Tungsten Carbide......oh well

Hag730 · May 27, 2014

Nice ring.....but no gold last night.

Click on link for the dig video Tungsten Carbide Wedding Ring Video by hag730 | Photobucket

tnt-k9 · May 27, 2014

Nice find still. How do you like that scoop?

lookindown · May 27, 2014

It is a nice ring...they are making some beautiful tungsten, titanium and stainless rings...even putting diamonds and gold accents on them...I hate it. :laughing7:

bigscoop · May 27, 2014

Sign of the times, unfortunately. Tungsten is becoming quite the norm now days.

Hag730 · May 27, 2014

tnt-k9 said:
Nice find still. How do you like that scoop?

Long story, but here goes.... I bought the TREX off ebay in 2012 from a guy who won it in a raffle. I got it for 118.00, which was a good price. I love the scoop.....it moves a lot of earth. I broke the welds on top after about a year of use. I took it to a local fabrication shop and paid about 40 bucks for them to reinforce the welds, never had a problem after that. I made the mistake of letting my brother use it once and he bent the front some how :dontknow:

I re-formed it.....good as new, but the stainless has never been the same, I pretty much have to pound it out with a hammer after every use now. Problem is, Ive become attached to it. I tried using the RTG that came with my excel and hate it. Ive thought about bringing it to somebody and seeing if they could re-anneal it? My guess is it may make it brittle? I suppose at some point I'll have to buy another. I like the Stealth, but thats a heavy SOB.....not sure Id want to drag that around all day.

Hag730 · May 27, 2014

lookindown said:
It is a nice ring...they are making some beautiful tungsten, titanium and stainless rings...even putting diamonds and gold accents on them...I hate it.

We'll........they need to stop! :laughing7:

hubcap76 · May 27, 2014

They make good gifts

Hag730 · May 27, 2014

hubcap76 said:
They make good gifts

Good idea.....but, I have pretty good size hands and my wedding band is a 10.....this ring is a 13? Who has fingers that big?

hubcap76 · May 27, 2014

Haha I am right there with you. Small fingers, found one today that fits my thumb. Could always fabricate wind chimes with then, make soothing sounds of rings in a scoop

lookindown · May 27, 2014

bigscoop said:
Sign of the times, unfortunately. Tungsten is becoming quite the norm now days.

Don't say that. :nono:

lorraine · May 29, 2014

That's a very nice looking ring, Hag.

It's style has class; I think it would sell quickly ..looks new.

Lorraine

tnt-k9 · May 29, 2014

Hag730 said:
Long story, but here goes.... I bought the TREX off ebay in 2012 from a guy who won it in a raffle. I got it for 118.00, which was a good price. I love the scoop.....it moves a lot of earth. I broke the welds on top after about a year of use. I took it to a local fabrication shop and paid about 40 bucks for them to reinforce the welds, never had a problem after that. I made the mistake of letting my brother use it once and he bent the front some how I re-formed it.....good as new, but the stainless has never been the same, I pretty much have to pound it out with a hammer after every use now. Problem is, Ive become attached to it. I tried using the RTG that came with my excel and hate it. Ive thought about bringing it to somebody and seeing if they could re-anneal it? My guess is it may make it brittle? I suppose at some point I'll have to buy another. I like the Stealth, but thats a heavy SOB.....not sure Id want to drag that around all day.

I've been looking at the Stealth, thinking that it would work well in the water and dry sand. The diamond head I use takes 2 good men and a small boy to work the dry sand, but works great in the water and rocky areas and it is one solid piece of steel.

redcobra8u · May 29, 2014

Hag730 said:
Nice ring.....but no gold last night. Click on link for the dig video Tungsten Carbide Wedding Ring Video by hag730 | Photobucket <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1001223"/>

Sell it on eBay. I got $125 for a Tiffany & Co ring I found. More than what melt value would have been if it were 14K. People buy this stuff. Why...I don't know but cash is cash.

Irishgoldhound · May 29, 2014

Nice looking ring. It's amazing how much they sell for in the stores but are worth nothing after.

CLWCRACKER · May 31, 2014

Had a ring just like it. Lost it in an airport. Glad I did. They can't cut it off if your finger swells in it.
They have to cut your finger off and reattach it. Things they don't tell ya when u buy one.

gamiller · May 31, 2014

Tungsten carbide .... oh well.
As slow as things have been today I would have been thrilled to have found that.

Hag730 · Jun 2, 2014

Cut your finger off huh? That's crazy if its true..... :icon_scratch:

Hag730 · Jun 2, 2014

I thought about maybe selling it......but if you look on ebay, similar rings are all over for about 16.00 dollars. Ill probably just keep it in the collection.