mn90403 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 I've tested the stones with my diamond tester and I can only get it to go up one 'notch' so they are probably not real. We have other stones that make the meter go all the way up to the top so I know the meter works. I went out to the same spot today and 2 others because of the waves and only found 4 cheap rings and a few quarters. That left me no time to go to my coin shop to learn more about the ring. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Any inclusions in the stone, tiny bubbles? Could be moissanite. Color refractions, no inclusions is man made or lab. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 9 hours ago, kac said: Any inclusions in the stone, tiny bubbles? Could be moissanite. Color refractions, no inclusions is man made or lab. A diamond tester (the inexpensive ones) would have said a moisannite was a diamond. It's probably CZ, or some other material. 🙂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCtoad Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 I say gold also. If that inscription from ‘93 is engraved you would have corrosion on those letters and numbers. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 I took the ring and a few other items to Wilshire Coin Exchange in Santa Monica. They used their XRF gun to tell me that it is a 14K Gold ring! A visual said that the 'stones' are CZs and I'll take their word for it unless a jeweler tells me different. Thanks everyone for giving a shot at what it really was based on the pictures supplied. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Good hunt. That's the kind of find that makes you inhale really fast ! 🥸 Glad it was real gold . Might have been sized using regular solder or cheap silver solder. That stone is a honker fer sure .😳 A fat chance is still a chance ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 21 minutes ago, rvpopeye said: Might have been sized using regular solder or cheap silver solder. Do you really think a jeweler would use inferior materials when sizing a ring? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 5 hours ago, mn90403 said: Do you really think a jeweler would use inferior materials when sizing a ring? haha Probably not but I know lots of people that can solder. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 I think jewelers 'cheat' all the time. Amateur jewelers cheat more than known pros. Solid gold is in the eye of the beholder! I'd dare say that some manufacturers do it as a profession like those who make fake collector coins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuniagau Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 And then there are the counterfeiters... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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