Did I find my first gold? Another dirt digging day with Indian Steve

[DeepseekerADS]

At least it was another good day, but very stiff wind gusts - I teetered on one leg several times during a blast!

I found 26 cents, 2 nickels, 5 dimes and 4 quarters for a total of 37 total coins.

Also found this apparent silver charm. It's marked but even with the celestron I can't read it. I did the 18k gold acid test for it, and it turned bright blue, showing positive. It's tiny, weighs .69 grams.



And, I found this ring, Steve & I thought it was brass, the color is just a little off. We couldn't find any markings. So, I tested it using the 10k acid and it did not dissolve. I moved up to 14k acid and it did dissolve.

Indicating positive?

Pretty ring:





The ring weighs 5.33 grams

Keep digging! There's something for everybody!

 

[trapperart]

Very nice congrats

 

[relic nut]

That ring looks great! Glad you got out. Just lean into it 💨

HH, RN

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Last night I was just about convinced that ring was 10K.

This morning I wanted to prove it to myself again, and now I'm not sure. I tested it again and used the Celestron to snap a good picture of it. Maybe I had the lighting off.

But Today I'm not convinced it is gold, though a lot of the patch had not dissolved with the new 10K test swipe. Here's a pic, maybe not the best pic, but you can somewhat see not all had dissolved after 10 minutes under the solution.



Any input?

 

[testing123]

It looks like it may be plated. Your test yesterday may have rubbed off the gold plating, and today it was down to the base metal

 

[A2coins]

That ring looks to be poorly crafted I doubt its gold I have had that happen to me many times. Though that you thought it was gold for a while is a good feeling !!!!!!!! While it lasted

 

[smokeythecat]

Very nice looking ring!

 

[Doc Arey]

Looks like 10 K to me!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Still a nice looking ring.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Well, I guess I'll just have to go out and dig another one!!!

You know, if at first... Then, try again! That's pretty easy to do since I'm fever stricken!