Featured Estate find...meh?

Found this at an estate sale, the stone looks plastic. And it is overlaid gold. I bought it for like a dollar, thinking I could possibly cash it in at one of those gold buying places? May try eBay cuz the setting is kinda quirky/cool.....

 

It isn't going to be worth anything on it's own as far as scraping value since it's electroplated.

 

So you're saying you cannot scrap electroplated?

 

You can, but you need a large quantity of it for it to be worth it.

 

The U with arrow mark is for Uncas, See this link https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_U.html

 

Does it feel warmish or cold to the touch?

 

I would say cool

 

I wouldn't have spent a dollar on it. HGE - heavy gold electroplate. Scrappers do buy gold-filled items but they pay by the pound. Sometimes. They generally don't want electroplate. The design is funky though, so it might be worth messing with if you need something to mess with.

 

The design screams 1970s. Uncas rings I have seen were silver, with glass or other artificial 'stone'.

 

OK, this is what you do... tap the stone on your front teeth then tap a piece of glass and a piece of plastic. You will know right away if it is plastic or not

 

LOL....I'm learning! It's all an education!

 

Is this a safe method (LOL)....you might not believe this but I'm a dental hygienist. I tell patients all the time "your teeth are NOT a tool..."

 

yes, it is safe for the stone..

 

All you have to do it tap lightly, and clean the ring before you do it, it should be perfectly safe.

 

Sorry, I was joking....

 

Bad dental humor

 

OOPS, sorry, my bad

 

Wearing it and smashing your fist into someone else's teeth is not recommended. Unless they've more than earned it, of course.

 

lol!!