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[LW Steve]

This Ring I.Q. Test is multiple choice (good luck)

1. In what year did the U.S.A. start putting purity stamps on the insides of rings? i.e. 14K - 18K etc.

A. 1896
B. 1900
C. 1906
D. 1910
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2. The most common alloy in .925 sterling silver is?

1. Nickel
2. Zinc
3. Copper
4. Tin
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3. Why are toe rings hard to find?

1. Because they are usually made of "pig iron" and are easily discriminated out.
2. Because of their snug fit they are not easily lost.
3. Because only relic hunters wear them and they don't go to the beach very often.
4. Because of their irregular shapes they can confuse a detector.
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4. White gold rings are plated with this metal?
Otherwise the rings will eventually turn to a yellow sheen again once this plating disappears.

1. Palladium
2. Indium
3. Gallium
4. Rhodium
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5. 5000 years ago this culture would be the first to exchange rings of love.

1. The Egyptians
2. The Israelites
3. The Chinese
4. The Pygmie Tribes of Africa
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6. The main ingredient in a white gold ring other than gold itself is?

1. Silver
2. Nickel
3. Cobalt
4. Palladium
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7. These rings gave the appearance of being a solid ring, but was in reality two rings that could be separated so that each lover could own half of the ring.

1. Claddagh rings
2. Gimmel rings
3. Viking Lefsa rings
4. Plebian Love rings
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8. Platinum is how much heavier than gold?

1. 5%
2. 10%
3. 15%
4. 20%
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9. What is it that gives a stainless steel ring its protective resiliency?

1. Carbon
2. Tungsten Carbide
3. Titanium
4. Chromium
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10. Three rings... one is .950 platinum and the other two are 18K

This one is worth 6 points for a total of 15 possible on the test.

1. Chinese ring
2. Pt wedding band
3. Horseshoe ring

Where do these three read out on the F5 and F44?

F5 - - - - - 26? _____
- - - - - - - 30? _____
- - - - - - - 40? _______


F44 - - - - - 30? _______
- - - - - - - - - 35? ______
- - - - - - - - - 42? ______

 

[LW Steve]

Here are the answers...

1. In what year did the U.S.A. start putting purity stamps on the insides of rings? i.e. 14K - 18K etc.

1906
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2. The most common alloy in .925 sterling silver is?

Copper
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3. Why are toe rings hard to find?

Because of their irregular shapes they can confuse a detector.
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4. White gold rings are plated with this metal?
Otherwise the rings will eventually turn to a yellow sheen again once this plating disappears.

Rhodium
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5. 5000 years ago this culture would be the first to exchange rings of love.

The Egyptians
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6. The main ingredient in a white gold ring other than gold itself is?

Nickel
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7. These rings gave the appearance of being a solid ring, but was in reality two rings that could be separated so that each lover could own half of the ring.

Gimmel rings
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8. Platinum is how much heavier than gold?

10%
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9. What is it that gives a stainless steel ring its protective resiliency?

Chromium
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10. Three rings... one is .950 platinum and the other two are 18K

1. Chinese ring
2. Pt wedding band
3. Horseshoe ring

Where do these three read out on the F5 and F44?

F5 - - - - - 26? Pt wedding band
- - - - - - - 30? Horseshoe ring
- - - - - - - 40? Chinese ring


F44 - - - - - 30? Pt wedding band
- - - - - - - - - 35? Horseshoe ring
- - - - - - - - - 42? Chinese ring


The platinum wedding band reads out lower than both the 18K rings.
So small platinum wedding bands are going to read out very low, not much higher than iron!

HH

LW Steve

 

[navydad5]

Where did you find the 4" concentric coil for $49.00?

navydad5

 

[Monte]

monte@ahrps.org

Use of the Fisher F44 and Teknetics Omega 8000 mainly with the 7" Concentric and 4" Concentric coils as well as the 5" DD.

Monte