I've had the Ace 350 for a month now and have been out half a dozen times for about an hour each time to local parks and random friends yards... I think the spoon is plated, but it was my first silver find, and the ring is 18k HGE (heavy gold electroplate) but the stone looks to be legit, about a 2k garnet. the makers mark i believe is form the 40's and is a Vargas? i think they made costume jewelery. i also found my first wheat penny form 1941, my first and second silver dimes 1954 and 1964 Roosevelt. a chuck e cheese token, a couple mood rings, a car key, and a tone of hot-wheels cars that are not pictured. Anyway, i am hooked and cant wait for my next day off to hunt!