* Golden Oldie *

meggie

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• Nov 10, 2019

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Another great day at the beach today, it's starting to warm up over here now .. .. temp today was 39°C or 102.2°F.
Scored coins, sinkers, junk and this 375 (9ct) gold ring
It was so encrusted with the green verdigris that I was convinced it would soon be broken into pieces! After a couple of soaks in CLR and a bit of polishing it now looks fine to me.

 

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MuddyMo

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• Nov 10, 2019

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Nice!

 

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• Nov 10, 2019

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That 9K stuffs sure gets grungy. Congrats!

 

ugadigger

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• Nov 10, 2019

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Ahhh! Cleaned up nicely!


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NOXmd

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• Nov 10, 2019

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FelixtheCat said:

That 9K stuffs sure gets grungy. Congrats!

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Does it get grungy because of the other type of metal in the alloy? Silver or copper? Thanks


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• Nov 10, 2019

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Nice little catch, it all counts!
39 celcius, yup pretty warm. The worst temp i saw this summer here was 47 C...

 

Mud-puppy

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• Nov 10, 2019

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Thats another nice find Meggie old top!! I've learned so much from following you and Norm Garnush..."The Golden Oldie"...Nice!

 

meggie

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• Nov 10, 2019

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NOXmd said:

Does it get grungy because of the other type of metal in the alloy? Silver or copper? Thanks


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The green verdigris is actually the copper leaching out of the low carat ring.In this case the ring is only .375 of gold.Once sufficient copper has leached out the ring will lose it's body (strength) and just collapse.

 

NOXmd

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• Nov 10, 2019

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That explains something that happened to me. Found a light gold ring with same verdigris. In attempting to remove it, I broke it when using metal polish. Seemed to break too easily. Now it Makes sense. Thank you!

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Beachhunter

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• Nov 11, 2019

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Looks like a good beach hunt. Congrats on the 9k! It really cleaned up beautifully.

 

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• Nov 11, 2019

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I agree with all above, amazing clean up! I have some bad looking gold rings come out of the surf but nothing like the 2 in this post.

 

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• Nov 11, 2019

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Nice work! With all those heavy targets, you were bound to pop something good. Congrats.

 

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• Nov 13, 2019

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Wtg

Way to go meggie cleaning up that ugly ring. Well, how ugly can a gold ring get? I am going to Lowe's hardware store tomorrow morning to buy some CLR. I have a rusty gate I need to paint, so the CLR will come in handy.
I see you've found 33 gold rings this year, wow, pretty good.
HH everyone

 

Caribbeanson

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• Nov 13, 2019

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Awesome Thanks for the tip on CLR. Do you dilute it at all?