Al Baker(pumpman)
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So if a guy goes into one of the big jewelry stores to buy a nice rock for his sweetie they show you these big expensive shiny stones. My question is what happens to all of the old ones? For the last sixty years or so it has been customary for a guy to buy his fiancee a ring, or maybe one later when times get better, most every guy has bought a ring. Now fast forward to my age group and most guys have been married two, three, maybe four times. This isnt that out of line, but where do all those rings go? Seems like the US would be full of used diamonds. Wouldn't the supply start to get slim, or the used market get saturated. When you look at the ones in the big stores are they a used rock bought from a pawn shop and cleaned up and put in a new ring. If so, how could you tell. With all the WWII vets, and early baby boomers dying, on top of the high divorce rate, seems like a ton of rings are going somewhere each day. Now expand that to most of Europe. Seems like a big number to me. Am I nuts or do you think some of those jems are being recycled? Sorry for the strange post, but I figure there are some pretty sharp minds on here that wont mind my brain that works overtime thinking of strange thoughts waiting for spring.