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Ring with a 12/03 reading
- Thread starter jerseyjim
- Start date
gotta love itProbably one of the new stainless alloys for those who can't afford precious metals....
They usually look very similar to silver.
They're almost never marked...other than (sometimes) maker marks.
Get the strongest magnet in your house, and see if it BARELY attracts the ring.'
(sometimes it helps to suspend the ring on a string to hold it near the magnet.)
Stainless alloys can be very slightly magnetic...gold/silver/platinum never are.
Regardless, a ring of any kind is a good find...
mike
They usually look very similar to silver.
They're almost never marked...other than (sometimes) maker marks.
Get the strongest magnet in your house, and see if it BARELY attracts the ring.'
(sometimes it helps to suspend the ring on a string to hold it near the magnet.)
Stainless alloys can be very slightly magnetic...gold/silver/platinum never are.
Regardless, a ring of any kind is a good find...
mike
I found a nice mens class ring last year that rang up 12-02 if I remember right.
It was called White Lustrium. It was a mixture of nickel and chromium.
It looked like silver or white gold and confused the hell out of me when I found it.
I kept waving it over my coil to check the numbers because it just didn't make sense to me given the
looks and size of the ring.
The story on the ring was kind of neat too. Turned out it was from my old high school but 2 years after I graduated.
I found the guy who lost it and he lived less then three miles from me.
Small world. He had lost it playing volley ball back in 1984. It was 7" deep in a down town park.
Bryan
It was called White Lustrium. It was a mixture of nickel and chromium.
It looked like silver or white gold and confused the hell out of me when I found it.
I kept waving it over my coil to check the numbers because it just didn't make sense to me given the
looks and size of the ring.
The story on the ring was kind of neat too. Turned out it was from my old high school but 2 years after I graduated.
I found the guy who lost it and he lived less then three miles from me.
Small world. He had lost it playing volley ball back in 1984. It was 7" deep in a down town park.
Bryan
dewcon4414
Well-known member
Drop it on concrete........ SS has a distinct TING sound to it. Unmarked means it wasnt made in the U.S. What size/weight are we talking...... that can make a difference where it falls as well. You can also do a density metal test........ PLT will be heavier than gold which is mixed with other metals..... not to mention worth more. Also, take a string and a magnet..... SS should show some movement. Some small Alum rings may fall there...... if light in weight. Ti is much higher and most SS with any size will be out of that range.
Dew
Dew
Explorer.se
Well-known member
jerseyjim said:
Did you try the magnet test? We are all curious. Could you also post a picture of the ring as well.