Todays find of the day. Does it look real or cheep fake?

[Larryb]

Today's find of the day. Does it look real or cheep fake?

 

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[Critical Recovery]

I am no diamond expert, but that setting looks like real gold. DO you have a size reference?

 

[Larryb]

Never can find my caliper when I want it. On a tape measure the stone is about 1/4 inch.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

OPen back...good sign
The metal looks soft...good sign
the "stone" seems to have crisp sharp edges...good sign, but honestly I don't think anyone can give you a positive ID from a picture.

 

[Erik in NJ]

You need to look for occlusions in the stone with a 10x jeweler's loupe. If the gold setting came out of the ground shiny I'd say there's a good chance it's real. What is it--a pendant?? The pitted or crude looking setting is a bit odd though unless it's very old. A jeweler will easily tell you if it's real.

 

[Larryb]

I think it was a pendant. It did come out of the ground shiny. You can still see some dirt in the hole on the back. Old would be good I did find it in an area that I have found coins from the 1800s. Looks like a trip to the jeweler is next.

 

[war-digs-it]

Good luck, hope the item tests better than it looks in the pictures.
I see copper color on the edges of the setting, what looks to be loss of plating, missing post of
typical and common earring setting with no hallmarks. Four prongs for a valuable diamond... no.
I love to be wrong! From the pictures.. I wouldn't buy it and that is what I do for a part of my living.
Do have it checked by a reputable higher end jeweler, don't let them low-ball you, If they want to buy it then get it checked further before you sell.

 

[Larryb]

Thank you. Thats why I posted the pics because I knew someone would know more about these things than I do. The color difference is the lighting with a white light in front and a regular light behind. One way or the other I'm happy with it

 

[WHADIFIND]

My guess? Just from what I see, either cut glass or manmade "diamond".

Still so very neat to see that on the ground ain't it! Good eye!

Please let us know how it comes out.

HH!

 

[gleaner1]

That thing looks so crappy and cheap and fake its the bomb

 

[Edward1976]

Get a pro to check it out...

 

[unclemac]

take it to any mall jeweler, they will know

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Cameras just don't capture true color, so it is impossible to tell even if the setting is real or not from the picture, I was going on the pits, and scratches which suggests that it is soft.

And again, it is IMPOSSIBLE to tell if the stone is real or not from a picture, as far as how many prongs, that has nothing to do with nothing.

Admittedly the possibility of it not being real is a lot greater than it being real, but only someone who really knows, will know in person. It's easy to call it junk, and those that have have a good chance of being right, but when you do get it checked take along your camera, and ask the guy if it is possible to tell from the picture.

 

[Chlorophylliate]

Do the fog test by breathing on it. Carbon wont trap the heat of ones breath, so if it doesnt fog it COULD be a diamond. Also take a steel pin and rub the girdle of the stone perpendicularly and if it shaves the pin it COULD be a diamond. But the only true sure fire way is to check for inclusions and do a therm test

 

[pepperj]

It's like Rick stated it's hard to tell from a picture where the stone is real or not. Looking at the setting the metal is really pitted(crude) from the casting and usually gold settings are a lot smother and fine looking in appearance.
Good luck with the visit at the jeweler's hope it's real. Anything looking like that is a total nitro moment when it's coming out of the dirt.

 

[creskol]

[h=2]Today's find of the day. Does it look real or cheep fake? [/h]

Answer: Yes it does

 

[Lakemonster]

The basket setting in of itself leads me to consider it real. Yup.... if you dont have a diamond tester or an acid kit... then it would be worth the gas money to consult a jeweler.

 

[TheCoinKid]

A close call, but I'll go with fake. Thinking it would have more prongs , if real.

Hope it is real, though. Good luck and let us know the outcome.

TCK

 

[Curious The George]

Since the thing with the hole is at right angle to the diamond I am going with a stick pin that the pin parted company with the jewel and it got lost. I'd at least be taking it to a jewelry store and asking someone who knows what they are looking at.

 

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Keep @ it and HH !!