What ring is made of?

Roger B · Dec 14, 2006

I found a ring today and it is marked with 950 and 18K. It looks like a silver ring with a small gold piece on it?
Any thoughts?
Thanks

rcasi44 · Dec 14, 2006

A picture would be nice. I found an Irish ring marked the same way. It was a .950 silver ring with an 18kt gold heart . Rob

SteveMN · Dec 14, 2006

Just a guess but I think that means that the whole ring is .950 silver and the gold is plated onto it. I'm not a jeweler and may be wrong.

Cfmct · Dec 14, 2006

Roger B said:
I found a ring today and it is marked with 950 and 18K. It looks like a silver ring with a small gold piece on it?
Any thoughts?
Thanks

You found yourself a platinum and gold ring way to go

Silver is 925 Platinum is 950

Here is a site that will show you some platinum and gold rings.

http://www.oromi.com/cat_wrbo/cat_display.php?categoryname=Platinum+and+18Kt+Gold+Rings

Roger B · Dec 15, 2006

Thanks for the replies, I am wondering though, is it platinum or silver? Some are saying silver, I know that Cfmct-PI has a lot of experience with beach hunting and finds lots of rings.
Here are a couple of pictures. The ring is bent into an oval shape and is quite tarnished, any advice on how to straighten it out and clean it would be appreciated.
Thanks again for your help.
Roger

Ant · Dec 15, 2006

Great find.
That is silver and gold. Silver can be denoted as .950 or .999 fine or .925 which is the same as sterling, and so forth. Platinum doesn?t tarnish. I think that was an 18k gold button that was made into a Jesus. You should see a gold rivet type head on the inside of the band. I've seen gold figures attached to medals with hot glue too. It?s true that a widely used base metal for gold plated jewelry is silver, but I don't know if the base metal type is denoted on the ring.

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