Well the Elite finnaly found somthing good

[skip_fla]

I was out on Monday just before low tide and was working a new cut. I started to find a lot of lead fishing weights and then out pops this baby . It has .925 stamped on the ring where the chain would of passed thru. What do y'all think is it real or memorex.

 

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[jeff of pa]

For as old as it looks, I'd have it checked. CONGRATS, on the great find ; HH Jeff

 

[kenb]

Congrats!! great find! is there any thing stamped on the cross itself and how big is it?

 

[skip_fla]

The cross it's self is 2 1/2" tall by 1 1/2" wide. I can't see any thing stamped on the cross, only on the ring wher the chain would pass thru, it's marked 925

 

[jeff of pa]

Most silver does come out of water tarnished gray. something that intricate most likely is. as for the Diamonds. they did mount real diamonds in silver years ago.

 

[Leon]

Great Find!
It reminds me of the one I found awhile back.

This one is marked " 925 ", and above that? " GM " in the same place, on the loop, in the back...
It's also about the same size: 2- 7/8" long, and 1-1/2" wide...

My main point of showing you this one is that the first jeweler I took it to said, it look old to him, and he wasn't sure if the diamonds were real or not...He said if he had to guess, he would guess that they were real. I took it to some other jewelers, and they pretty much, just looked at it at a glance and said, Sterling silver/ Cubic Zirconium's... I still haven't taken it somewhere that I could probably trust to really find out...
A lot of them will tell you they don't put diamonds in silver, but as Jeff stated, they used to years ago...
Knowing where you found yours,, I would say, it's a good chance that it is old, and the diamonds are real...
We might want to take the to the Antiques Road Show...
Good luck & Happy Hunting~

 

[kenb]

Thats pretty big, must have a little weight to it. The .925 is the grade of the silver, its a little odd that the cross isn't stamped too. Can you tell if the loop appears to be solid all the way around? or if theres a split were it was opened to go over the ring on the cross

 

[skip_fla]

First off thanks guys.

kenb: yes there does seem to be a split in the ring and then soldered together. Don't know what it weighs yet I will be going down to work tomarrow to pick up my check and will weight them then.

This was my best find to date. However I went out for a little bit today and look what else I found It's also marked 925.

 

[kenb]

Fantastic!, your on a roll, dont stop now!

 

[skip_fla]

Well I got the weights yesterday down at work, the cross weighs in at 18.7 grams and the ring at 7.06 grams. I stopped at a beach on the way home for about 4 hours. I didn't find anything good this time just $2.63 cents in clad, I believe one is a 1953 Wheaties and an almost silver dime 1965. maybe next time. I showed the cross to one of my co-workers and he said that the diamonds looked real to him, but who knows. It's back to work next week so I'll probably take it to a jeweler down in west palm and get it checked out.

HH to all

 

[warthog steve]

real diamonds or not,you found it;something to be proud of!I have found lots of crosses;but none with stones!!!

 

[navychief1968]

Skip,

Old time elite user here myself. One question. What does that cross read on your LCD readout? On my machine, silver always reads "550". One thing tho, my machine has some internal custom modifications so your LCD reading may not be the same as mine. A good test for you would be to test your machine on some known silver objects, note the LCD reading, then check your find. Are the readings the same? Then it's more than likely silver.
Lastly, The level of corrosion and pitting on that find of yours concerns me. It looks like it may have been silver plated and the salt has started "eating" the cheaper base metal.

Chris Reynolds
Chief Petty Officer, USN

 

[skip_fla]

Steve P: Believe me I'm proud of it. It is better than any clad or toys that I've found

navychief1968: I've modified my meter to the 180 scale. On the ring that I posted that has 925 stamped on the inside it reads 180 on the meter. The cross also reads 180, even if I do the wiggel on it. I also checked if it would be attracted to a magnet (the ones out of a hard drive, man those things are strong) and it wasn't, just like the ring.

 

[navychief1968]

Skip,

Sounds like you got yourself a really nice find there. Congratulations! You going to take it to a jeweler or pawn shop and have it tested to see it those are real diamonds?


Chris Reynolds
Chief Petty Officer, USN