PALLADIUM?

coin1921 · Nov 13, 2009

My younger brother dug this yesterday and says the stamp on the inside of the ring is PD.

Is it possible that this stands for Palladium.

I hate to say this, but he claims he tried to scratch the center stone with a razor knife?, and could not scratch it.

Based on the picture, is it possible this could be a diamond ring set in Palladium.

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Nov 13, 2009

Hi,

I think your right, I don't know much about having real stones in Palladium so they could be real, I guess... :dontknow:

They do use it as an alloy like Silver/Palladium or White Gold/Palladium if its White Gold and Palladium then you can presume the stones are real. :icon_scratch:

I think its just Palladium cause it would have a 14k mark or some mark to show the gold too. :icon_scratch:

If it was an Alloy mix. Don't try and scratch glass with it, however hard a diamond is it can still chip and crack the points or even the facets.

You can do some home tests, can you see the bottom of the diamond mount through the top of the diamond? If you can its likely not real.. Another one is to breath on the stone, if it clears instantly its real. If it takes a few seconds (3-4) to clear the fog from your breath its fake.

Keep @ it and HH !!

Jaws2 · Nov 13, 2009

Looks real to me! Nice find, any jeweler will have a diamond checker,and can confirm if its real or not.

Great find.

Bigp2

seger98 · Nov 13, 2009

I have no clue, but nice find all the same!

Rasputin · Nov 13, 2009

Definitely palladium. It's becoming more and more popular as a jewelry metal as platinum and gold skyrocket in value. Stone is probably real--get it tested!

sscindercoop · Nov 13, 2009

Nice ring

tymcmurray · Nov 13, 2009

Tell him nice find!

Bob S · Nov 13, 2009

Nice Find WTG

rockyredbaron · Nov 13, 2009

PD definitely does stand for Palladium. Now get it tested and let us know...some more photos would be nice as well. WTG

50 percent chance its real ..we all hope for you that it is !!! Good Luck

Rockyredbaron

HH to all

DaChief · Nov 13, 2009

Is there a 950 after the PD? Your Ring is Palladium. It is a popular metal for rings now and back years ago also. Today it is selling for about 360 per troy ounce with gold at 1118 so that gives you some perspective of its value. Silver is at about 17. Great find. PD 950 is about pure Palladium. Anything less is like others have said. There are lesser alloys it could be mixed with which would make it less valuable.

Here is a link to a blog about Palladium. I believe it is an older blog but it has good information.

http://www.danforthdiamond.com/blog/palladium-jewelry

DaChief

Ricky1601 aka pull tab king · Nov 14, 2009

real or not awesome find thanks for sharing and keep us posted if it's real or not good luck to you and hh

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Nov 14, 2009

This just in.... :evil5:

They do use real diamonds in Palladium :hello2:

so they could be real stones!! :hello2:

Normally they don't use real stones in anything under 14k Gold and they don't put them in plated jewelry. :read2:

Keep @ it and HH!!

baylorhall · Nov 14, 2009

Beautiful! Let us know if it is real!!

silvereagle78 · Nov 14, 2009

Absolutely get this stone tested!, My wifes engagement ring which has a very sizeable diamond in it is made from palladium. As stated above it is increasingly becoming a more poplar metal. Nice find :thumbsup:

coin1921 · Nov 16, 2009

Thank you all for all the input. I have been busy at work and off-line for awhile. He was to go to the jewelry store today to inquire about the ring, and I will post the outcome tommorrow

thanks

big paul · Nov 16, 2009

awesome ring

phantomfinder · Nov 16, 2009

Take it to some one that does know if it's real or fake , :icon_thumleft:

time4me · Nov 16, 2009

Keeping tabs on this post, as that is one hunk of stone if it is real!!!! Please update us as soon as you find out.

HH,

Jim

coin1921 · Nov 17, 2009

My brother took the ring to the jewelers today and received the bad news. According to the jeweler, the stones are CZ's, and the band is made out of magnesium. The jeweler advised that the PD stamped inside the band was the manufacture ID.
Sorry for raising all the excitement, but I thought by his discription, there was a chance it was real.

allen · Nov 17, 2009

even been fake its still a beautiful ring !!!

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