Hey kids.
I'm looking to buy our wedding bands, and want recycled gold. Specifically looking for plain band, white gold, no curly twirly stuff or stones. Know anyone local? I'd rather start there before I go online.
Gracias!
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Recycled gold?
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biophile87
offlineMemberPosted 3 years ago # -
wildernessbarbie
offlineMemberTim Lambertni at the Ballard Farmers market deals in Eco or recycled gold. Look for a big Asian style umbrella and pro looking jewelry display case. Sometimes over by the pizza oven. He did my engagement ring and I love it!
Posted 3 years ago # -
biophile87
offlineMemberSuper! Thanks!
Posted 3 years ago # -
BriarRose
offlineMemberWhat???? As opposed to fresh gold? LOL
ALL gold in the world today is recycled its not like they make fresh each day or even dig it up each day.
This HAS to be a joke. No one is dumb enough to pay premium for this laughable sales gimic.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Robo_Bum_One
offlineMember'Allo!
I'm not an metalurgist,but Iplay one on T.Vee!
Many jaded gold fingered fetishists want their gold tolook as if it ca
me straight out of the earth vein or stream!
Und zo they buy gold that is in original nugget form factor.
Also,many gold bug(gers)wish to have gold hand beaten by groggy little Kkruppner/abbos in fetishistic aprons to form
crude nauvo-riche objetes de treuve that show their vulgar ostentation.
The "lost Dutchman"nuggets/Peralta Cashe BaRs/Cobbs Where looted in 1930's by Dentist Doc Noss and hammered into chunky baubles for his widow.
When she died recently,the gold was sold by the lawyers involved in the suit against the USArmy for stealing the cache in ww2.
"robo bum 1"Posted 3 years ago # -
BriarRose
offlineMemberIt REALLY is funny. What do you think jewelers do with the gold they are buying? Eat it?
Exactly how old do you want your gold to be? Maybe stolen from the dead fingers of a Mayan? Mined by slaves in South Africa? Do tell us the exact origin of what you end up buying. : )
Posted 3 years ago # -
Alonzo Neighbor
offlineMemberI was curious about this so did a little research and came up with the following from a couple sources:
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It is true that discarded precious metals are carefully captured and recycled because of their value, so gold that you use today may actually have been used throughout the history of mankind. It’s very hard, however, to find refineries which use only recycled gold. Most will feed freshly mined stock in as needed, and some deal exclusively in freshly mined gold.Every time a refinery makes a purchase of freshly mined gold, there is an incentive for some company to continue ravaging the environment to provide that gold. By ensuring that our gold is entirely sourced from recycled metals, we ensure that we have not contributed to that vicious cycle.
In 2007 the United States produced approximately 240 tons of gold, making it the fourth-largest gold-producing nation, behind Australia, South Africa, and China. Most gold produced today in the US comes from large open-pit heap leach mines in the state of Nevada. The US is a net exporter of gold.
--------Good luck in finding those special wedding sets, biophile87.
Posted 3 years ago # -
wildernessbarbie
offlineMemberAlonzo Neighbor- Best smack down ever of BR's snotty response! Bravo, well done!
Posted 3 years ago # -
Alonzo Neighbor
offlineMemberWell, I guess we all have the foot-in-mouth disease at one time or another, but I do think life can be challenging enough without all the added bitterness.
Posted 3 years ago # -
BriarRose
offlineMemberMy GOD there is a sucker born every minute.
Note to self: REALLY find some way to cash in on these green suckers.
Alonzo name one refinery that uses only fresh gold and prove this please. Gee let me guess who might benefit from such an absurd lie. : ) Alonzo it is simply not true.
This has GOTTA be a joke. Like the crying over manatees MUST be doug11 right? No one is that dumb.
Posted 3 years ago # -
onederfullone
offlineMemberDon't you work for the federal government?
