found this detecting

[1637]

any guesses on what is it make of? stones? how old?
thanks brad

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

The stone looks like amethyst

 

[Hawks88]

Have no idea but I like it. Looks like the stone might be set in silver. Nice find. Congrats

 

[A2coins]

Foes look old any markings on it

 

[1637]

there are no marking,
thanks brad

 

[Kray Gelder]

It's Made in India. Silver, amethyst and "marcasite". The little stones are faceted pyrite (marcasite). When new, the marcasite is really shiny. Yours are oxidized from being in the ground.

 

[Reanm8er]

What Kray said, often called "Black Diamond". Misnomer extraordinaire!

 

[1637]

age? cost?
thanks brad

 

[RelicHunterPro]

Nice

 

[Kray Gelder]

age? cost?
thanks brad

Well Brad, when I used to buy that stuff from India ( to resell ) 10+ years ago, a piece like yours cost me around $5. Of course, it was nice and shiny, and I would sell it for around $20. Age on yours is probably 1 to 20 years if I had to guess. It's really impossible to clean up, with the marcasite, so I would scrap it. A couple dollars, maybe. Good luck. The amethyst is pretty, but it is low grade and valueless, unfortunately. You could try buffing it up a bit, and give it away, but those marcasite are usually glued on, and have a tendency to fall off when buffing.

 

[1637]

ok thanks,i will just keep it.
brad

 

[Reanm8er]

I'm sure Papa's right! But it just occurred to me that this looks like a mourning pin. Have you looked for hall marks? Resembles silver.