Black Hills Gold Diamond Ring

[dagreat]

My buddy Frank (2cmorau) found this beautiful black hills gold diamond ring on one of our latest outings to Lake Mendo. He was using his MXT at the time while I was using my etrac with 10" slimline coil. We got several dollars worth of clad... think Frank found a wheatie. I did manage to find one beat up silver ear ring while cleaning up the shoreline!


Frank on day 2.


Myself with the 15"x18" SEF coil and etrac on Day 2


Frank's Black Hills Gold Diamond Ring found on Day 1

 

[Erik in NJ]

Just out of curiosity, what makes a gold ring a "black hills" gold ring? And how does one tell?

 

[dagreat]

Black Hills Gold has an unusual color to it... if you zoom in on the leafs of the ring you can see color within the gold. From my google search..."Black Hills gold jewelry is any piece of handcrafted jewelry distinguishable by its tri-colored gold leaves, grapevine and flower accents."

Black Hills Gold comes from the Black Hills in South Dakota.

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Excellent find.For the rest of us,we learn something new everyday Thanks...........K.KID.

 

[blai745]

great find...Unfortuntly black hills gold is worth just about melt.. like any other kind of retail store gold jewelry.

 

[Reverend B*IKE*]

IS THERE ANY MARKS OR CAROT VALUE?
VERY NICE FIND!

 

[2cmorau]

hey Rob

nice job
we had a great day, looking forward to our next trip,
wheaties 52 and 46 but in really bad shape
the ring is 10k don't know the carrot, it also has a copyright L stamped in the baand
hey blai745 if you need fast cash, melt is what you will get like from a pawn shop, or if you have a lot of gold send it to a refiner, but if your willing to sit on it a while place it on ebay or consignment store you will get much more,

 

[Erik in NJ]

Thanks for the info! Can you give us a macro pic of the ring? Would be interesting to see the colors you referenced.

Black Hills Gold has an unusual color to it... if you zoom in on the leafs of the ring you can see color within the gold. From my google search..."Black Hills gold jewelry is any piece of handcrafted jewelry distinguishable by its tri-colored gold leaves, grapevine and flower accents."

Black Hills Gold comes from the Black Hills in South Dakota.

 

[ggossage]

Nice find! I'll bet that 15"x18" SEF coil can put a hurtin' on you after a short while?!

 

[dagreat]

The 15x18 coil is a beast!!!! I normally swing the 10" slim due to the weight and trash density of the ground. The SEF does cover a lot of ground though!!! I refuse to buy a swingy thingy... but never say never!!!

Frank,

I also had a great time. I will have to break down and start taking more pictures when we go out. Looking forward to this weekend, but starting to feel sick. I have two kids sick with the flu right now. I have my fingers crossed and vitamin C flowing!!!!

Rob

 

[2cmorau]

Hi Eric, i tried to get a better shot of the ring but all my pictures came out of focus
Goggle, black hills gold ring
but thats why rob did the posting, hes the techy guy

Thanks for the info! Can you give us a macro pic of the ring? Would be interesting to see the colors you referenced.

Black Hills Gold has an unusual color to it... if you zoom in on the leafs of the ring you can see color within the gold. From my google search..."Black Hills gold jewelry is any piece of handcrafted jewelry distinguishable by its tri-colored gold leaves, grapevine and flower accents."

Black Hills Gold comes from the Black Hills in South Dakota.

 

[AlaskaAng]

Way to go! Very nice ring!! I love Black Hills gold rings, I think I have 5 of them! Most BHG rings are 10K but any ring that's found regardless of gold content is an awesome find!

I'm envious that some of you can still get out to detect...I'm stuck in the middle of a deep freeze (-40 yesterday) with you light at the end of the tunnel. I'll feel this way til mid May when our snow starts to melt

AlaskaAng

 

[augusthog]

And gold ring is groovy

 

[blai745]

hey Rob

nice job
hey blai745 if you need fast cash, melt is what you will get like from a pawn shop, or if you have a lot of gold send it to a refiner, but if your willing to sit on it a while place it on ebay or consignment store you will get much more,

I know much about ebay and consignment stuff and usally they take 10%-30% chunk out of your sale... You should try putting it up for ebay just for information purposes and see How well you do...

 

[2cmorau]

took me awhile to figure it out

 

[DaleGM]

sweet Black hills ring, congrats on the golden day!!!!

 

[phantomfinder]

Thats a good looking rings guys , WTG on the find .

 

[pl8man]

Great looking piece of gold

 

[goodie hunter]

great find...Unfortuntly black hills gold is worth just about melt.. like any other kind of retail store gold jewelry.

10k gold ring is 40 percent pure gold

14k gold ring is 58.5 percent pure gold

18k gold ring is 78.5 percent pure gold.

 

[pmgsourdough]

The gold used to make Black Hills Gold Jewelry can come from anywhere in the world. It can be labeled Black Hills Gold Jewelry as long as it was made in the Black Hills . Gold is gold . This ring was made by laundstroms in Rapid City . They imprint a signature L on all of their jewelry . I have sold them several ounces of refined Black Hills Gold. Not jewelry gold but straight from the ground