All the glittery things

[oceanebelle]

Being a girl I can't help but notice glittery shiny and radiant stuff. One such incident was just this afternoon where upon my way back to the office from a client site engagement, I happened upon a glittery cross that was stuck on a grill on the side of the road. Upon closer inspection I found out that it was actually a cross pendant that seems to be studded with diamond looking stones with a white gold/silver chain dangling down into the sewage pipe below.

Now I don't own jewelry myself because I'm a bit allergic to it to my mother's despair, so the question is how do I know that this jewelry is real?

Clue: it has hallmarks on it one being AU 750 which means 18K white gold upon further googling around.

As I'm too lazy to go and ask a jeweler and lazier still to go and just give it to the police to report lost property (all that paperwork and my name on their records!!!). All I want to do is speculate whether it is indeed a real valuable piece of jewelry.

On top of that the more pressing question is, what would you do if ever you find jewelry?

[JuggaloBrotha]

Even if it's not "real" as long as it looks nice you could clean it up and give it to someone. Unless you want to just keep it cause it's shiny.

[akhileshbc]

Being a girl I can't help but notice glittery shiny and radiant stuff. One such incident was just this afternoon where upon my way back to the office from a client site engagement, I happened upon a glittery cross that was stuck on a grill on the side of the road. Upon closer inspection I found out that it was actually a cross pendant that seems to be studded with diamond looking stones with a white gold/silver chain dangling down into the sewage pipe below.

Now I don't own jewelry myself because I'm a bit allergic to it to my mother's despair, so the question is how do I know that this jewelry is real?

Clue: it has hallmarks on it one being AU 750 which means 18K white gold upon further googling around.

As I'm too lazy to go and ask a jeweler and lazier still to go and just give it to the police to report lost property (all that paperwork and my name on their records!!!). All I want to do is speculate whether it is indeed a real valuable piece of jewelry.

I think, you better ask a jeweler itself.
Or, try asking your friends (girls). They may have good knowledge in these things...

On top of that the more pressing question is, what would you do if ever you find jewelry?

If it is a real valuable piece of jewel, then I will inform the police and give it to them. And also, informs the local media (newspaper) about this jewel. In most cases, the owner will be able to locate the lost thing from newspapers.

If it is not a valuable one, I'll just drop it in there and walk away

[AsmIscool]

18 CT gold does not sound like a cheap trinket but then there are all those gold Rolex's out there. Get it valued and then give it to the police with your details if it is real. If the owner claims it you might get a reward and if they dont then around here it becomes yours after 6 months legally. Might be different where you are though but I can see no reason why the police having your details as a good honest person would be a problem and they would probably throw them out afterwards anyway. But it could be somebodies great grandmothers and worth far more to them than the money.

[TheBigB]

As long as it doesn't have an inscription of any kind denoting emotional value, do whatever you want with it.