DIAMONDS! well...maybe not

[JV]

I just found both of these at the beach today! I am sure they are probably fake because they are so big. Anyone think they look real? Can you tell by the setting? The metal isn't marked but the metal isn't rusting and corroded either.
The first one went through my basket and I passed it by thinking it was foil. Then my curiosity got the better of me and I went back to look closer and then I saw the shiny metal and diamond. My new motto is "DIG EVERYTHING".
I drove to a jewelry store to get them checked after I finished detecting but they had already closed....

 

[Larry (IL)]

If the mounts are cheap and flimsy, you can bet they are CZ's.

 

[JV]

I took them to a Jewelry store and they said they were CZ.... Ahh well. The hunt goes on.

 

[Rob (IL)]

The thrill was still there for awhile.

 

[gilfordberry]

You can't tell by the setting if the stone is genuine. I have found a lot of gold rings with beautiful stones that turned out to be simulants of one kind or another. And don't forget moissanite....it tests as a diamond on most diamond testers, and it isn't one. Conversely, I have found genuine diamonds in silver settings....so you need to invest in some testing equipment (or be on good terms with an honest jeweler). And whatever you do, if you have a decent find, don't rush off to the pawn shop with it.....and even that is better than selling it to one of those "cash for gold" rip off artists.

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

I guaranty that the e-trac or the Excalibur would not have gotten these.

 

[kurtallen]

If you invest in an older binocular microscope, you can check for carbon spots in the diamonds. All diamonds have them. Even a cheap monocular microscope will work, but its easier with a binocular scope.