Where did it go?? Ring 137 Gold?

[Fix]

I had a very low signal. I would have missed it if I didn't have my discrimination turned all the way down. This is why I keep it turned down. That's where some of the gold is.
My meter reads 573 for a quarter, about 450 for a nickel. This reading was at 260.
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Ever since I got my Garrett Pinpointer I've spent less time pinpointing with the detector before going for the object. I got a little too speedy on this one because I missed it by an inch. So I dug over a tad with the trowel. The signal then disappeared. I couldn't find it anywhere. Then I saw it... This is a recreation, lol.
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This ring doesn't have any markings on it. It's very light in color. No corrosion. I'm pretty sure it's gold but I need to get it tested. I do have a 14k ring this color. I knicked the ring just a tiny bit with the trowel. I can see it's solid metal. The stone's real. A garnet maybe?

 

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[leaker]

If you get a loop look for bubbles in the stone.no bubbles then you have something. Bubbles and you have glass.don't drink and drive you might spill your drink

 

[Emma1121]

My dad is a silversmith and I've grown up working in the jewelry industry as a diamondtologist. Judging from the scratches on that stone you've got something fairly soft on the hardness scale- 6 or under if it's real. Could be a synthetic however- definitely not garnet though with that pretty blue. Good luck identifying it further!

 

[pl8man]

Beautiful ring !

 

[Fix]

If you get a loop look for bubbles in the stone.no bubbles then you have something. Bubbles and you have glass.don't drink and drive you might spill your drink

I have a 16 power jewelers loupe. It looks clear to me. No bubbles.

 

[Fix]

My dad is a silversmith and I've grown up working in the jewelry industry as a diamondtologist. Judging from the scratches on that stone you've got something fairly soft on the hardness scale- 6 or under if it's real. Could be a synthetic however- definitely not garnet though with that pretty blue. Good luck identifying it further!

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I meant sapphire when i said garnet. oops.. It can't be a sapphire either because it's not hard enough like you said. I put it on my diamond tester. The light moves up three spaces so I don't believe it's glass. With glass it doesn't move at all or sometimes 1 space.
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It also turns red under a black light. Any thoughts?

 

[Finn74]

Hey Fix. Nice find. I seem to remember reading somewhere that blue diamonds glow red under black light. I'd definitely have someone check it for sure. HH

 

[cntrydncr1]

very nice looking find! congrats

 

[Emma1121]

I'm thinking synthetic, tanzanite, or iolite without having to go get an appraisal. Synthetics aren't necessarily bad, or as I like to call it "fake it till you make it" !