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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 784824, member: 8708"]At a car boot sale I picked this ring up thinking it was silver and the seller said it was. However I couldn’t find a mark on it even though I searched high and low. Eventually I stumbled over what looks like a hand etched 18 ct hidden amongst the decoration on the side. I looked at it for ages thinking my eyes were deceiving me but it’s there. I didn’t believe it so acid tested it and much to my surprise it tests positive although I’ve only got 9ct acid so can’t be positive it’s 18ct. </p><p>How unusual is this to have hand etched carat mark?. Was there a time when this was common?.There’s no proper hallmark. It’s telling me it’s quite old and has had a hard life so is sadly probably scrap unless you tell me otherwise. </p><p>Thanks for looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]191068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 784824, member: 8708"]At a car boot sale I picked this ring up thinking it was silver and the seller said it was. However I couldn’t find a mark on it even though I searched high and low. Eventually I stumbled over what looks like a hand etched 18 ct hidden amongst the decoration on the side. I looked at it for ages thinking my eyes were deceiving me but it’s there. I didn’t believe it so acid tested it and much to my surprise it tests positive although I’ve only got 9ct acid so can’t be positive it’s 18ct. How unusual is this to have hand etched carat mark?. Was there a time when this was common?.There’s no proper hallmark. It’s telling me it’s quite old and has had a hard life so is sadly probably scrap unless you tell me otherwise. Thanks for looking :-) [ATTACH=full]191068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]191070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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