Small Gold To Start The Year

[The Seeker]

Went to a rocky beach that I only visit during winter months and it paid off with a small 10k ring.  I only spent a few hours digging since it’s a PITA with all the rocks. The ring broke while I was rubbing the sand off. Thanks for looking and HH.

[normmcq]

I thought gold would bend before breaking

                                                                    NORM

[GB_Amateur]

2 hours ago, normmcq said:

I thought gold would bend before breaking

That's because you only find the 24k variety.  Subtle way to rub us peons' noses in it...  😁

[The Seeker]

5 hours ago, normmcq said:

I thought gold would bend before breaking

                                                                    NORM

I couldn’t tell you why this happens but here’s a few more from this place. About 70% of the rings come out broken. The one bent I nailed it with the scoop.

[Compass]

Congrats on the silver and gold Seeker- looks like a great spot! Yes, 10K gold gets pretty brittle. Even old class rings will shatter if you drop them on a hard surface. Pretty sure that rings get smashed by tumbling among the rocks. I have found shards of silver that used to be rings.

[normmcq]

My bad 10K gold is 41.7 per cent gold, depending what it is alloyed with it could be very brittle. I wouldn't throw them away, gold is gold nice finds!

                                                                                      Norm

[geof_junk]

The rings I got that were broken, were due to the cutting and re-sizing for smaller fingers. Most were 9 karat and were gold soldered together. However I maybe wrong.

[The Seeker]

23 hours ago, Compass said:

Congrats on the silver and gold Seeker- looks like a great spot! Yes, 10K gold gets pretty brittle. Even old class rings will shatter if you drop them on a hard surface. Pretty sure that rings get smashed by tumbling among the rocks. I have found shards of silver that used to be rings.

Thanks Compass. This spot destroys jewelry and coins, some of the coins come out paper thin. Congrats on completing your Cartier, it’s a beauty. Hope you have Golden year again 👍🏼

[Compass]

18 hours ago, geof_junk said:

The rings I got that were broken, were due to the cutting and re-sizing for smaller fingers. Most were 9 karat and were gold soldered together. However I maybe wrong.

I've seen this as well. I believe that the solder corrodes away leaving the gold ring with a split.

[Compass]

58 minutes ago, The Seeker said:

Thanks Compass. This spot destroys jewelry and coins, some of the coins come out paper thin. Congrats on completing your Cartier, it’s a beauty. Hope you have Golden year again 👍🏼

Thanks Seeker! Been a slow start to the year but I'm hoping to break through this week.