Shock
Posted: 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.
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.
