Skippy SH13
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EDIT: All. most of you have seen this post. Inside the thread there are a few folks, who saw the dirty pictures and decried the ring as a FAKE! In spite of noting that I had tested the item, and found the gold and Diamonds to be real, the belief the item was a FAKE, continued. It kind of made me laugh, but I was on a business trip this week, and couldn't do much about it, other than suggest that people believe me. Now that I'm home, I put together a couple of videos. See Page 3, for the response, but if you're just along for the ride, below is the promised video showing, definitively, that the stones and metal are both REAL. Lesson here, folks is that you simply CANNOT tell from a photo alone on a forum whether something IS, or IS NOT. Best you get things tested. And when someone says, "I tested it," you might as well believe them... Seriously, LOL!
If the playback links don't work for you, the URL is below each vid.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=7SoIZ3iWln8
And a better closeup view without the dirt flecks, or weird lighting shadows (in video!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfXtsEwulI
Cheers!
------------Skippy---------------------------
Found this today in a local park with my AT Pro and NEL Hunter coil. It was between a volleyball court and a big electrical station box (the huge green kind). The EMI was really bad and made things extra chattery. Having some experience with this, I simply listened for repeat signals when sweeping. I found one that bounced like crazy around 39-44, and bent to dig it. I was there to try to find a lost class ring, that I was hoping to find and return to the owner.
This is NOT the class ring (I've currently got a call into the city for checking for an owner, if no lost report, it'll be mine). It was 2" down in the dirt. I didn't think to video it, because I was so blasted shocked by it, and thought for SURE it was a junker. You know the kind you get from Walmart. When I first pulled it, I thought, "whoa, this is heavy." Then cleared the inside looking for a marking. I saw 14k and got a little excited, but still wasn't holding my breath on it being real... Then I wiped away as much dirt as I could and saw the center stone had a YELLOW tinge to it... Then I got a little more excited. Then breath tested that sucker and NO FOG...
Then I knew... what a find! Measured it later, and it reads out at exactly 5.5mm. Which, according to the diamond chart for Princess cuts, put this sucker at 1 carat. There are 20 other stones on it, too.
I have no idea what it's worth, but I couldn't see any inclusions in the stone that were visible, making this a SI1 at least, clarity could be better, too! Will check with the loupe later.
Just wanted to share.. I'm on a streak this month. This is my fourth gold ring. Pulled two big gold mens rings out last weekend, one gold men's ring on Friday (2.4grams), and now this at lunch today. Totally stoked... Makes ring #21 for the year, #4 gold. It also completes my bucket list for finding a diamond that is 1 carat! Odd thing is, this is the ring (minus the yellow in the diamond) that I was hoping to find this year. I've wanted to find a princess cut, for some time. Booyah!
Just after the find:
After a quick clean up.
I'll fully test everything later this evening, but I'm 99% everything is legit. It's got the right density, the fog test is good, and the quality of the settings and detail on the ring all scream "EXPENSIVE."
EDIT: Checked the ring over. Definitely 5.5mm (1 carat). Weighed in at 5.16 grams total weight, scratch tested positive for 14K. After cleaning I found additional stones. There are 32 additional diamonds (10 on each arm, plus 6 on each side of the square face... 10+10+6+6=32).
Stone under a loupe has a really big fracture in it, which is actually noticeable with the naked eye once you know what to look for at the right angle, but has no other inclusions (no carbon flecks or anything visible under 20x magnification, other than the one item). I'm placing the stone at SI2, dropping the value some.
Each of the large mele stones on the arms are about 1.5mm each, (about 1/10th carat TTW for the large stones, plus the 24 additional stones..)
I place the whole ring's value at somewhere around $3500-$6500 retail, but will probably get an appraisal on this one if the owner cannot be found. Especially since if my imperfect measurements on the stone are off even by .5mm, the solitaire goes down from 1 carat to .75.
EDIT #2: City contacted me back. No lost rings reported for the year.
No Craigslist posts, either. It's mine, now!
Cheers!
Skippy
If the playback links don't work for you, the URL is below each vid.
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=7SoIZ3iWln8
And a better closeup view without the dirt flecks, or weird lighting shadows (in video!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfXtsEwulI
Cheers!
------------Skippy---------------------------
Found this today in a local park with my AT Pro and NEL Hunter coil. It was between a volleyball court and a big electrical station box (the huge green kind). The EMI was really bad and made things extra chattery. Having some experience with this, I simply listened for repeat signals when sweeping. I found one that bounced like crazy around 39-44, and bent to dig it. I was there to try to find a lost class ring, that I was hoping to find and return to the owner.
This is NOT the class ring (I've currently got a call into the city for checking for an owner, if no lost report, it'll be mine). It was 2" down in the dirt. I didn't think to video it, because I was so blasted shocked by it, and thought for SURE it was a junker. You know the kind you get from Walmart. When I first pulled it, I thought, "whoa, this is heavy." Then cleared the inside looking for a marking. I saw 14k and got a little excited, but still wasn't holding my breath on it being real... Then I wiped away as much dirt as I could and saw the center stone had a YELLOW tinge to it... Then I got a little more excited. Then breath tested that sucker and NO FOG...
Then I knew... what a find! Measured it later, and it reads out at exactly 5.5mm. Which, according to the diamond chart for Princess cuts, put this sucker at 1 carat. There are 20 other stones on it, too.
I have no idea what it's worth, but I couldn't see any inclusions in the stone that were visible, making this a SI1 at least, clarity could be better, too! Will check with the loupe later.
Just wanted to share.. I'm on a streak this month. This is my fourth gold ring. Pulled two big gold mens rings out last weekend, one gold men's ring on Friday (2.4grams), and now this at lunch today. Totally stoked... Makes ring #21 for the year, #4 gold. It also completes my bucket list for finding a diamond that is 1 carat! Odd thing is, this is the ring (minus the yellow in the diamond) that I was hoping to find this year. I've wanted to find a princess cut, for some time. Booyah!
Just after the find:
After a quick clean up.
I'll fully test everything later this evening, but I'm 99% everything is legit. It's got the right density, the fog test is good, and the quality of the settings and detail on the ring all scream "EXPENSIVE."
EDIT: Checked the ring over. Definitely 5.5mm (1 carat). Weighed in at 5.16 grams total weight, scratch tested positive for 14K. After cleaning I found additional stones. There are 32 additional diamonds (10 on each arm, plus 6 on each side of the square face... 10+10+6+6=32).
Stone under a loupe has a really big fracture in it, which is actually noticeable with the naked eye once you know what to look for at the right angle, but has no other inclusions (no carbon flecks or anything visible under 20x magnification, other than the one item). I'm placing the stone at SI2, dropping the value some.
Each of the large mele stones on the arms are about 1.5mm each, (about 1/10th carat TTW for the large stones, plus the 24 additional stones..)
I place the whole ring's value at somewhere around $3500-$6500 retail, but will probably get an appraisal on this one if the owner cannot be found. Especially since if my imperfect measurements on the stone are off even by .5mm, the solitaire goes down from 1 carat to .75.
EDIT #2: City contacted me back. No lost rings reported for the year.
No Craigslist posts, either. It's mine, now!
Cheers!
Skippy
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