950 & 925 stamped from thrift shop junk jewelry bin

[treasurefiend]

Hey guys & gals I haven't posted any finds for a long while because I really haven't hit many thrift shops in months but these are my only finds for the last 2 months. When I go out for jewelry I just look in the junk jewelry section and this is what I found, 3 marked sterling necklaces and 1 pendant stamped 950. The pendant only weighs 1g and it has mother of pearl inset on the front of it so the platinum can be a lot less than 1 gram and the sterling is 15g, but its my 1st platinum that I have found. I don't have any testing acid so I have no idea if anything is real but I only paid 99c to a few dollars for each piece so if the plat is a fake im not out any real money at all. Happy Hunting everybody and a merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!

 

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[palidin20603]

950 is most likely silver and 950 silver melts just like 925 alot of the time, people aren't always true to their stamps

 

[treasurefiend]

950 is most likely silver and 950 silver melts just like 925 alot of the time, people aren't always true to their stamps

Good to know, I took a chance months ago an a big 980 taxco bracelet and when I got home I did some research and found indeed there is 980 silver LOL. Thanks for lookin and the info.

 

[NHBandit]

Cool score ! Just a FYI but I had some butter knives awhile back that I got for a quarter each because the guy who had them assumed they were Silverplate. I bought them because the wife wanted to make redneck wind chimes out of them. Noticed an odd hallmark and after much poking around on Google I discovered it was French .950 Silver.

 

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

Uhhhh, .950 is a platinum mark too.... Something to get checked out for sure !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

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

By the picture it almost looks like the loop is sterling and the pendant is Platinum. I'd take it to a high end jewelry store and if they say its Plat. I'd take the first offer.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[tamaco]

Nice finds! The goodwill here charges big $$$ for anything marked :0

 

[inspectorgadget]

Yep .950 = either silver or platinum & it's more common for platinum than silver as most .950 silver that I've seen is foreign, old & thus marked with a hallmark/symbol not a number.