Need help ! What type of metal is Platium ?

[Ratman]

I have a buddy who found a large ( white in color ) mans ring . Stamped on the inside in clear bold letters is the word PLATIUM . There's no other markings anywhere ! Is this another word for Platinum or is it white gold or some other type of metal . It's heavy and weighs in at 8.9 grams .

Can anyone shed a little light on this ?

Thanks
Mike

 

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[ivan salis]

click on "metals" above shows the current "spot" prices of various metals --gold is 1130 ===platinum is 1600-- so oz per oz so its worth more than "yellow gold" -- its often called white gold even though its not gold at all but its own seperate thing

there are 31 grams in a troy oz -- thats jewelers oz used for precious metals=== so 8.9 grams is about .287 of a troy oz x 1600 per oz -- thats $459.20 in platium

 

[Ratman]

Thanks Ivan ,

So then Platium is Platinum ? Or not .

HH
Mike

 

[ivan salis]

yes PLATINUM is a "element" of its own --due to its being used in jewelry like "yellow" gold and its high cost ( more than gold)--many folks in error call it "white gold" commonly

in simple terms == platnium is platinum markings commonly used on platinum items PLAT -- 950 ( note sterling silver is marked 925 --however 950 means platinum --big differance there $$$ wize !! )--and of course the word ---platinum--- like your says

your buddy got a great find there.

 

[Ratman]

Thanks again Ivan I'll give him the good news .
HH
Mike

 

[Seamuss]

Platinum: One of the precious metals- actually a group of precious metals that are used in electronics and catalytic converters. Platinum is also used in jewelry and as coins.

If you Google platinum and do a little bit of research, you can find all sorts of interesting information on that metal and it's uses.

 

[Argentium]

I think there might be some confusion in this thread between the word platium, and the word
platinum. Argentium.

 

[jim4silver]

There is no such thing as Platium (as far as elements go). There is Platinum and Palladium. Both are in the Platinum metals group, along with a few other rare metals.

Maybe some type of manmade item, but doesn't show up in Webster's dictionary or in Google searches.

Jim

 

[ivan salis]

spelling error clearly . -- platinum * (white in color) ring

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Maybe some type of manmade item, but doesn't show up in Webster's dictionary or in Google searches.

I used google and got 284,000 hits on the word platium

 

[cyberdan]

bold letters is the word PLATIUM

There are a lot of fakes out there. Maybe the company purposly misspelled the word to make people think it is platinum and it is really just a base metal.

For the fun of it, I bid on an ebay item I knew was fake. The chinese guy purposly listed his ring as "18K gild ring" with a starting price of one cent. I bid one cent and won knowing full well it was fake. When I got it I tested it and just a base metal with yellow metal plating. I do not like counterfiters of tricksters. He is a power seller on ebay so I know I will be fighting with ebay too. I don't think they are going to punish someone who does so much business with them.

 

[jim4silver]

Maybe some type of manmade item, but doesn't show up in Webster's dictionary or in Google searches.

I used google and got 284,000 hits on the word platium

I should have specified that none of the "hits" I saw were in reference to jewelry stamped with such a word. The few I checked were due to spelling-challenged folks who could not spell platinum, or names of companies or places, etc.

Can you show me one of those "hits" that lists a type of PM used to make jewelry?

Jim

 

[ivan salis]

18 kt gild or gilt --gilded or gilted is a gold toned coating --clearly spelt that way to take advanage of folks -- no one but no one is going to sell a "real" 18 kt ring for 1 cent --- get real folks , think for a second --if it does not make sense its generally a rip off in some way.

 

[cyberdan]

18 kt gild or gilt --gilded or gilted is a gold toned coating --clearly spelt that way to take advanage of folks --

the one cent was an opening bid. I knew it was fake, just wanted to let future customers and ebay know about him. It is comming from the fake/ripoff capitol of the world, China.

no one but no one is going to sell a "real" 18 kt ring for 1 cent

I have come across some good deals in my metal hunting lifetime.
Platinum mans ring for $1
14K white gold broach (more than 20g) for 50¢

 

[ivan salis]

if you came across those kind of "deals" --clearly you were dealing with "morons" who do not have a clue and do not know where to buy one either. -- but if ypu paid their "asking" price, they screwed themselves -- yep proof that stupidity and / or carelessness can hurt you bad fiscally.

 

[cyberdan]

if you came across those kind of "deals" --clearly you were dealing with "morons" who do not have a clue and do not know where to buy one either. -- but if ypu paid their "asking" price, they screwed themselves -- yep proof that stupidity and / or carelessness can hurt you bad fiscally.

they were just sittin (actually on the bottom) in a basket of junk jewelry at a yard sale. I always look at everything.

 

[ivan salis]

I too keep a "sharp eye" out -- folks call it being a "hustler" where I come from --to be alert for any chance to make a buck