Brass ring marked 18k ?

[jwelch66]

I found a brass mens wedding band today aout 10" deep at a very old house. What I dont understand is why it is marked 18k. The ring is very very red in color. Would it have been a gold plated ring?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

We need to see a pic.
It could be a number of things.
If it was marked 18k then chances are, it's gold tarnished

 

[BareBones]

It could be rose gold, but a pic would help.

 

[GopherDaGold]

It might be another one of those fakes we see here a lot.

 

[CRUSADER]

most likely a gold plated brass ring - late 19th C

 

[ivan salis]

both old and new flam flam artist make gold plated 18 k marked rings -- thats why pawn shops --acid test rings to check their real "purity"

 

[Woodland Detectors]

flam flam artist made gold plated 18 k marked rings -- thats why pawn shops --acid test rings to check their real "purity"

Yep....a fake a roonie

 

[REALESALVAGE]

Its not brass, its 18 K Sterling Silver May have been gold plated but is gone or may have never been plated to begin with, silver tarnishes none the less Clean it with Tarn Off and you will see Silver...

 

[jwelch66]

Its not brass, its 18 K Sterling Silver May have been gold plated but is gone or may have never been plated to begin with, silver tarnishes none the less Clean it with Tarn Off and you will see Silver... Thanks but it just cant be silver. Silver rings up high on my md. This rang up as a nickel.

 

[OldNBroken]

I didn't know silver was graded in karats

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Its not brass, its 18 K Sterling Silver May have been gold plated but is gone or may have never been plated to begin with, silver tarnishes none the less Clean it with Tarn Off and you will see Silver...

Are you saying its 18K gold over silver?

 

[Sandman]

What you have there is a sterling silver ring that was poured in a mold that had the 18 K built into the mold to save time an labor when they poured other metals like gold. I once found a huge ring that had the Mercedes emblem on top and 18 KT on the inside so I thought it was white gold. I soon learned about the silver ring I had and the way it was poured.

 

[texan connection]

I dont think so, Its a Brass ring that once had gold plate..
Its a fake. A old fake, and still a cool find. I haave several old Brass wedding bands a few still have some of the gold gilt left on them.
Thats not silver, and its not gold

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks green.

 

[CRUSADER]

I thought we had enough of these posted to know it copper-alloy (brass most likely)

 

[diggerfororo]

I thought we had enough of these posted to know it copper-alloy (brass most likely)

Brass,Brass, and Brass. I have dug or scooped about 100 in the last 35 years. We called them "Carnival" rings as they were found in that type of area or in the water.

Les

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I just found one today

 

[gunsil]

I'm a jewelry metalsmith, and have sterling, 14K and 18K stamps and I can turn anything into silver or gold. I don't do so, but others have for centuries, even millenia.