***08/14/22 update: ring is plated. Seems obvious now but in the moment wishful thinking got the best of me. 
Today I detected a new spot that I researched. Pre-1895 farmhouse that was demolished in the 1990s. It was a pretty good first day.
Top left: valve stem produced by Dill of Cleveland Ohio (maybe from a Ford Model T?). To the right: a pocket watch movement part (brass). Below that: a late 1800s (post Civil War) eagle button by Horstmann of Philadelphia, a copper bow brooch, a 1950 D wheat cent.
In the center: A small ring that I suspect is gold. Weighs no more than a couple grams. There is a copper layer on the outside, but it appears to be a solid gold band otherwise, just very thin. I'm not sure why a gold ring would have a copper layer on the outside. The inside of the ring was clean coming out of the ground. Here is a close up of the inside marking:
18 and a cross. I'm assuming 18K, though not sure what the cross indicates.
I scraped off some of the outer copper layer, revealing gold underneath. I might try soaking the ring in vinegar to see if the green layer comes off, but I think this is the real deal. (8/14/22 update: not the real deal
).
Today I detected a new spot that I researched. Pre-1895 farmhouse that was demolished in the 1990s. It was a pretty good first day.
Top left: valve stem produced by Dill of Cleveland Ohio (maybe from a Ford Model T?). To the right: a pocket watch movement part (brass). Below that: a late 1800s (post Civil War) eagle button by Horstmann of Philadelphia, a copper bow brooch, a 1950 D wheat cent.
In the center: A small ring that I suspect is gold. Weighs no more than a couple grams. There is a copper layer on the outside, but it appears to be a solid gold band otherwise, just very thin. I'm not sure why a gold ring would have a copper layer on the outside. The inside of the ring was clean coming out of the ground. Here is a close up of the inside marking:
18 and a cross. I'm assuming 18K, though not sure what the cross indicates.
I scraped off some of the outer copper layer, revealing gold underneath. I might try soaking the ring in vinegar to see if the green layer comes off, but I think this is the real deal. (8/14/22 update: not the real deal
).
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