This weekend, so far so good

[bdahunter]

This afternoon the Princess and I went in to town on the high speed ferry which gave us a great view of all the boats that are in the harbour at the end of the Newport to Bermuda Race. We did a little shopping then went for a tour of the US Coast Guard tallship 'The Eagle', a beauty.
We decided it was time to get a digital camera so we used our anniversary as the perfect excuse, bought an Olympus 7.2M waterproof camera (thanks for the good advice Steve and Bia). Finally got a chance to slip down to the beach after dinner for a quick spin. 45 minutes later I've got what I believe to be a 9k monogrammed ring.
The markings read PPL 9 375 <>, any thoughts?
The closest I've found on the net is that PPL is a major jewellery manufacturer in India, so I'm thinking 9k.
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The band on the left is 18k that I found on Friday evening along with the hands, heart and crown pendant that used to be gold plated but it's all worn off.

Good Luck to All You Pirates!
BDA

 

[Gulf Hunter]

n/t

 

[Goldringer]

All good stuff. The 18K looks brand new. Like you said, da guy has some explaining to do. His wify is not pleased.

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's from India. They usually like the high-dollar stuff, 18K and higher. As far as I know, the only countries that produce 9K stuff is Canada and England. That ring definitely isn't British, as there are no hallmarks.

If anyone else out there has more/different info, please chip in.

 

[lucar]

Hello,

I suggest an otterbox enclosure for the camera. Padded, waterproof, shockproof and belt mounted, provides full protection for the camera.
I have it for my Olympus Miu .
http://www.otterbox.com/products/otterbox/8000/gallery.htm

Cheers

 

[bdahunter]

Allen - I double checked the PPL website and you are right, they specialize in high end gold but I read the fine print and they do mass produce 9k jewellery for foriegn markets. I don't know where my head was last night but I couldn't do the math and convert 9/24 = .375 gold content.

Luca - great idea for the otter case, we have something similar here called a pelican case. The camera is rated shock proof to a drop height of 1.5 meters and submersible to 3 meters but a case is cheap insurance.

HH, BDA