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« on: April 29, 2011, 01:33:21 am »
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I have been trying to identify a silver ring that has a diamond like stone set in an engagement style look.

  The three markings are...

 1st symbol:   " .925 "


  Second Symbol:    A circle with two apostrophe's situated vertically.  In other words just take this...  " ( ) "  and rotate it 90 degrees and draw a circle around it. It kinda looks like an eye??  Maybe if you wrote the letter "C" and ran an eraser across the middle horizontally and then draw a circle around it. 


 Third symbol:   An " M " within two vertical bars like " \M\ " but with the two bars perfectly vertical.




  It's after 02:00 in the morning here and this little piggy needs to get his beauty sleep for work tomorrow so any help here would be appreciated.

  Thanks in advance for any insight into the second and third symbols.  I want to know more about these symbols before taking it to be appraised locally since I have not had any experience with the local jewelers.

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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 01:52:33 am »
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The .925 is the percentage of silver in the ring expressed as a decimal. That means it is 92.5% silver or Sterling Silver. The stones in a silver ring are rarely diamond. They are probably zircon or Cubic Zirconia (a trade name for commercially made artificial zircon). The other two marks will give you hours of fun researching. Using Google Images, I got this result:

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Like I said, you will have hours of fun doing this research. The reason an answer isn't simply forthcoming is that there are literally millions of hallmarks. Millions. Have fun.

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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 05:09:22 am »
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  I don't doubt you one little bit from what I have seen of my first small taste of this long research in front of me.  It kept me up until the wee hours a while ago.  Now that I have gotten my 2 and a half hours of beauty sleep ( I am not a pretty man)  I can dive back in. 

  Thanks for the link GD1950.  I also doubt that it is a real diamond.  My first glance of it was that it was totally fake with an aluminum band but once I saw the silver mark I started getting my hopes up.  The "Better Half" likes it though and it is the first thing besides a key chain that she has shown any interest in so if it's value is closer to what I suspect it will be then it should be a great peace offering for when I spend too much time detecting again.

  I was really hoping to hear something about the possible meaning of one of the second two symbols explaining the type of rock I have found.  I really wish that I had my new camera by now.  Even better, I used my microscope to really look at the symbols in detail but I have not been able to get my durned scope camera working to begin with.  That would have given me a better chance of ending this within a day or so I guess.

  That rock is a bigg'un though.  I guess I should dream about it while the fantasy can last because reality will come knocking soon enough. Hello

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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 03:33:56 pm »
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Why not make either a tracing of the marks by putting a small piece of paper in the ring and using a pencil lead to trace it. Much like using chalk and dark paper to trace a gravestone. In that case, they call it a rubbing, which is what you can do in miniature.

You can also draw a picture of it when looking in the microscope at the markings. As you have found, your research on hallmarks can take years. There are some people here who might spring out and say they know the marks. As you say, an image would help a lot.

About the stone, don't misunderstand me. It could be a diamond but I have never personally seen a diamond of that size set in silver. Platinum, yes, but not silver. Both look similar but platinum is not normally marked .925 so you do have a real puzzler there. Bear in mind that it could actually be a diamond so just take it to your local jeweler for appraisal. Tell him it's for insurance. They may charge you a few dollars but it will be worth it to put the question to bed regarding the rock itself.

It's always a good thing when the wife likes the bling. She puts you on "play-release" more often that way. Remind her often that chasing rings and coins is far better than chasing 25 year old girls. And she gets to keep the jewelry to boot!

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Are you sure its Sliver and not Platinum...? Whilst its more likely to be Silver with 925 stamped on it.

I know cast Platinum is normally 950-960 and worked Platinum around 975, however it might also alloy down further. There are other non common hallmarks which may ably.

I just recently had a very expensive ring made in the USA with Platinum and set with 3 Ideal Cut Diamonds stamped 950. However having two (wedding bands) made here in Australia at the moment all from Platinum. One dealer was quoting them in 960 which I had not heard of before and since found out they can range out side of normal "Common" Assay markings.

A picture may help.

This is also a good site.

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http://www.thomas-skipton.co.uk/Hallmarks.htm


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Look at the Last entry here.  The marks could be just worn and not the original .

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I appreciated catching the thread, and congrats to you TriDitty, excellent find mate!  Great

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I appreciated catching the thread, and congrats to you TriDitty, excellent find mate!  Great

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   Howdy Mr. Jim,

  I took some pics thru the weakest optics that my microscope has and put them on the thread linked below.  A few of the other members had some helpful replies that you might find worth reading.

  Have a good day.

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