Its better than 23K GOLD ~ WOOHOO!!!

[oddcoins]

It's better than 23K GOLD ~ WOOHOO!!!

Hello!

I dug this gold ring a couple weeks ago at a local park. At the time I didn't know what the marking were inside in band, but someone in the WHATS-IT forum said it's Japanese for PURE GOLD. So . . . . yesterday I took the ring to a local coin/jewelry shop to have it tested . . . . yep, sure enough, it tested at very high . . . they said it's better than 23K!! WOOHOO ~ 3.6 grams of GOLD!!!!

That same day that I dug the ring I dug a few other goodies . . . . . in particular the 1925-s Merc dime . . . . it's in pretty good shape . . . the guy at the coin shop said it's a solid VF, but not quite a XF/EF.

THANKS for looking!!
Neil

 

[Billinoregon]

Nice find! Go Ducks!

 

[hamiddetecting]

The congratulation!

 

[FamilyFun2010]

So, on the ring, I guess one is the makers mark and the other is the gold mark? Just guessing. lol Everything else is cool too!

 

[cntrydncr1]

awesome!! congrats

 

[leprechaun]

Awesome ring.

 

[Jason in TN]

What detector were you using and what was the reading. Just curious have heard pure gold reads higher on the scale than like 10 or 14k would.

jason

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[oddcoins]

What detector were you using and what was the reading. Just curious have heard pure gold reads higher on the scale than like 10 or 14k would.

jason

I have a Minelab eTrac ~ it came in a solid 12-35 . . . . . that's much higher than most gold rings come in on the eTrac

 

[Jason in TN]

That is very interesting I had heard that high k gold would read up into the coin range. Thanks

Jason

 

[brennan]

I wonder how old it is