The Find of (My) Lifetime So Far!

[airborne1092]

The other day while on lunch, I went fossicking around down at the river for jaspers and serpentines, I found a large 18k gold men's ring that weighs .8 ozt~ 💥💥Woot!

 

[Evan in CA]

Well let me be the first to congratulate you. Thats a winner.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent find - congrats !

 

[BLACKIE555]

Gold !! YAY !! GOOD JOB 👍

 

[UnderMiner]

Great! Let's get some more pictures of it shiny!

 

[Gare]

Fantastic FIND GLAD for you

 

[AU Seeker]

Awesome find!

BUT please have it tested, the color looks strange to me, gold especially 18kt gold usually doesn't look dirty/tarnished like that no matter how long it's been exposed in the dirt/environment.

Let us know the test results.

 

[mikeinOC1]

Nice chunk of gold but I tend to agree with Au Gold seeker. MIght want to test it. I

 

[Tesorodeoro]

The other day while on lunch, I went fossicking around down at the river for jaspers and serpentines, I found a large 18k gold men's ring that weighs .8 ozt~ 💥💥Woot!


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Looks like two different rings! Is that an illusion ? What does the face of the ring look like. Appears to have a different metal on the shoulder?

 

[philber]

Cha Ching!

 

[Mackaydon]

Stunning; congrats !
Don in SoCal

 

[airborne1092]

Awesome find!

BUT please have it tested, the color looks strange to me, gold especially 18kt gold usually doesn't look dirty/tarnished like that no matter how long it's been exposed in the dirt/environment.

Let us know the test results.

"Trust, but always verify." RR

 

[djackson7348]

Now that's a nice slice of sunshine, Congratulations.

 

[xr7ator]

I was going to post this yesterday, but mom always said don't say anything if nothing good to say. Now, it seems many agree;
That's some brassy looking 18k and I sure hope I'm wrong. Can we see the front of the ring and is this the way you found it or has it been cleaned?
I have many fake gold rings with the same 18K stamp.

 

[Trezurehunter]

That's a nice piece of big chunky gold !

 

[iAmMike]

That's a honker! Nice one

 

[Brown owl]

The other day while on lunch, I went fossicking around down at the river for jaspers and serpentines, I found a large 18k gold men's ring that weighs .8 ozt~ 💥💥Woot!


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Well done 👍🏻

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's winner!!!!!! Congrats!

 

[billb]

Outstanding Achievement
Congratulations on your success
Thanks again for sharing

 

[FC-Treasure]

The color is off for 18K. My refiner gave me an interesting tip. He said that real gold won't smell metallic but the "gas station" gold rings will have a metallic scent. Of course acid testing and an XRF analyzer if acid is inconclusive is the way to go, but the smell test is an interesting sanity check.