Morning hunt gets some old gold

NCtoad · May 12, 2020

Got out this morning at my work and got a solid 11 on the mighty nox right before I had to clock in. In the hole was some buttery yellow. Looks to be an old broach with the center stone or glass popped out. No markings but I tested it with my old acid kit and the 18k and 22k wouldn't touch it. Just to be sure the acid is working I tried both on a 14kp ring (the highest karat I had) and both acids dissolved it. Broach weighs in at 2.05 grams. My first gold of the year! I'm going to try and find my plug that I found the broach in and see if I can find the stone center piece.

matmit · May 12, 2020

Way to go on that pulltab!

Barefoot · May 12, 2020

Nice find! Keep us posted on if you find the center portion.

CS1 · May 12, 2020

Nice finds! I don't think it will have a stone I think it might of been used with a neckerchief.

waltr · May 13, 2020

CS1 said:
Nice finds! I don't think it will have a stone I think it might of been used with a neckerchief.

I also don't think it had a stone. I see no 'bezel' on it to hold a stone.
Believe its design is what you have, a decorative gold oval pin.

Great find though.

jack&jill · May 13, 2020

A beautiful piece of the yellow Scott. Congrats! Trapper

GroundSweeper · May 13, 2020

Super cool gold find, congrats!

Skippy SH13 · May 13, 2020

Banging awesome find! Woot!

Skippy

Silver Saver · May 15, 2020

That looks like a fine piece of old jewelry! Awesome save

cellrdwellr · May 15, 2020

Sweet score! 24k is not easy to find, let alone old 24k. Congrats!

NCtoad · May 15, 2020

matmit said:
Way to go on that pulltab!

thanks!

Barefoot said:
Nice find! Keep us posted on if you find the center portion.

I did go back and reopened the plugs in the general area and I didn't find a stone.

CS1 said:
Nice finds! I don't think it will have a stone I think it might of been used with a neckerchief.

Thanks. It definitely had the remnants of a ferrous pin on the back, so I'm pretty sure it was a pin or broach.

waltr said:
I also don't think it had a stone. I see no 'bezel' on it to hold a stone.
Believe its design is what you have, a decorative gold oval pin.

Great find though.

I think you may be correct. Thanks!

jack&jill said:
A beautiful piece of the yellow Scott. Congrats! Trapper

Thank you Trapper...I love seeing yellow come out of the hole!

GroundSweeper said:
Super cool gold find, congrats!

Thanks GS!

Skippy SH13 said:
Banging awesome find! Woot!

Skippy

Thanks Skippy!

Silver Saver said:
That looks like a fine piece of old jewelry! Awesome save

Thank you!

cellrdwellr said:
Sweet score! 24k is not easy to find, let alone old 24k. Congrats!

I'm not sure it's 24k, but definitely higher than 14k...my test acid is probably going on 2 years old or slightly more. That's why I did the test on the 14kp ring. Thanks!

DIGGER27 · May 16, 2020

Nice!
All of a sudden it has gotten very warm here and my dirt is already hard like concrete so my hunting is suspended until we get a lot of rain.
Till then I will live vicariously through you!

aviationgale · May 16, 2020

One of the best finds I've ever seen, huge congrats, sure is a beauty!!

Morning hunt gets some old gold

NCtoad

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