Gold And A Fake?

[mn90403]

Last night I had a very slow start but when I ended, I had 6 rings!  The first ring (black) is the Lord's Prayer Ring in Spanish.

The last ring may be the best.  My first gold ring in a few months.  It was down over 12 inches and was just a wobble at first.  It reminded me of nugget hunting.  As I got closer it got better.  This was at the end of a 4 hour session so I was tuned in for the deep little sounds by then.  I was in one of the deepest patches I've ever had at this beach.  It is marked 14k and has a Mexican coin in the center.  It is just over 4 grams.

A previous dig had me finding a Cartier!  I've looked it up and those are the right markings but I think it is fake.  We'll see later.  It only weighs 4.3 grams and I think it should weigh more if it is 18k.

And here are the other junk rings for the total of 6.

[Skate]

That's a great hunt and that gold ring is sweet. I hope the fake one turns out real for you. 

[strick]

nice work! it looks like two in there to me.

strick

[GB_Amateur]

3 hours ago, mn90403 said:

It is marked 14k and has a Mexican coin in the center.

Is that a gold coin?

Nice finds, regardless.

[stateguy]

I hit the same Cartier ring in white gold. 
mine only has the name and 750 no serial number and weighs basically the same. 
I believe the same thing it fake cause of the weight. 
my gold tester pen dried up so it’s not working 

[Compass]

Great way to get back on the gold train Mitchell - congrats! A gold coin ring is awesome and on my bucket list. Looks like local conditions are improving. 

[midalake]

Outstanding!!!!

[CPT_GhostLight]

Wow! It's nice to see some great beach finds happening again. Well done!

 

[mn90403]

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Is that a gold coin?

 

I went to my local coin shop to see what they think of the two rings.

The 'coin' ring is actually a replica coin and rather than it all being 14k, they said it is 12k.  That's still gold but it's not as valuable as it might look at first. 

The Cartier is a fake and has no value.  We know that all that glitters is not gold.

It was still a fun night and a challenge to my senses of detecting round shapes of mixed metals.  I'll do a little more research to confirm the coin assessment.