Need opions/help on possible gold ring.

[lonelyduckhunter]

Found this ring today in a old field house's, stores & Post Office dates back to 1732 last 70 years its been fields. The ring is marked 18k on inside of band and weights 9 grams a filed a small bit down and it looks like gold but the outer color is brown. It rang in the pull tab-penny range. My question is can gold turn this color? Or do you believe it may be a old fake ring.

18k mark on inside band

Any opions?

 

[Iron Patch]

Was probably plated brass, an older fake and maybe more common a find than you think. (I've seen many) The cut you made is showing brass not gold.

 

[CRUSADER]

Was probably plated brass, an older fake and maybe more common a find than you think. (I've seen many) The cut you made is showing brass not gold.

agreed

 

[Mackaydon]

It may be a fake, but any gold less than pure gold can tarnish--caused by the alloy, environment and other factors.

 

[SkyPirate]

What do you mean by this statement? "Found this ring today in a old field house's, stores & Post Office dates back to 1732 last 70 years its been fields"

 

[Noodle]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Could it be tarnished silver? Or tarished something else?

 

[lonelyduckhunter]

What do you mean by this statement? "Found this ring today in a old field house's, stores & Post Office dates back to 1732 last 70 years its been fields"

It means this site used to have 7 houses, 2 Stores and 1 Post Office dating back to mid 1700's. The last 70 years it's been a corn/soybean field.

 

[lonelyduckhunter]

Was probably plated brass, an older fake and maybe more common a find than you think. (I've seen many) The cut you made is showing brass not gold.

The cut your looking at is how it was. The small cut I made for some reason did not show up in pic #2. Really hate to be hacking on it deep until I get it tested.

I know it's not silver. Probaly is fake will know today but a very neat find for a soybean field imo.

 

[jeff of pa]

I Found one 10K in my life
that Tarnished Bad.

May have been what it was Mixed with.
it Cleand up in my Hand though just by Holding it
& Rubbing it with my Thumb.

 

[CRUSADER]

Was probably plated brass, an older fake and maybe more common a find than you think. (I've seen many) The cut you made is showing brass not gold.

The cut your looking at is how it was. The small cut I made for some reason did not show up in pic #2. Really hate to be hacking on it deep until I get it tested.

I know it's not silver. Probaly is fake will know today but a very neat find for a soybean field imo.

Fields is the only place I hunt, must be much nicer items out there, keep at those fields

 

[Silver Searcher]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

 

[Iron Patch]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

So maybe it's a 1k ring posted above.

 

[CRUSADER]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

I like facts.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

I like facts.

Didn't I show one

 

[CRUSADER]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

I like facts.

Didn't I show one

You made a very good point, & I partly agreed, just clarified the point. Gold is inert as other were pointing at, & yes Gold can change colour, but its not tarnish unless its mixed with base metal.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

I like facts.

Didn't I show one

You made a very good point, & I partly agreed, just clarified the point. Gold is inert as other were pointing at, & yes Gold can change colour, but its not tarnish unless its mixed with base metal.

You didn't clarify anything tarnish, stain what does it matter, it hasn't come out yellow, which is the point that was made, as usuall you just jumped in

 

[CRUSADER]

Clean it up a bit and show us! Forgive me, but I don't believe "gold turns another color." That's a true about gold; it's gold.

Interesting find!

Gold does tarnish, not always come out like Gold, have a look at this coin I found last year, as it come out, and after cleaning

SS

I'm going to agree with both of you & be a bit of a *****

"Tarnish is a thin layer that forms over copper, brass, silver, aluminum, and other semi-reactive metals as their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction"

(gold is inert)
Gold generally doesn't tarnish but picks up iron residue (for example) in areas were there are heavy concentrations.

Of course if gold is mixed with other base metals then differences can occur.

Doesn't matter how it ocurs he said doesn't turn another colour, items from the sea do so also, I know it's seepage or rea-action gees, why get involved

I like facts.

Didn't I show one

You made a very good point, & I partly agreed, just clarified the point. Gold is inert as other were pointing at, & yes Gold can change colour, but its not tarnish unless its mixed with base metal.

You didn't clarify anything tarnish, stain what does it matter, it hasn't come out yellow, which is the point that was made, as usuall you just jumped in

OK