Ring a ding, ding,ding,ding

melbajoe · Sep 17, 2018

Four rings today, like I said earlier I can’t read any markings while in the water so I figured I killed it today-WRONG

. Of course I’m not complaining-oh wait yes I am

left to righ, junker, what I thought was a chunky silver turns out to be tungsten(#3 for the year) next when it came out I thought the stone was blue(sapphire?) and I saw writing inside- 925 and black stone and last my last hope when it came out YES yellow and maybe ice. Markings inside. I’m confused though markings are. CO-074 750 A1? 18k? What’s A1? Tried to google no luck. Ideas? Thanks. And don’t get on me about complaining about 4 rings-lol. After posting I see the 4 ring shot is upside down and backwards so let is right-although I’m sure u can figure that out. Sorry

brncofan · Sep 17, 2018

Nice hunt congrats on 4 ring day

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dewcon · Sep 17, 2018

I was wondering how you stuck them the the ceiling for that pic. :laughing:

Get your gold while you can buddy.... aint none down here.

I hit the red tide today....... think about chopping up a LOT of garlic... put it in a jar..... then stick your nose in it while you detect. I left the beach just a tad green around the gills.

Great finds......

beachrumbum · Sep 17, 2018

dewcon said:
I was wondering how you stuck them the the ceiling for that pic.

Get your gold while you can buddy.... aint none down here.

I hit the red tide today....... think about chopping up a LOT of garlic... put it in a jar..... then stick your nose in it while you detect. I left the beach just a tad green around the gills.

Great finds......

fish soup and garlic.

beachrumbum · Sep 17, 2018

I would take that hunt right about now melbajoe. Congrats

Skippy SH13 · Sep 17, 2018

yeah 750 is 18K... I'd love to say I don't care about the rest of the markings, but I think A1 means its plated... Sorry... only way to tell for sure is to see what's underneath the surface with a scratch test...

As for the rock, do the fog test against it and a known diamond. Being pure carbon, real diamonds dissipate heat FAST..> They won't hold a fog like a fake stone will. It's easy to test for them, if you have something to compare against. When in doubt, just fog a CZ, and you'll instantly see what I mean!

Cheers,

Skippy

dewcon · Sep 17, 2018

A1 does mean plated if its silver....... but i dont know about gold.

OBN · Sep 17, 2018

Tough call, best like skip said, do the surface test, then look under. Still a good day out, I've not seen the water for a week now.. I would be happy with 4 pulltabs.

OutlawDetectors · Sep 17, 2018

Very nice hunt!!!! Congrats

GroundSweeper · Sep 17, 2018

Dang that’s a lot of rings for an outing, congrats!

On my phone but maybe look at this angle? “The hallmark engraving reads 750A1 (one of the Spanish authorized hallmarks” I found on Google amongst a lot of Yamaha o-rings...item it was referencing was gone so only google cache info I guess. Worth a look!

https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lot...s/19694151-010ct_white_gold_750-21.7-catawiki

Ra1der5 · Sep 17, 2018

dewcon said:
A1 does mean plated if its silver....... but i dont know about gold.

Hmmm... I thought A1 meant you do the acid test with steak sauce. :shrug:

R5

Skippy SH13 · Sep 17, 2018

Ra1der5 said:
Hmmm... I thought A1 meant you do the acid test with steak sauce.

R5

Cfmct · Sep 18, 2018

Joe to the left of the hallmarks on the gold ring it looks like pitting to me... the smelter told me he would only take gold plated stuff if I brought him 5 pounds of it... I got about a pound do far maybe we can put our stuff together and then split the $5.00 worth of gold they recover

pryan67 · Sep 18, 2018

OBN said:
Tough call, best like skip said, do the surface test, then look under. Still a good day out, I've not seen the water for a week now.. I would be happy with 4 pulltabs.

I've got several hundred I could send you.

sandgroper · Sep 18, 2018

Nice bunch of rings, congrats Joe!

melbajoe · Sep 18, 2018

GroundSweeper said:
Dang that’s a lot of rings for an outing, congrats!

On my phone but maybe look at this angle? “The hallmark engraving reads 750A1 (one of the Spanish authorized hallmarks” I found on Google amongst a lot of Yamaha o-rings...item it was referencing was gone so only google cache info I guess. Worth a look!

https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lot...s/19694151-010ct_white_gold_750-21.7-catawiki

Thanks for the info, I did check it out and one of the pics looks just like what I have. The one thing that bothers me is that the outside of the ring is gold colored while the inside is silver . When I get home I'll check the stone with my diamond tester- if it's real then it's 18k if not it's prob plated and I can ship it to Craig to add to his 5 pounds :laughing:

melbajoe · Sep 18, 2018

dewcon said:
I was wondering how you stuck them the the ceiling for that pic.

Get your gold while you can buddy.... aint none down here.

I hit the red tide today....... think about chopping up a LOT of garlic... put it in a jar..... then stick your nose in it while you detect. I left the beach just a tad green around the gills.

Great finds......

Thanks Dew, it's really a shame that red tide is just trashing the beaches down there. I thought maybe Florence would blow that !!!! out into the gulf. Maybe there is a place that rents hazmat suits :laughing:

melbajoe · Sep 18, 2018

Skippy SH13 said:
yeah 750 is 18K... I'd love to say I don't care about the rest of the markings, but I think A1 means its plated... Sorry... only way to tell for sure is to see what's underneath the surface with a scratch test...

As for the rock, do the fog test against it and a known diamond. Being pure carbon, real diamonds dissipate heat FAST..> They won't hold a fog like a fake stone will. It's easy to test for them, if you have something to compare against. When in doubt, just fog a CZ, and you'll instantly see what I mean!

Cheers,

Skippy

Thanks for the info Skippy, I'm thinking the worst and hoping for the best. Joe

sllingshot47 · Sep 18, 2018

Cfmct said:
Joe to the left of the hallmarks on the gold ring it looks like pitting to me... the smelter told me he would only take gold plated stuff if I brought him 5 pounds of it... I got about a pound do far maybe we can put our stuff together and then split the $5.00 worth of gold they recover

Yesh-whenever I see pitting my face frowns and I say shoot!- or something like that :lol:

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low tide · Sep 18, 2018

NICE finds... Kept your excitement level up the whole time. Better than digging penny after penny all day. Or worse, no targets at all.

Ring a ding, ding,ding,ding

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