Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| `14K Diamond Earring |
I haven't gone metal detecting for a long time but yesterday I found a dime and the earring shown above. I haven't had the stone tested yet, but the chances are good that it is a diamond. That is my conclusion after finally finding the gold markings, which required good magnification.
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| Post Marked 14K and With Hallmark. Earring Nut Mark Italy and 14K |
You have to be set for the smalls to detect something like this. There is a good chance you'd miss it otherwise.
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While I had the microscope going I pulled out a little bag of what I remembered to be junk rings that were found a long time ago before I had the microscope. I wanted to see how they were marked and if I missed anything. I thought they were mostly plated but wanted to check.
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| Variety of Rings. |
I was a little surprised by what I found. Several rings had no mark at all like the one shown immediately below.
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| Unmarked Ring. |
Of course, the unmarked rings are mostly junk. Then there was the one that was clearly marked 10K (shown below). It also had a hallmark.
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| 10K Marked Ring. |
I'm not sure about the next one. Maybe it is GEP 10K, but I'm not sure about the GEP mark, which would make sense.
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| GEP 10K(?) |
Then there was the clear 14K Plate mark.
And there were two marked KOREA, which surprised me.
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| Ring Marked 14K PLATE. |
And an 18K GE for Gold Electroplate.
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| 18K GE Mark. |
And there were two marked KOREA, which surprised me.
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| Rings Marked KOREAN |
And there were a few more that had brand name or other marks.
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| SETA Mark. |
And I'm nto sure about the next one.
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| (?) Mark. |
In summary, many of those rings were electroplated and a few were marked that way. One is 10K. A lot of them looked nice, but upon close inspection you could see where the plating was worn even if there wasn't a clear mark.
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
Not much change. Still one system out there, but it hasn't developed yet and probably won't.
Later in the week the Treasure Coast surf might be a touch bigger, but not much.
Good hunting,
Treasureguide@comcast.net