Palladium is similar to platinum and nothing like titanium. It is also the metal you need if you are going to experiment with cold fusion. This is "500 grade", which means it is 50% palladium, and the weight on the Argos site is given incorrectly as "Guaranteed weight 4oz." Maybe they mean 0.4 ounces, but that seems too high as well. 4 grams is more likely.

There is another palladium ring marked down that claims to be "Guaranteed weight 6oz". That weight of Palladium (even 50% palladium) is worth about £1000. 6 grams of 50% palladium would be about one tenth of an ounce (Troy) of pure metal worth about £35.

Learning the difference between knew and new would be a good start to your learning experience :smiley:

Depends on the measure - Mohs scale Palladium is around 10% harder, so will resist scratches better, Vickers scale, Platinum is harder, more resistant to impact damage. For scratches at least, pretty much every object/material you'd come across on a daily basis that would scratch a Platinum ring while wearing it would also scratch a Palladium one.

Palladium will tarnish over time, Platinum will not (the oxide is colourless), nothing that a polish-up wouldn't sort every 5 years or so.

Choosing Palladium or Platinum comes down to cost generally, they are from the same family of inert/noble metals, look similar, but Palladium is a lot lighter. Whichever you choose, i'd go for a brushed effect so the scratches you'll inevitably pick up won't be too noticeable.

This "500" grade Palladium ring is only 50% Palladium, most Platinum rings are 95% Platinum.

just ordered one for my oh, he doesn't like wearing a ring but wants one to keep so this is perfect

Went yesterday and they didn't have any in my size at Chester store (asked for a number of the palladium ones on offer currently). Was told another Chester store had it in stock, but when I got there they didn't have it. Was told they could not order them in either. Good luck if anyone finds any

As seen on tv, Sunday night at the palladium ?

I'm actually shopping for wedding rings tomorrow and have been looking at Palladium. Don't want to spend hundreds as budget is fairly tight as it is. I know you have to live with it for a long time (hopefully!), but this is the kind of price point i'm looking at for myself so I will check it out

Word of warning I work as a firefighter and we were asked by the local hospital to help remove a titanium ring a guy had on his finger. He hurt his finger it swelled and the ring was making it worse, we had nothing small enough and strong enough to cut it off, it was left with the hospital so god only knows what happened to him, if you are going to buy one make sure it is soft metal.

I had mine custom made, both mine and the wife's. Cost £950 in total, but valued at just over £2000. Cost is irrelevant however, we both wanted something unique.

I opted for 1.5mm palladium either side of 6mm Matt finished rose gold.



If you can, I would say get them made to your liking, rather than a shops choice.

london?

Palladium is a bit like titanium but when the going gets tough it will bubble hearth

Exactly. At first you think it's a shame, then you appreciate that the marks signify your life wearing it.

my 950 palladium ring scratches really badly. I nicknamed it scratchy. it takes about 1 month after a polish to look dull and scratched, but I quite like it like that. the mirrored finish when polished is quite scary.

tbh I'm fine with the scratches. Life in action.

I've bought the £69.99 for my wedding ring. I was about to shell out £400 for a 950 ring in the jewellers. They look identical. I know this is only 500, but in the end I couldn't justify spending so much more on a ring. Budget can be utilised elsewhere. Free resizing service too.

I was also going to recommend tungsten - there's not a mark on the ring I've been wearing for the best part if three years now.

It's quite heavy, but I like that, but the colour isn't to eveyone's taste, it's quite grey.

Does it have bluetooth and gps? Forgive me but being old fashioned I am happy with my 18ct gold ring thats been on my finger since 2001, it works just fine but I'm wondering if I need to upgrade it. :laughing:

If you want a ring that does not scratch then this is the ring to go for.

http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/d/1337955/tungsten+9mm+ring/

I have a platinum wedding ring and it was getting scratched left right and centre. I decided I needed a cheap everyday one so I experimented with a few alternatives. I came across this ring at H Samuel and a relative assured me that this ring was scratch resistant. I did a bit of searching and found that Argos were selling the same ring for only £20 so I bought it from there around 2 years ago. The ring is still looking like new without a scratch to be seen. I wear it everyday and only wear my wedding ring on occasions.

I can't seem to find it on the Argos website now but there is a slightly more expensive Tungsten ring here:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4086477.htm

It's the same material so may also be scratch resistant.

Hope this helps.

Someone pumped this into wolverines ring?

He doesn't use adamantium

Sounds like a song made up on the spur of the moment by Peter Andre

500 Palladium is the cheap version cheeky jewellers use for rings; 950's the proper Palladium.

500 Palladium will still scratch up pretty readily.

​Haha! Nice one. Swype/autocorrect on my phone.

Learning the difference between knew and new would be a good start to your learning experience :smiley:

My God, never new we had such precious metal experts on HUKD! :neutral_face:
What a learning experience just by reading a deal!

I have a palladium wedding ring and would recommend them any day over titanium

juat a word of warning if your not too fammiler with the matrial do your reaserch me and my husband were talked into buying titanium wedding rings and they would "stay shiny and never scrach" after less than a year they were a dull darker thank gun metal coulor and have more scraches and scuffs on them than any other jewrey i own

"D - shaped"

Looks nothing like a ****.

Palladium isn't that the stuff Ironman uses :man:

Isnt palladium the stuff they pumped into wolverine

If your a goldigga, make sure you get a Polonium ring .:smirk: You'll soon get your inheritance.

6 oz - most knuckledusters probably don't weigh that. My 6mm Platinum wedding ring (tubular, not tapered - as thick at the edges as it is in the middle) is quite thick , Z1 in size and only weighs a smidge under 14g. 6g (assuming it is alloyed with something no heavier than Palladium) seems very feasible, 0.4 (12.4g) Troy Oz total ring weight would imply to me that the ring was alloyed with something to make it a similar density to Platinum (maybe Tungsten), maybe more, as the picture of the Argos ring makes it look much thinner than mine.

Good metal for Fella's. Harder than Platinum I believe.