Gold pendant, maybe...

[lateral line]

I found this, what appears to be gold pendant, yesterday at a local park. Like the proverbial duck, it walks like and talks like gold, but has no "karat" mark on the back. Does gold jewelry always have a " karat" mark??

Thanks in advance.
Greg

 

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[creskol]

Cool .. Have it tested .. Nice looking grouping of goodies!

 

[Metal Magnet]

no. i have seen older gold with no markings. though it is rare. testing it is the only way to know. good luck!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Great finds--have the "gold" tested.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Desertvet]

Looks like you had a really awesome day!! Congrats...and like others have said on here...get it checked out and fill us in on the outcome. Happy hunting!!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice Digs!
the wear on the pendants eyelet say gold,
plated base metals don't wear as easily as gold, especially Hi Karat
and a close exam of the area should show consistent color.
the look of the back is kinda weird
An all metal test kit runs 13 bucks on epay, everyone should have one

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Agree with Steelheadwill...no wear through marks...I vote solid gold!

 

[testing123]

Often the karat marking is on the bale (bail?), but that's what appears to have broken off. I agree with others that is looks gold.

 

[umrgolf]

Agreed, gold.. in the past year ive found a couple gold items that didn't have a purity marking

 

[jewelerguy]

looks like a winner to me. the theme of the engraving makes me think it may be from some place like Thailand and therefore may be a high karat gold like 22k. it shows wear to the loop from being on a chain