Early morning rings

[Da Sand Crab]

Got out for a few hours this morning and found a nice pocket of deep targets. A handful of clad, the normal junks and these three rings. I took the before cleaning and after cleaning photo's. One of the rings turned out to be plated junk. The gold is 9ct? a first for me, actually looks like 14k. We'll have to test it. The silver is .925. I finally put together a simple electrolysis unit and am pleased with the cleaning results.

 

[Shawmen]

Excellent results from the homegrown electro unit if u ask me ...nice recovery...that 9 ct. is a bit of a head scratcher isn't it?? Let us know what it tests out at....

 

[Sandman]

Excellent finds and clean up. You should post pics of your simple electrolysis unit for those that haven't seen one.

 

[lorraine]

WOW!!! Congrats on those ring finds!

Fabulous cleaning job, Da Sand Crab

I love that 9ct ring..it's beautiful!

Lorraine

 

[cntrydncr1]

9ct is common in europe. Congrats! that ring is gorgeous and looks to be old.

 

[DewGuru]

WTG - Excellent finds!!

 

[DrJoePrime]

Gotta Love those pockets!

Congrats on the Gold and Silver!

Did you use electrolysis on the gold too?

HH Joe

 

[gold nuggets]

Nice ring finds Da Sand Crab......your electrolysis unit
did a great job cleaning them. Like was already mentioned,
the 9ct marking is used a lot in Europe on gold jewelery.
HH Gold Nuggets

 

[metaldetectorguy]

Nice Finds...and Cleaning job! Congrats!

 

[detectahead]

Hey Crab, nice ticket on the honey hole! The 9 is a sweet looking ring! Like to see that set up you got

 

[Da Sand Crab]

Excellent finds and clean up. You should post pics of your simple electrolysis unit for those that haven't seen one.

I got the instructions on the "Cleaning and Preservation" page of this site. There is a post on making units and on that post there is a thread that directs you to gometaldecting.com/cleaning. Though it's been explained to me before, this explanation and illustration was step by step and easy to follow and it does work.

 

[Da Sand Crab]

Gotta Love those pockets!

Congrats on the Gold and Silver!

Did you use electrolysis on the gold too?

HH Joe

I was afraid to try it on the gold. I just used the lime juice soak and lightly broke the crust free of the ring. Usually you don't get stuff like that stuck to gold but I guess it's because of the low content and the other base metals being more predominant.

 

[niffler]

Sand Crab you always find the nicest stuff. Nice going, and keep it up because it really gets me ready to hit the water. Niffler