*mission accomplished*
Posted 3 years ago # -
wildernessbarbie
offlineMemberSeems to be along the same line as sourcing a diamond or other stone from a place that gets them ethically, and not 12 year olds in mines in Africa. Since you're the doubter here BR, why don't you support your own opinion by proving such mines don't exist? The burden of proof is on you with the dissenting opinion, not Alonzo
Posted 3 years ago # -
Alonzo Neighbor
offlineMemberSorry, BR. Not gonna bite. Don't have to prove a thing to you. I got the info I needed and am now happy to move on.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Anonymous
offlineUnregisteredWell played, Alonzo Neighbor.
Posted 3 years ago # -
BriarRose
offlineMemberLOL "Not gonna bite" You basically post 'not so' with no cite and say you won't bite. Yeah right. : )
You bit and missed dear.
Note to self: STOP trying to battle wits with unarmed people.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Alonzo Neighbor
offlineMemberBite me.
Posted 3 years ago # -
wildernessbarbie
offlineMemberLOL! Second best smack down!!! Alonzo Neighbor FTW again!
Posted 3 years ago # -
biophile87
offlineMemberWent to the Ballard market today. Tim was lovely, and Anthony in the little nook had great stuff too. Both use Hoover & Strong Harmony metals. Turns out Fiance has "design ideas", so no decisions were made today. Time is getting short, though.
Price of gold is going up, so I think we may go with palladium instead. Visiting the jewelers has opened a whole new world to me. I had no idea what was involved in making some of their pieces. It was fascinating. I thought a ring was just a ring.
My main concern is that I will lose it. I'm always getting dirty, I'm often up to my knees in a stream or a river, or I'm sticking my hands into places that are prone to injure me. I have lost rings before, and it would suck if I lost my brand new wedding ring a month into my marriage. I guess that's just part of the adventure!
Posted 3 years ago # -
pennygirl
onlineMemberbiophile87...
I have lost two to the yard. I don't wear a ring anymore. :-)
Posted 3 years ago # -
crownhiller
offlineMemberbiophile- you could always go vintaqe/antique. I got both my wedding ring and engagement ring via antique malls - while you don't get the design aspect necessarily, you are technically "recycling" - lots of beautiful beautiful stuff out there - got my engagement ring in Edmonds and my band at Pacific Galleries in downtown Seattle (where we had our first date, so it brought everything full circle in hoky fashion ;)
Posted 3 years ago # -
briana-n-pugs
offlineMemberI <3 Alonzo Neighbor! :)
Posted 3 years ago # -
onederfullone
offlineMemberNote to self: STOP trying to battle wits with unarmed people.
Better yet. Stop pretending to be a know it all. It doesn't fit you.
oh, here's what BR's next job hunt should be like ;-)
Posted 3 years ago # -
DDF
offlineMemberi SO TRULY DISLIKE br - i HAVE NEVER KNOWN A MORE DIFFICULT, MALCONTENT SINCE, WELL, dOUG11.
Posted 3 years ago # -
DDF
offlineMemberOops, CAP lock on.
Posted 3 years ago # -
onederfullone
offlineMemberCaps on works well sometimes...like right then ;-)
Posted 3 years ago # -
biophile87
offlineMemberPG- I wouldn't wear one if I could avoid it, but it's meaningful to my honey, so I'll do my best with this one till I can't.
crownhiller, thanks for the tip. I always think antique stuff is more baroque. Would I find plain bands there? Don't know if we'll wind up with a set at this point. He likes more ornate stuff, a piece of yarn would do for me.
:OP
Posted 3 years ago # -
crownhiller
offlineMemberBio - you can find nearly every style under the sun when it comes to antique jewelry - and in many different price ranges. Might be worth a look at least.
Posted 3 years ago # -
biophile87
offlineMembercrownhiller, will do. Thanks!
Posted 3 years ago # -
Te
offlineMemberBiophile, check out Alana in Northgate Mall for antiques. And a friend just got a beautiful ring set custom made at Green Lake Jewelry Works http://www.greenlakejewelry.com/. I believe they offer recycled gold. ;)
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