14K wedding band at 7"

[jdeiana]

I did pull a 14K wedding band out of 7 inches of soil on a lawn today with racer - hit in low 80's which is above where I would have expected it to be on ID scale. Anyway it is shiny gold on the inside of the band and is inscribed 14K gold. But it is a greenish brown layer on the outer part. Anyone know how to get this greenish brown layer off the outside of the band to get it looking like gold again? I submerged it in warm water and dish detergent and gave it a brushing, but no luck.

 

[Monte]

inside a ring made of copper or brass. Through the past many, many years I have changed upon quite a few rings, pendants and chains that were so marked. Was quite a let-down each time after getting my hopes up, but that's all part of the game of recreational metal detecting.

Monte

 

[jdeiana]

Thanks Monte- must be fake

 

[jdeiana]

Kind of feel like the guy that just posted all the silver - that he thought was silver - here is a pic - guess it is probably not real gold

 

[jdeiana]

I did not know there were fake gold stamps - learn a lot from you on this forum - will add that piece of knowledge to the list

 

[Elton]

I found the most beautiful mans 14K stamped ring one would ever hope to find...A bunch of would be diamonds etc.. [size=x-large]Fake all the way...................[/size]

I'm sure the person who bought it..........threw it away when someone told him he had been taken.. It was a real high on my part though till I got it home and inspected it closer, and saw the fake Gold chipped away on the corners and the copper coming through..

I will try and find it, and post a pic, if I didn't throw it away LOL