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Found this little thing on 6/6/2013 with my F2 soon after mounting the sniper coil in a college parking lot curb strip I had hunted previously.
No recognizable marks on it but I believe that it was because they were worn off in time.
I suspected very high karat gold because it has that beautiful buttery look only the highest karat gold has, the metal was very soft because the prongs bent easily and most of all the best clue was it seemed to have something I have never seen before or since...a natural pearl, or I think that is what this is because it is imperfect.
Those imperfections make it beautiful and unique in my mind.
Up to the the 20's all pearls were natural and from the saltwater, then they figured out how to culture them and grow them in both fresh and saltwater and that is about all you can buy today.
To own natural pearls you have to be really lucky and find one in nature, (doable but rare), come across some old vintage heirloom estate jewelry or do this hobby and find one hidden in the dirt...like me.
My test kit goes up to 22k and this ring passed with flying colors.
Might even be my only 24k ring because this gold is unusually soft and bendable but I am happy with knowing it is at least 2$k.
One day I will get that extra acid and test it because it ain't never going in for melt.
The wife loves it but it needs to be resized so maybe a nice little gift is in her future now that I know what it actually ism
No recognizable marks on it but I believe that it was because they were worn off in time.
I suspected very high karat gold because it has that beautiful buttery look only the highest karat gold has, the metal was very soft because the prongs bent easily and most of all the best clue was it seemed to have something I have never seen before or since...a natural pearl, or I think that is what this is because it is imperfect.
Those imperfections make it beautiful and unique in my mind.
Up to the the 20's all pearls were natural and from the saltwater, then they figured out how to culture them and grow them in both fresh and saltwater and that is about all you can buy today.
To own natural pearls you have to be really lucky and find one in nature, (doable but rare), come across some old vintage heirloom estate jewelry or do this hobby and find one hidden in the dirt...like me.
My test kit goes up to 22k and this ring passed with flying colors.
Might even be my only 24k ring because this gold is unusually soft and bendable but I am happy with knowing it is at least 2$k.
One day I will get that extra acid and test it because it ain't never going in for melt.
The wife loves it but it needs to be resized so maybe a nice little gift is in her future now that I know what it actually ism