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I have a small woman's ring...hallmark says 18K TBE. The only thing I can find is some jewelry sold on HSN. Anybody have some info on this for me....thanks in advance!

Possible it's not a hallmark? Tau Beta Sigma honor fraternity?

Yes..I was hoping it was a brand or maker's mark...but it's damn near all together. I did find one recently with a "T & C" brand and found that company but their brand/maker's mark was a great distance away for the 14K stamp. That's why this on was iffy for me!

Get a powerful magnet and see if it sticks.

If not, try and scratch it to see if it is solid k gold.

If it passes both those tests, it is most likely 18k.

fasTT wrote:Get a powerful magnet and see if it sticks.

If not, try and scratch it to see if it is solid k gold.

If it passes both those tests, it is most likely 18k.

Have you ever bought any gold jewelry that was sold on HSN (HomeShoppingNetwork)?

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:

fasTT wrote:Get a powerful magnet and see if it sticks.

If not, try and scratch it to see if it is solid k gold.

If it passes both those tests, it is most likely 18k.

Have you ever bought any gold jewelry that was sold on HSN (HomeShoppingNetwork)?

My daughters have cases of it, inherited from my mother, who was addicted to HSN before she died 10 years ago. She spent well into 5 figures on the stuff over a couple of year. I thought it was awful at the time, and I pawned some of the worst of it off (wish now I hadn't). It is probably finally now worth more than she paid for it. The stuff is what it claims to be, though there are pieces that are gold plated other stuff (some gold plated sterling).

I've told my daugthers that that is their gold for the future, to hang onto it regardless of whether they like the pieces or not.

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:Have you ever bought any gold jewelry that was sold on HSN (HomeShoppingNetwork)?

I doubt that a company that makes a fortune by selling vastly over priced items needs to lie about the purity. It is probably legit.

Acronym Definition
TBE Tick-Borne Encephalitis
TBE Très Bon État (French: very good condition)
TBE Tabbrowser Extensions (Mozilla Firefox extension)
TBE To Be Expected
TBE Transitional Bilingual Education
TBE Teledyne Brown Engineering (an Allegheny Teledyne Company)
TBE Tris-Borate-Edta Buffer
TBE To Be Evaluated
TBE To Be Edited
TBE Tenancy by the Entirety
TBE Turbo-Back Exhaust
TBE Temple Beth Emeth (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)
TBE Threaded Both Ends
TBE Tabbed Browser Extension
TbE Terabit Ethernet
TBE Temple Beth Elohim (North, Brewster, NY)
TBE Time Base Error
TBE The Benchmark Exchange
TBE T-box factor-Binding Element
TBE Technical Bid Evaluation
TBE Toilet Bowl Effect (RC helicopters)
TBE The Bicycle Escape (Frederick, MD)
TBE Total Budget Estimate
TBE Task Breakdown Element
TBE Trade Bill of Exchange
TBE Telecommunications & Broadcast Equipment

chances are it is either "to be expected", " The Benchmark Exchange".. the latter seems to be some type of scheme tied to the performance of either an ETF or some other investment that closely mirrors the price of gold

Acronyms are a hoot. Great for a smile.

could it be "Trade Bill of Exchange" ?