Yesterdays eyeball finds from the streets of Manhattan

Mike95inNJ · Dec 12, 2009

Marked K14. The diamonds look real. My kid tells me open backed means they might be real because they have to breath. I guess the only way to find out for sure is to take em to a jeweler. The other is marked .925. I'll take it.
HH, Mike in NJ

Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.) · Dec 12, 2009

Great eyeball finds Mike :thumbsup:

wyattrr · Dec 12, 2009

Nothing like these finds to keep the eyes sharp...Congrats :wink:

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Dec 12, 2009

HAHA, OMG !!

lol, Well your kids are on the right track the open back is for cleaning. :read2:

Diamonds don't breath the are not alive :laughing7:

Anyway 14k is a good sign the stones are real, along with the open back. :icon_thumleft:

14k and up is the standard for using real diamonds. Personally I think the stones are real. :headbang:

Hard to tell the size but a carat is about the size of a pea. So half a Carat is about the size of half a pea. Depending on the clarity of the stones about $300 a carat. A home test you can do is try and read a newspaper through the stone. If you can read it then its likely fake, but if you can't read it then its likely real. I'm 95% sure they are real.... :icon_scratch:

Let me ask was is flashing when you walked up on it or did it look like a spot of sunlight?

Nice find, awesome eye !! :notworthy:

Keep @ It and HH!!

mlayers · Dec 12, 2009

Nice find with the eyes. I always walk and looking at the ground never know what is going to be around the corner.....Matt

DigginThePast · Dec 12, 2009

Nice finds. You got gold and silver for sure. Diamonds would be a plus. :icon_thumright:

rockyredbaron · Dec 12, 2009

Mike,

Let us know how they test out !!! WTG

Rockyredbaron

HH to all

Mike95inNJ · Dec 12, 2009

MUD(S.W.A.T) said:
HAHA, OMG !!

lol, Well your kids are on the right track the open back is for cleaning. Diamonds don't breath the are not alive Anyway 14k is a good sign the stones are real, along with the open back. 14k and up is the standard for using real diamonds. Personally I think the stones are real. Hard to tell the size but a carat is about the size of a pea. So half a Carat is about the size of half a pea. Depending on the clarity of the stones about $300 a carat. A home test you can do is try and read a newspaper through the stone. If you can read it then its likely fake, but if you can't read it then its likely real. I'm 95% sure they are real.... Let me ask was is flashing when you walked up on it or did it look like a spot of sunlight?

Nice find, awesome eye !!

Keep @ It and HH!!

I actually found it in the shade. I had just finished a quick slice of pizza and walked out, turned the corner to get out of the wind to light a smoke and just saw it laying there. Over the years I've found alot of jewelry in the city. Mostly single earrings. I wait till there's enough of them then sell em. I'm a color imaging tech in a walking territory so I'm constantly finding things on the ground. Also found three bags of weed this year along with a $50 bill. Always scanning the ground.
HH, Mike in NJ

capndan151 · Dec 12, 2009

Hope they're real. If not still got the gold backing!

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Dec 13, 2009

I see, your like my cousin she would find $20, $50, or even $100 every time she went to the mall. I had a friend in school who always found bags of weed everywhere he went. You could take the kid to an Opera and he would find a bag of weed... :laughing9:

Anyway.

I can't get over this find those are some real nice Diamonds.

I'd say banner, but no one will give the recognition they deserve. :dontknow:

How big are they? Put a pea next to them and take a picture, heh. :laughing7:

Fake stones or glass will flash when you walk up to them.

A diamond looks like a spot of constant sunlight. :read2:

Awesome find !! :icon_thumleft:

Keep @ it and HH !!

Mike95inNJ · Dec 17, 2009

Re: Yesterdays eyeball finds from the streets of Manhattan (update)

Well my wife took these diamonds to a local jeweler yesterday and was told they're glass. :'(