoba]

The 'old mine' cut diamonds have a high crown with a small table/top, which gives them almost a cushion shape, thus look more square. The mine cut diamonds were very popular in the 18th century, and through out the 19th. Breezie

And in the last decade or two, many people were conned out of the larger mine cut stones, having been told their value is low....The fact is, many mine cuts are now being reset in new pieces. A lot of them however were larger stones, and excellent quality, so they were in fact cut to be resold due to their color and clarity....In the process of being re cut, about 75% of the stone was lost.


NICE FIND!

~Nash~

 

[ClonedSIM]

The 'old mine' cut diamonds have a high crown with a small table/top, which gives them almost a cushion shape, thus look more square. The mine cut diamonds were very popular in the 18th century, and through out the 19th. Breezie

And in the last decade or two, many people were conned out of the larger mine cut stones, having been told their value is low....The fact is, many mine cuts are now being reset in new pieces. A lot of them however were larger stones, and excellent quality, so they were in fact cut to be resold due to their color and clarity....In the process of being re cut, about 75% of the stone was lost.


NICE FIND!

~Nash~

LOL! Excellent description! I heard almost the exact same thing on Antiques Roadshow last Monday, describing a massive 4 caret diamond set in a platinum band.