First Gold Necklace

[Tony in FL]

I was very psyched to find my first gold necklace yesterday - 14K and about 20 inches in length. Also found an older looking silver ring with green stone.



HH!

Tony

 

[beancounter]

nice, and congratulations.

 

[kc10bull]

Wow! Nice would love to see that in my scoop

 

[petersra]

Awesome finds!!! I am still looking for my first "Real" gold necklace or bracelet. Tired of finding Gold plated junk. Maybe I need to go to the beach where the rich folks go, wherever that is. HH, Ralph

 

[Bootyhunter1971]

Wow!! Congrats! Was this stretched out or balled up? How deep in the water were you, just wandering as a fellow excal user. HH

 

[mr_larry]

That is some nice chunky gold! Great find! Were you in the water when you found it or in the wet sand zone?

 

[Silver Surfer]

WoW, nice chain indeed.... Just curious though, shouldnt a gold chain of that size weigh a lot more than 20 gms?
Sure hope all the big wave action predicted for the next week does some moving of the sand, and this time, the right sand (in the surf) to the right place (further out to sea)... Seems this summer that the storms just moved sand off the high beach and deposited it in the shallow surf...

 

[Tony in FL]

Wow!! Congrats! Was this stretched out or balled up? How deep in the water were you, just wandering as a fellow excal user. HH

That is some nice chunky gold! Great find! Were you in the water when you found it or in the wet sand zone?

Hi! I was definitely in the water, perhaps 2 or 3 feet deep. It was not balled up but I don't believe it was fully stretched either.

 

[Tony in FL]

WoW, nice chain indeed.... Just curious though, shouldnt a gold chain of that size weigh a lot more than 20 gms?

I was actually expecting it to weigh less than 20 grams but this was my first gold necklace find so I did not have much to draw upon.

After I read your message I got a bit worried so I tested one of the middle links in the chain with an acid scratch test. I am happy to say the scratches survived the 10K and 14K acids but dissolved on the 18K acid thereby lending support for the 14K markings.

 

[Smudge]

Beautiful find. The Excal strikes again!

 

[surfnturf]

Very nice!!! I bet you were psyched when that showed up!!! Great find!!!

 

[richm]

$490.00 at todays scrap price!!! http://gold.yabz.com/jewelry.htm

 

[tnt-k9]

Nice gold Still looking for my first necklace.

 

[Chug And Red]

Great finds, WTG!!! The stone in the ring looks like peridot. Someone is crying over losing those! Thanks for sharing and HH! Red

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Excellent I bet that neck chain came close to paying of that machine you found it with it .

 

[Montauk3]

Its nice to see some folks are scoring again.
congrats!

 

[detectahead]

Nice gold ticket there Tony! Good weight, Congrats!

 

[beachboy]

Tony, how was the tone on the necklace, loud, soft, etc, thanks ?

 

[seeker41]

great find!

 

[Tony in FL]

Tony, how was the tone on the necklace, loud, soft, etc, thanks ?

It sounded loud and clear and consisted of the classic Excalibur gold tone.