Shock

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:26 pm

My husband as per usual drove his pal to the market Sunday so he could do his stall.

As per usual also, her has a look around the other stalls.

He has been repairing old watches for years and looks for broken watches, straps etc.

He came across a stall who had a few bits of broken watches and In amongt them Is a mangled fob case.

The guy says he can have It for £10 and tells my husband, he has no Idea of what the metal Is but he thinks It's brass. There's no Hallmark at all on the case and It's a gamble but he took It.

Getting home, I looked at It and decided the casing was too thick to be gold and most likely gold plated or brass. No Hallmark so I was convinced at best, gold plated.

It lay on the table for a few days until today my husband had to go Into town and said he go Into the shop that buys scrap gold and just get them to look at It.

He tells them there's no Hallmark so It's likely rubbish and the cashier says, No, there Is a Hallmark but It's American.... 14K.... well, we wondered what that meant.

So first the cashier tests the outside... Yep that's gold.... then she used a hand held scanner to scan the case right the way through...

Shock !! It's solid Gold.

He sold It there and then for scrap value but came home a few hundred pounds richer.

It just makes me wonder now how much gets over-looked at markets because of the American Hallmark.

Post by **Chloe_88** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:30 pm

Now that's a bit of good luck!

I think a lot of things get over-looked as being rubbish because of these sort of situations.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:35 pm

Chloe_88;1447183 wrote: Now that's a bit of good luck!

I think a lot of things get over-looked as being rubbish because of these sort of situations. I still can't believe It Chloe...

It's the sort of thing that you read about and always happens to some other lucky bugger.

We are both truely gobsmacked.

Post by **LarsMac** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:36 pm

14K means the item is 14 Karat Gold.

Pure Gold is 24K (24 Karat Gold means finest purest)

Most jewelry tends to be 14K or 18K because pure, 24K gold is too soft to hold structure.

Scrap Gold Calculator (Live Gold Price) - GoldCalc.com

Post by **Chloe_88** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:37 pm

oscar;1447184 wrote: I still can't believe It Chloe...

It's the sort of thing that you read about and always happens to some other lucky bugger.

We are both truely gobsmacked.

Now you are one of the lucky buggers! :wah:

I hope you enjoy the extra few quid!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:43 pm

I'll bet the money comes in handy

Enjoy spending it

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:45 pm

LarsMac;1447185 wrote: 14K means the item is 14 Karat Gold.

Pure Gold is 24K (24 Karat Gold means finest purest)

Most jewelry tends to be 14K or 18K because pure, 24K gold is too soft to hold structure.

Scrap Gold Calculator (Live Gold Price) - GoldCalc.com

Bugger, he didn't note the weight when they weighed It.....

These are British Gold Hallmarks... you can see why we didn't have a clue what 14k meant compared to ours.

Simple Gold Hallmark Guide

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:47 pm

Bryn Mawr;1447188 wrote: I'll bet the money comes in handy

Enjoy spending it Thank you.

My beloved has given It to me to enjoy lunch In The Kauto Star resturant at the Festival.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:49 pm

Tonight I'm In shock again.

Peter came home from the market today with the usual buys but he bought a Japanesey style dragon stand about 4 Inches high. It has a gold finial and hanging Inside Is a red egg decorated with gold and a gold tassel hanging from the bottom. He bought It because he thought I'd think It pretty. Didn't take much notice until seeing the label underneath saying Franklin Mint and Golden egg of fortune and destiny along with fine bone porcelain.

Just put that Into google and found this.

Franklin Mint Golden Egg Fortune Destiny Dragon Stand

He paid £2