Silver ring help.

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

There are some numbers inside this .925 silver ring. I think it says, 16-09. :dontknow:

Do you think this ring was made in 2009? Anyone ever see a ring like this? My girl says she has seen the style before and thinks its from Mexico. :dontknow:

BioProfessor · Jan 23, 2010

I know it has 925 inside the ring but it doesn't look like silver. If it is silver, cleaning it won't hurt the value. If silver polish just sits there and the ring doesn't turn it black. Not silver. Give it a go.

Daryl

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

I am confident that it is silver, because I dug a 1948 dime that looks the same. :wink:

BioProfessor · Jan 23, 2010

Doesn't look the same. The ring looks gray. The dime looks cruddy. If you clean the dime, and then compare the color, you might see the difference. Either that or you have some BAD soil there.

Daryl

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

Its called salt water.

I am more interested in the other numbers. I think this is a modern ring. :dontknow:

BioProfessor · Jan 23, 2010

Hey, I'm on Hilton Head Island and hunting from here to Charleston, SC. Salt water will turn stuff, like silver, lead, etc. black and then eat it for lunch. If you found them in salt water, they don't look like they have been there that long.

Numbers are probably related to model number or style from the manufacturer.

Daryl

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

I agree, check out the Mercury Dime I found also. $:-\$ , but nickles come out decent. :icon_thumleft:

Bramblefind · Jan 23, 2010

I am probably off the wall here but when I enlarged the "09" I thought it might instead read "OS" which is the chemical symbol for osmium. Then I thought perhaps the "16" is actually a "AG" which is the symbol for silver.

If it is silver-osmium perhaps that would explain the different look. I don't know if it could be a 925 and be silver osmium though.

I really don't know anything about it but there is my $0.02

Do you think the bands are onyx and turquoise?

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

Could be onyx and turquoise, but I am not sure. I did turn the ring upsidown and It may say 06-91. :icon_scratch:

BioProfessor · Jan 23, 2010

OSMIUM!!! RUN!!!!!

One of the most toxic metals EVER!!!

Daryl

Garabaldi · Jan 23, 2010

Bramblefind · Jan 23, 2010

Here are some forks marked osmium silver-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-Forks...ItemQQimsxq20091103?IMSfp=TL091103173003r5584

BioProfessor · Jan 23, 2010

What is Osmium?

November 17, 2008 by PreciousMetalInvestment.com
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Osmium is a shiny silvery-bluish gray brittle metal in the Platinum group of metals.

The chemical symbol for Osmium is Os.

When heated in air it gives off the characteristic and toxic odour of osmium tetroxide.

Because of the toxicity of osmium tetroxide the metal is most often used as an alloy with other metals and as a catalyst.

Osmium alloys are characterized by their hardness and consequent resistance to wear.

With Iridium, Osmium is the densest of all elements, being about twice the weight of gold by volume.

Another notable characteristic of Osmium is that it has a lower compressibility than diamonds.

extractor · Jan 23, 2010

BioProfessor said:
What is Osmium?

November 17, 2008 by PreciousMetalInvestment.com
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Osmium is a shiny silvery-bluish gray brittle metal in the Platinum group of metals.

The chemical symbol for Osmium is Os.

When heated in air it gives off the characteristic and toxic odour of osmium tetroxide.

Because of the toxicity of osmium tetroxide the metal is most often used as an alloy with other metals and as a catalyst.

Osmium alloys are characterized by their hardness and consequent resistance to wear.

With Iridium, Osmium is the densest of all elements, being about twice the weight of gold by volume.

Another notable characteristic of Osmium is that it has a lower compressibility than diamonds.

Gosh , I hope we don't have a test on that info on Friday.