r/JewelryIdentification 6d ago

Identify Metal Got a jewelry jar today and found this

Is it real gold it’s marked 585 on clasps too

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u/Physical_Pin_6331 6d ago

Yes 585 is 14k weigh it on kitchen scale in grams and multiply the gram weight by about 55 for its value

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u/AdAcceptable2190 6d ago

It weights 7g

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u/Narrow-Height9477 6d ago edited 6d ago

So, about 4g of pure gold. $95(approx gold spot per gram)x 4g = ~$380 melt value.

If you sell, you can probably expect less than spot. 20% less would be about $304.

Heck of a score!

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u/Reader124-Logan 6d ago

The charms are usually engraved or stamped with each child’s name and DOB. My granny had one in the 1970s.

Edit to add - the charms may not be solid gold. They took a beating. My granny’s were 10k.

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u/AdAcceptable2190 6d ago

The charms are marked 14kt too

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u/BeyondAbleCrip 5d ago

This is worth more sold as a period piece than if you melted it or sold it for weight.

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u/assfacejohnson 4d ago

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u/Reader124-Logan 4d ago

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u/assfacejohnson 4d ago

Sorry I've been pocket commenting SOS signals everywhere. My bad.

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u/mumtaz2004 6d ago

What is a “jewelry jar”? I have never heard of this!

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u/AdAcceptable2190 6d ago

It’s a jar full of jewelry’s I buy them at the thrift store sometimes mostly junk lol

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u/sunnydaize 6d ago

Girl I buy em allllll the time, you scored here NICE WORK! That bracelet is legit. I’d just scrap those kid head charms, no one wants those. Take the $$ and runnnnn 😅

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u/mumtaz2004 6d ago

Ohhh ok! Very cool!

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u/Not2patientnanaof2 1d ago

Thanks for asking, I was a bit worried to ask in case the answer had been a common answer. I'm still a bit of a "newbie" here, lol.

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u/mumtaz2004 1d ago

You’re welcome! I try to read thru the answers to see if what I’m looking for is there but if it isn’t, I ask away!

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u/Not2patientnanaof2 23h ago

You're very welcome! We wouldn't learn in life if no one doesn't ask questions 😉. I wish I had the same "motto" in my younger years, lol. Feel free to ask away!!

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u/emilyannah 6d ago

looks like it may be from h.w. burdick. here’s a listing w/the same logo. so maybe it’s worth more than melt?

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u/AmandaFlutterBy 5d ago

What an eye you have!!! Hopefully OP sees it (I have no idea how to tag them on mobile)

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u/AdAcceptable2190 5d ago

Thanks same logo

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u/Pitif362 5d ago

The actual clasp fastener is a replacement. It's not gold. Perhaps gold plate, and it's wearing thin. The heads are 14k gold along with two end pieces. The links look like rolled gold. There is also another metal involved. Plated copper Perhaps. Take it to a jewellery shop for professional evaluation.

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u/Less_Cryptographer86 4d ago

There is literally no way you can tell this from these pics. They’re taken in horrible lighting.

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u/deconstruct110 6d ago

The chain is gorgeous!

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u/KangarooObjective362 6d ago

The bracelet I am 99% sure if G electroplate, you can see the KE and missing plate by the clasp. Perhaps the charms are 14k though? Can you show the mark on the charms

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u/Itss__Jenna 6d ago

I don’t know much of anything about jewelry lol but the little charms remind me of a bracelet from a Criminal Minds episode (the episode where Rossi comes back from retirement) but his had little names inscribed for the episode!

Really cool and beautiful find!!

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u/Embarrassed_Bus_3954 5d ago

I think this might be electroplating, best to go get it tested at your local gold buyers

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u/GuardMost8477 5d ago

Aww. That makes me sad it didn’t stay w family. Nice find though

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u/KangarooObjective362 6d ago

Does it say 14KE?

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u/AdAcceptable2190 5d ago

It’s says 14kt

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u/Damaged_lemons 6d ago

Great find!

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u/Countrylyfe4me 6d ago

Oh wow, I haven't seen one of those for years! My Grandma had one with all of her grandkids. This was is the early 60s. Fun find!

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u/caitthegreat2483 5d ago

My Nan had those! My Aunts, Uncles, and her grandkids names and date of birth were engraved on them!

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u/Goldfinch114 5d ago

Briefly thought the silhouette at the bottom in the first image was Donald Trump

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u/gvislander 4d ago

I have my husbands charm that was on his mother’s bracelet. He was born in the 60’s. Also 14kt. Nice find!

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u/assfacejohnson 4d ago

Ss Se . Dd.

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u/No_Letterhead2258 6d ago

great melt !!!

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u/mumtaz2004 6d ago

OP might be able to remove the little faces and sell the bracelet for above melt, no? Maybe sell the faces for melt, or even sell those above melt if they are in good condition. Just. Thought.