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grampacharlie
Mar 7, 2011, 5:20 PM
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Hey Biner,
I just got engaged this past november to a wonderful woman who is a climber and very active outdoorswoman.
I asked my grandmother if she had a heirloom ring that she would like to see put to use and kept in the family. Turns out, she gave me my Great grandmother's engagement ring. It is a small diamond on a simple gold band. I Took it to our Jeweler who cleaned it up and added our birth stones on each side of the diamond to make it a little more personal. (Both Peridot)
Adding the stones and having it cleaned and sized all cost well under 1G and it is a ring that has a lot of personality.
You can also have a new band added to an existing ring as well that would personalize it.
Hope this helps.
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enigma
Mar 9, 2011, 10:05 AM
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grampacharlie wrote: Hey Biner, I just got engaged this past november to a wonderful woman who is a climber and very active outdoorswoman. I asked my grandmother if she had a heirloom ring that she would like to see put to use and kept in the family. Turns out, she gave me my Great grandmother's engagement ring. It is a small diamond on a simple gold band. I Took it to our Jeweler who cleaned it up and added our birth stones on each side of the diamond to make it a little more personal. (Both Peridot) Adding the stones and having it cleaned and sized all cost well under 1G and it is a ring that has a lot of personality. You can also have a new band added to an existing ring as well that would personalize it. Hope this helps.
That sounds sweet . Congrats 
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rrrADAM
Mar 9, 2011, 10:22 PM
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carabiner96 wrote: jgloporto wrote: ... My brother just spend $12,000 and its not even 1 carat total weight.... JESUS CHRIST!!!!!
Our money is/was better spent on things like houses, and renting them out, or just saving.
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chadnsc
Mar 10, 2011, 4:03 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: carabiner96 wrote: jgloporto wrote: ... My brother just spend $12,000 and its not even 1 carat total weight.... JESUS CHRIST!!!!! If I spent that much on a ring, and gave it to my wife when I asked her to marry me, she would have given it back to me, and told me, "no, you're a dumb-ass!"... Our money is/was better spent on things like houses, and renting them out, or just saving.
+1
My wife would have done the same thing!
Five years ago the engagement ring I bought my wife was around $1,400. A simple gold band with a solitary stone in and off sized karat (ie. .63 instead of .65) because it's much, much less expensive and you can't tell the difference.
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spikeddem
Mar 10, 2011, 7:55 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: Our money is/was better spent on things like . . . just saving.
I'm curious about this saving. Tell me more.
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