Hi everyone! I hope that i am able to get some pointers and help from all you experts!
Just yesterday i received a 18K gold ring with 2 tube set opal stone ring from a dear friend of mine to reshape the band and also to polish the entire ring up.
I was done with polishing the ring and happily threw it into my jewellery tumbler + round ball stainless steel shots and left them running for 2 hours (like i always do, and i have never had any issues with machine or the steel shots getting stuck in my jewellery pieces).
However, to my absolute horror while i was washing and wiping the ring dry i realized that one steel shot has actually made its way into the back of the tube setting!! I have tried all that i can, which includes the following to nudge it but it is just staying there snugly and does not move at all.
- needles
- tweezers
- jewellery pilers
- cutting blades
- scissors
- throwing into a small container with soapy water and shaking it
- tired to knock on the other side alittle, but not too much as i am afraid that it might dislodge the opal which is in the ring.
would you guys have any other suggestions?
I do no dare to pry open the tube setting or drill a hole or to open the setting just to push the steel shot out as this ring was passed down from my friends mum to her which has alot of sentimental value.
Do you think there should be some other methods which i could try?
I will try to get a N35 magnet and see if it works (even though i hardly doubt it will attract it and make it come off).
I would most appreciate if you lovely people here could share some pointers or if you have this issue before!
Thanks in advance!
Bryan
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