Heavy Italian Gold found!

[Fishincontrol]

You broke the scale with that one...congrats!

Thank you sir.

 

[chillforlife]

Nice find. Maybe He's sending you a message. It is Lent ya know.

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Good hunk of gold. Estimate $3,400! Sell, sell, sell. Or I should say scrap, scrap, scrap!!

 

[Fishincontrol]

I finally took the chain in for appraisal and the jewellers were in awe. They did acid testing on the clasp, chain and crucifix and it all offially checked out as 18k.
Since the bell (hanger) was the only part stamped, there was a tiny inkling of doubt. Now that the doubt is erased, it feels great that it's validated.
While there, I sold some broken 925 hoop earrings and some junk silver and used that to treat me and my youngest daughter at Braum's for ice cream.
It was a good day.

 

[Bear stalker]

What a sweet find! Congrats!

I was curious of the age of this chunker find and as best I can find out it seems this was likely produced in the 1970s to 1980's.
This is what some AI digging turned up.
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Based on the visual style, structural manufacturing details, and the historical timeline of Italian jewelry hallmark laws, this piece was most likely made between 1968 and the late 1980s.

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1. The Italian Trademark Hallmark Law (Post-1968)
The design of the registry stamp on the hanger provides a definitive boundary for its age.

• The Law Change: Prior to January 30, 1968, Italian jewelry marks were enclosed in a simple lozenge shape without a star.
• The Star Marker: The stamp visible above the "750" includes a star symbol on the left. This exact format—a polygon outline containing a star, a sequence of workshop registration numbers, and a two-letter province abbreviation—was officially enacted by Italian decree in 1968. This guarantees the piece cannot be older than 1968.

2. The Clasp and Construction Style

• The S-Hook Clasp: The heavy, thick S-hook closure shown on the left side of the screen is an old-school, traditional luxury fastening system. While popular for centuries, mass manufacture in the late 1980s and 1990s largely replaced this style with spring-loaded lobster claws to save on gold weight and mechanical labor.
• Organic Sculpting: The flowing, smooth, almost liquid-like organic sculpting of the corpus on the crucifix reflects mid-to-late 20th-century jewelry fashion trends common in the 1970s and 1980s.

 

[Fishincontrol]

Dang Bear Stalker, I appreciate your interest and research.