It Sure Looks Pretty (18 C)

[mn90403]

I took my son down to a beach between rain showers today.  When we got there I saw the beach was favorable for a hunt so when I took him home I turned around and went back.  Well, not exactly.  I went back and I forgot my scoop and rain coat so I had to go back again!

There weren't a lot of targets but I did get a couple of quarters and some indicators but I couldn't really find a pattern/line.  I knew I didn't have much time and I was a bit impatient with my 800/15 so I stepped up the pace and said I only want 'good' targets on my way to a beach area that has given me good success in the past.  Before I could get there I heard this scratchy 8-9 but it was not solid like a good ring.

After a couple of scoops I could see color in the side of the hole.  That is not a normal thing for me.  I wish I had taken a picture but I just scooped it and looked in the bottom.  It was a great color, not as heavy as I would have liked and it reminded me of a cheap ring style.  But that color had me hopeful for something real.  The rain was coming so I had to turn back.  I had gotten in 1.5 hours.

When I got to the car I could see 18 C.  When I got home I looked up 18 C and it said it could be the same as 18K or 18 ct if the ring was made in a country where English was not the spoken language.  It cleaned up pretty nice with my ultra sonic cleaner.  It weighs 4.6 grams and is only missing 1 of the stone inclusions.  They are faceted but many are very cracked and chipped up so I don't know what they are made of but the ring itself catches light well and sparkles.

 

This was the rainbow on the way home!

 

This was the way it looked before I cleaned it up.

[Valens Legacy]

Nice find and great save for you.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[schoolofhardNox]

Beautiful looking ring! Custom made I would think? Test those stones, hopefully the customer wanted raw looking diamonds and not perfect ones.

[Compass]

I hope that ring is as special as it looks Mitchel- hard to say from just the picture. I'm not familiar with "18C" but the color sure looks right- congrats on an interesting and, hopefully, valuable find! 😲

I wouldn't be too concerned about the weight. It seems about right since it is kind of like a filigree style. 

[mn90403]

2 hours ago, Compass said:

It seems about right since it is kind of like a filigree style. 

I agree.  I could hear the style while it was still in the ground.

[dogodog]

Great find Mitchel!!! I hope those stones are rough diamonds. That would sure make that ring one of a kind. I believe you are correct on the 18c, pretty much the same as 18k. most likely from somewhere in or around Switzerland. Next question is who would ruin a perfectly good pair of needle nose pliers? Ha Ha

[Rick N. MI]

That is an unusual gold ring. Beautiful.

[Valens Legacy]

On 1/24/2021 at 12:46 AM, mn90403 said:

It weighs 4.6 grams and is only missing 1 of the stone inclusions. 

18K gold is considered to be the jack of all trades when it comes to jewellery. It is pure enough (75% purity) to not change any colour or oxidise over time while maintaining reasonable rigidity under mechanical stress. Next is Carat, while it is pronounced the same as Karat, the letter ‘C’ makes all the difference. It is a totally different story, Carat is a weight unit, just like kilogram, pound, stone etc. 1 Carat or 1ct is equal to 0.2gr .

So you should have 3.6 grams of gold and the rest is diamonds.

The ring is a custom made item from the EU from what I can find out.

[strick]

https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Economy-Stone-Basic-Instructions/dp/B000VAZB8K/ref=asc_df_B000VAZB8K/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309755257116&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3087066822478829008&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031984&hvtargid=pla-406644705295&psc=1

 

One of these an an you will know in 2 minutes.  Nice score!

 

Strick

[Againstmywill]

Any update on what the stones are?