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[jimmy jam]

how do i get the corrosion off these rings without damaging them.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Nice rings

 

[Android]

Depends on the material. If they are gold, buff it on a wheel with some rouge.

 

[cwilk]

I'd take them to a jeweler, if you're friendly with one. If I was going to try it myself, as the other poster suggested, I'd use my dremmel tool with a buffing wheel and some jewelry polish (rouge he called it) if they're gold. I've cleaned up some old tarnished silver rings to look brand new that way. The gold I've dug has all looked pretty good but I also shined them all up. They look new now.

I am very envious of those finds especially the Masonic ring. Great digs.

Chris

 

[deepseeker442]

nice wtg

 

[dahut]

= = jewelry made of gold doesn't flake and peel like that, at least not in my experience. Green gunky cling on crud?
'Never seen it on real gold.
Better find out if it is worth the trouble. I found a fake high school ring last winter, looked a lot like yours.

 

[ivanll]

CLR = Calcium-Lime-Rust is the name of the product I use for cleaning many beach finds
Soak, light brushing and rinse.
You might have it with another name.
Available from most hardware stores and supermarkets cleaning section.

 

[amcjavelin]

I like the masonic ring

 

[jimmy jam]

on the side of the mason ring is 2 shields made from a different metal that's what is corroded. inside the ring it has 10k and a S inside a arrow, i guess for the maker of the ring, the ring is real gold, and we estimate it has been in the ground for at least 30 years + based on everything we find there.

 

[jimmy jam]

thank you. it has a shield on both sides made from a different metal. that is what is corroded.est. the ring to be 30 to 50 years old.

 

[lazyaussie]

hay jimmy jam i"d say it"s gold as low k gold does corroded 9k,10k,12k if it was marked 14k or higher i"d be worried, as to cleaning the rings be very careful as it"s not the gold in the ring that's braking down it"s the other metals EG silver, copper, tin so you can end up with a honeycomb effect in the metal as the non gold metals leach out, use a dremmel with a soft wheel with grinding paste & put no weight on the ring at all or it might snap i"v found 5 bits of gold with corrosion so far all were marked 9k gold & all have been it the water for over 30 years so 30-50 sounds good.
here's some pics of corroded gold i"v found.
lazyaussie
PS the 9k one with the blue stones broke into five bits & i could see the honeycomd effect.

 

[Uncle Willy]

It depends also in what country the ring was made. They get a little shoddy in their composition and tecniques.

Bill