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Never too late….another idea and source! Thanks David Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I realise it's too late, but red/jeweller's brass works well for this sort of thing (and tarnishes far less than copper). Alternatively, I've had...

I am now looking for a reliable non acid gold verifying kit as I don’t fancy walking about with nitric acid in my pocket!……any advice? Sent from...

Too late ! Done it! But the recipient will pay! (If she wants it!) I must do some “junk shop” searching purchase to find some more……or pay the...

Yes Dennis…..at the risk of being excommunicated by my wife I used 4 links of her totally worn out chain to make 2 decent sized balls. Has worked...

Polishing regularly is not something a woman wants to do with a ring in daily use. If she’s happy for it to go black then that’s her choice. Don’t...

As already mentioned, rings are subject to wear and bashing, so that rules out plating, and also bought in gold balls, which are mostly painfully...

Crafty! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Would something like this work drill hole in ring and gently peen over the post, (I did not say this but maybe a touch of epoxy)...

Necessity is the mother of invention! This morning 9ct gold was £17.31 a gm! Yes I will ask if she has any bits of her own I can use. I like the idea...

The copper will tarnish with products. Have you looked to see if you can get a gold bead with only one drill hole or if 2 solder a silver wire...

Ooops two photos! You see there are to be 2 balls both at about 3 gm which at the current price of gold would be a bit eye watering! Sent from...

Hmm yes! I think this ring is planned to be worn most of the time! I have made one using copper and I think it looks great!!! Sent from my iPad...

That’s what I was about to say but you’d need to warn her that on a ring the plating will wear probably quite quickly if it’s worn all the time

Thinking of the wear aspect. Gold plating seems to wear off rather quickly and as an orb on a ring would get a lot of friction against clothes etc. ...

How about, a Silver orb easy to solder then have the orb plated, at a jeweller who is set up with plating equipment

Yes, yes and YES. Turn off right back to the bottle(s). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Depends on the country of manufacture

Yes I would test the rings too before sending it off. The 925 stamp worthless on its own. If they are not hallmark quality themselves then you...

It looks like it might be Swedish 1961 https://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKSWEDEN.HTML

Hi it looks like 3 crowns.

I'm pretty sure that's not a hallmark per se (not a UK one anyway). Have a look here - https://www.silvercollection.it/hallmarks.html I haven't...

This is the hallmark

Thankyou that's very helpful.

Thankyou this is the hallmark

Yes , I got caught out early on in my “journey” in jewellery as one or two of you may remember with …I think it was Tibetan silver. Sent from my...

We inherited my German mother in laws silver spoons.Although they didn’t say German silver they were definitely just plated . It made me check the...

They are probably made of a base metal alloy called German silver, containing zinc nickel and copper. Here is more about it:...

Do you have a picture of the hallmark? Might be completely unrelated, but German silver is a name given to nickel silver...