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help with Assay marks.... - See attached pic
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 8:29:05 PM(UTC)
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Guys.... looks like 22ct Birmingham. ..1853?

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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 8:38:19 PM(UTC)
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Yeah I had a look Dale and I would also say 1853.
What is the makers mark have you looked that up yet?

Very nice find.
Moral of story - shift more rocks.

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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 8:42:26 PM(UTC)
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It is a beautiful ring! Really protected as it was in a crevice under the rock.

CWS or CWSL (I think) is the makers mark. I will look again.

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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:04:05 PM(UTC)
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Nice find!! Ok I'm curious though, what's the deal with moving rocks? Were you digging for treasure?
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:04:15 PM(UTC)
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Nice find!! Ok I'm curious though, what's the deal with moving rocks? Were you digging for treasure?
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:11:33 PM(UTC)
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No had a faint signal with a pulse induction machine...through a rock (like a large flat bolder about 1 foot dia). Moved it...reswept the coil....signal better...fanned the water to move the sand and found this ring :)
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:41:42 PM(UTC)
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great find dont get many 22ct stuff
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:50:49 PM(UTC)
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Amazing how much stuff is out there to find in NZ which has a relatively short history of human habitation (well humans with detectable artefacts).
Must be a massive amount of stuff in some older locations of the globe. Also, for the age of your ring, its in very good condition!
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 9:54:59 PM(UTC)
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Wow...that's a beauty. Love seeing a ring like that loaded with hallmarks. A nice oldie too....congratz.
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 10:39:03 PM(UTC)
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It is really in amazing condition for the age. I gave it a quick polish on the outside and cleaned before reading the hallmarks. It is very yellow gold. No dents or marks. Strange huh. In 1.5m deep water. At 0.6 low tide.
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Posted : Thursday, 15 May 2014 10:53:19 PM(UTC)
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Sometimes its like you are just meant to find some thing. Of course what I always think is for every random alignment of movements or event that leads to a discovery, there are many more nuggets/rings/etc that we just don't happen to find. Case in point, I once found a 11g nugget under an inch of sand in somebody's sluice digging hole. They missed it an I just happened to do the right things that day. Or finding a British half crown in somebody else's dig hole hahah
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