DIGGER27
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Sitting here bored so I thought this might be fun and especially interesting to the newbies.
This is about gold, but not just any kind but the really rare stuff where the karat number starts with the number 2 in our system or a 9 in foreign countries.
Some gold info I have learned....
The world does not think the same about this metal at all.
In Canada, Austrailia, Germany and probably a few other countries 9k seems to be a standard form and common.
They have more pure types too but 9k meets the minimum standard for gold in those countries.
In the USA the standard here is 10k, all kinds are sold but we find a lot of the 10k stuff here because it is so popular.
Many other countries probably think the same about 10k gold.
In Asian countries, the middle east and in India it is a whole other attitude about the yellow stuff.
There 22-24k is the thing, there might be lower karat gold available but if it isn't high karat it is dismissed most of the time.
Funny to think that someone would turn up their nose at 10 or 14k but they do...even 18k is considered too low class to purchase or wear by most.
10-14 and 18k jewelry is garbage...hard to fathom that in our way of thinking.
We find all kinds here but the 10-14k range is the most common we see posted on the forums.
I have seem several 18k items, even a 9k once in awhile but every so often we see a member that found higher than that 18k post a pic.
They might have that numbered karat mark that foreign countries use which is different than ours which is a sure sign it came from somewhere else.
Some are old and might not have a mark...worn off because these are actual heirlooms that go back decades and have been worn for many years.
Most that have seen these 22-24k pieces notice they don't exactly look like the lower karat everyday stuff...it is softer, maybe still shiny but in a little different way...buttery is a common term we use around here.
If you have never seen gold like this in real life I hope you do one day...you actually can see a difference.
So I have been lucky enough to find almost 3 dozen gold targets in my career, the bulk has been 10k, several 14k, I have yet to find anything marked 18k but that's ok because I found two that go higher.
Not on the beach that might have foreign visitors but in the dirt so I was blessed to find either.
This is a 22k ring marked 916 and with the Indian name Neena so no question about where this one originated.
This one was a mystery for years and it has an actual natural pearl...not cultured.
It had that buttery look, it is really soft because those prongs bend very easily but no marks because I suspect this is so old they just wore off.
Several years after I found it I finally got a gold testing kit and it tested fine at 22k...but that is as high as my test kit goes.
I believe this is actually 24k because all the clues are there.
So if you have some really high karat gold jewelry finds pics please post them here, looking forward to that.
Brag a little, even in our community this type of metal is a rare find
Most of the time these are pretty beautiful pieces...most don't use really high karat gold to make plain looking jewelry.
Thanks!
This is about gold, but not just any kind but the really rare stuff where the karat number starts with the number 2 in our system or a 9 in foreign countries.
Some gold info I have learned....
The world does not think the same about this metal at all.
In Canada, Austrailia, Germany and probably a few other countries 9k seems to be a standard form and common.
They have more pure types too but 9k meets the minimum standard for gold in those countries.
In the USA the standard here is 10k, all kinds are sold but we find a lot of the 10k stuff here because it is so popular.
Many other countries probably think the same about 10k gold.
In Asian countries, the middle east and in India it is a whole other attitude about the yellow stuff.
There 22-24k is the thing, there might be lower karat gold available but if it isn't high karat it is dismissed most of the time.
Funny to think that someone would turn up their nose at 10 or 14k but they do...even 18k is considered too low class to purchase or wear by most.
10-14 and 18k jewelry is garbage...hard to fathom that in our way of thinking.
We find all kinds here but the 10-14k range is the most common we see posted on the forums.
I have seem several 18k items, even a 9k once in awhile but every so often we see a member that found higher than that 18k post a pic.
They might have that numbered karat mark that foreign countries use which is different than ours which is a sure sign it came from somewhere else.
Some are old and might not have a mark...worn off because these are actual heirlooms that go back decades and have been worn for many years.
Most that have seen these 22-24k pieces notice they don't exactly look like the lower karat everyday stuff...it is softer, maybe still shiny but in a little different way...buttery is a common term we use around here.
If you have never seen gold like this in real life I hope you do one day...you actually can see a difference.
So I have been lucky enough to find almost 3 dozen gold targets in my career, the bulk has been 10k, several 14k, I have yet to find anything marked 18k but that's ok because I found two that go higher.
Not on the beach that might have foreign visitors but in the dirt so I was blessed to find either.
This is a 22k ring marked 916 and with the Indian name Neena so no question about where this one originated.
This one was a mystery for years and it has an actual natural pearl...not cultured.
It had that buttery look, it is really soft because those prongs bend very easily but no marks because I suspect this is so old they just wore off.
Several years after I found it I finally got a gold testing kit and it tested fine at 22k...but that is as high as my test kit goes.
I believe this is actually 24k because all the clues are there.
So if you have some really high karat gold jewelry finds pics please post them here, looking forward to that.
Brag a little, even in our community this type of metal is a rare find
Most of the time these are pretty beautiful pieces...most don't use really high karat gold to make plain looking jewelry.
Thanks!
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!! My highest gold found (still pending) Happy Hunting! Nice yellow gang!
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