afj
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 01:59 PM |
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lucky day maybe?
just cleaned out my shed and i think i struck gold.
lying in the corner was a ring, a bit battered, and looked like brass, anyway after a clean up with some t-cut it looks rather shiny, and has some
markings on the bottom maybe 750 and 18 or 181 what have i found and am i rich
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ReMan
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:10 PM |
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Surely if it's your shed, then it's something you lost? So you are at break even? 
[Edited on 31/12/08 by ReMan]
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gingerprince
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:13 PM |
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750 is "standard" 18 carat gold apparently: -
http://www.jewellerycatalogue.co.uk/gold/assay_hallmark.php
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afj
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:25 PM |
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does that mean i can order an R500
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gingerprince
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:26 PM |
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Does it say Elizabeth Duke anywhere on it? In which case you're minted!
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afj
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:41 PM |
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will post a pic when camera is charged, its twice as heavy as my wedding ring and that cost almost 300,.......i feel a lambo, maybe a lime green
one
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minitici
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 02:51 PM |
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Knowing my luck the ring would be a plumbing olive 
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dave1888
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 03:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by afj
does that mean i can order an R500
No but you may have enough for a R500 badge then again maybe not.
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nstrug
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 03:15 PM |
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750 is 75% gold - i.e. 18 carat. Weigh it and then check against the gold spot price here:
http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/companyresearch/53216/Gold/company_prices.html
Price is in USD/troy ounce, where 1 troy ounce = 31.1 grammes.
Remember to multiply by 0.75 as spot prices are for 1000 (i.e. 24 carat) gold.
Nick
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nstrug
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 03:26 PM |
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BTW, you mentioned your wedding ring cost £300. High street jewellers make good money on wedding rings. What they do is buy unpolished blanks from
Cookson's, polish them (3 minutes work), send them to the assay office to be stamped (charge: 60p per piece) and then flog them at 300-400%
markup.
Anyone looking to get married should really look at getting blanks from cooksons gold online, polish them with a dremel and a bit of that paste polish
and you will save yourselves a fortune. You can even get pre-assayed ones (with the 750 stamp) so that you will be able to sell them if the need ever
arises (its illegal to sell un-assayed gold as jewellery).
My other half is a jeweller but here stuff is a bit more, ermm, creative: http://www.poppyporter.co.uk/Podium_Gold_1.html
Nick
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afj
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 03:52 PM |
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photo now in archive called aaarrrgghhh gold wedding ring on right
[Edited on 31/12/08 by afj]
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Snuggs
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 04:38 PM |
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Probably just brass, I'll take a chance and give you a quid for it 
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pinto
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 06:07 PM |
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looks good and big
 
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afj
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 06:19 PM |
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my missus thinks its great..........she likes em big
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Dave Ashurst
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| posted on 31/12/08 at 06:33 PM |
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Whoever lost it is bigger than you ! 
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