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Title: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: sharkey on September 14, 2014, 09:20:37 PM hi i had a few hours out today, found this ring which i assumed was silver (saw hallmarks inside and also stones on top looked cheap etc) . upon closer inspection at home, my sister says it reads 9CT which i assume is gold ....... MY FIRST GOLD! ;D
Can anyone tell me more from the hallmark please? the centre mark looks like a bell to me, and maker something like M .. Co Thanks in advance Sharkey Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: Napoleon on September 14, 2014, 09:25:16 PM ;) welldone nice find
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: david995 on September 14, 2014, 09:35:45 PM nice well done
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: sharkey on September 14, 2014, 09:42:30 PM thanks for your comments, much appreciated. if its any help, its the site of an old orchard which has produced coins from 1880's - 1920's
thanks again Sharkey Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: Dryland on September 14, 2014, 10:36:36 PM Hey Sharkey, great find mate. I didn't know you were at the rally we could have had a pint
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: sharkey on September 14, 2014, 10:56:47 PM Yes we should have, although at lunchtime I was about 16 miles away from the bar, looking for Romans, and we had gone home by the evening open hours. Next time for sure though ;)
Sharkey Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: grego on September 15, 2014, 10:00:45 AM Very nice find.
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: jayhay69 on September 15, 2014, 10:03:45 AM nice one andy :)
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: hotmill on September 15, 2014, 11:27:04 AM Well done Andy, get it cleaned up so we can see it sparkle!
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: Chef Geoff on September 15, 2014, 11:36:54 AM Well done Sharkey, it seems to be missing a couple of hallmarks for gold so I presume your first thoughts of it being silver are correct and it was gold plated ;)
Title: Re: found gold and didnt even know it! hallmark for i.d please Post by: sharkey on September 15, 2014, 11:42:18 AM Well done Sharkey, it seems to be missing a couple of hallmarks for gold so I presume your first thoughts of it being silver are correct and it was gold plated ;) thanks for the comments , damn it, i was too early with my assumption! thanks for your thoughts Geoff. Sharkey |