update Is this real gold yes it was!

[airbrush]

I went metal detecting this morning and detected this cross it said it was a nickle it has 19 diamond looking stones in it and it looks like gold it was like 4" in the ground,it is heavy but i dont c no markings on it like a rings Karts. How do I tell if its reel gold. I put this quarter next to it to tell how big it is.

 

[allen]

id say u did good, but i would have got the penny weight and called around u possibly could have got more but it dont realy matter u made a good lot of money!!! and payed for ur mtd so id say u did good!!!! id say u should right up a good story and u might get on banner!!! good job!! congrats!!!


hh kayon

I thought about voting it for banner, but he doesnt have enough posts' yet.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Heh,

You may have got him good... 10k Gold or lower most commonly has CZ stones in it. So if its only 10k he has about $400 in gold. If it was a higher Karat and has real stone I'd appraise it with that many stones at $1500 for the stones alone. You should have been offered half of that at least at $750 but $480 is not so bad but... Always take your jewelry to more than one place a 2nd opinion and even a half a tank of gas to drive to another shop is worth the $200- $300 difference.

Good find, easy money !!

Keep @ It and HH !!

 

[Bikerboyzx6r]

Well done!...

One way to find out what it "really" is.... go back & see what he is selling it for

You did well..... you found it remember

Dan

 

[hammong]

Re: Is this real gold

Well i got the results from the jeweler today. It was 10K GOLD ! I sold it for $480 I was well pleased. I found the cross with my new Whites prizm G5 one week to the day I got it,it paid for it's self with that one find. All I can say is that Whites did it again.

As long as you are pleased, that is all that matters. For next time, take it to a few places and keep a calculator with you. How much did it weigh? Did they check it for 14K or 18K purity? I won't beat the dead horse, but there are different acid tests for different purity of gold. They start at the "bottom" 10K and work their way up until the item doesn't pass the test. If he tested at 10K and said "yep it's 10K gold" and didn't test it further, they MOST CERTAINLY are unscrupulous at best. If the item would have tested at 18K (and that's not a stretch, considering their width/thickness of the joints and clasp) - you might have sold him $900 worth of gold for $480, and gave him the diamonds for FREE.

Greg

 

[Jaygee Western MA]

jewelers don't pay market price, you have to send it to the refinery to get 95% would have checked out the stones

 

[Wayupnorth66]

good thing you sold it! It doesn't pay to think greedy all the time. You paid off your machine and theres a sense of major accomplishment in that..congrats

 

[beachboy]

That cross is awesome. I would be wearing it....

 

[celticfury]

$480 you didnt have a week ago is nothing to sneeze at.
well done!