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Open your jewelry box and take a look. How many of the pieces in there do you actually wear? If you have unwanted pieces laying around, bring them to Dean’s! We buy gold and diamonds and would love to see what you have on hand. ...

In March we told you about some of our favorite places in Coshocton. Well now it’s time to put the spotlight on Mount Vernon, where our other store is located. If you’re a local or plan to be visiting the area here’s our little guide ...

If you’ve been to Dean’s Jewelry lately you may have noticed some of our pieces from E.L. Designs. There is so much to love about this collection! The pieces are American-made, they’re artistic, and they span so many different styles. From abstract statement earrings to ...

Spring is here which means that summer is just around the corner! If you’re already thinking about your warm weather look, here’s the inside scoop on the latest trends for 2019. At least those that we’re getting on board with … Antique Jewelry We have ...

First love comes love. Then comes bling.   If you’ve found your one and only the next step is to put a ring on it. For great deals and special financing, you’re not going to want to miss our upcoming Wedding Band & Bridal Show. ...

As a local retailer, we love to support other small businesses in Coshocton. This is why, whenever possible, we dine, shop and indulge without traveling too far from home. Curious to know some of our local favs? Well wait no longer … Self-Care         When we ...

Believe it or not, winter can be fashionable. Even in Ohio! All you need is a few tips to help you accessorize wisely. The key? Choosing pieces that will get you noticed without becoming tangled in your bulky sweaters, hats and scarves. If you want ...

Do you have any broken, tarnished, or straight up hideous jewelry that you’ve been hiding at the back of our drawer?! Well now’s the time to bring it out because Dean’s Jewelry is on the hunt for the ugliest piece of jewelry. Don’t miss your ...

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to impress that special someone in your life. Talk about an overwhelming task! Don’t be discouraged Dean’s Jewelry is here to help and we promise that spreading ...

Not all diamonds are created equally and at Dean’s Jewelry we want only the best for our customers. Whether you’re purchasing a pendant for a milestone anniversary or maybe even that sparkling ring that she’ll wear when she says “I do”, when you purchase a ...

2019 Jewelry Trends 2019 has arrived! With a new year comes a whole new set of jewelry trends and we have to say, we love what we are seeing so far. Directly from the runway, here are some of the looks that we’re jumping on ...

During the holiday season, it’s easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle. We get so focused on buying gifts, attending holiday parties, and traveling that sometimes we forget what it’s really all about. Underneath all of the tinsel and wrapping paper there’s a ...

We blinked and somehow, it’s December already! What’s on your wish list this year? If you’re looking for ideas to send to Santa, we’ve got plenty of pieces that will light up your wardrobe. For holiday 2018 we’re putting a strong emphasis on glistening, white ...

Ladies Night is coming to Dean’s Jewelry and you’re not going to want to miss it! Mark your calendar for November 27th at our Mount Vernon store and November 29th at our Coshocton store. Both events will be held from 5PM to 8PM with plenty ...

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. As a retailer, it’s easy to look at this particular holiday as the official start to a season of madness. It’s easy to lose sleep over promotions, inventory, client wish lists, and how to make everyone’s dreams come true. ...

The holidays are just around the corner, which means that sweet savings are on the way. In order to help you plan accordingly we wanted to give you a sneak peek into our black Friday specials. Here are just a couple of reasons to pay ...

Halloween is just around the corner. From witches flying on broomsticks to placing glowing pumpkins on the front porch this time of year is rich with superstitious activities. To add to the list, we decided to uncover some of the oldest jewelry myths. You never ...

Happiest of birthdays to all of the October babies out there! While Pink Tourmaline is often considered the primary birthstone for this month we tend to prefer the alternative. The magical opal. Coming in many colors and extremely interactive with light, opals are a highly ...

From the crisp air to pumpkin lattes there are so many reasons to love fall. Our favorite has to be all of the rich colors! And the good news is that we don’t have to let the trees steal the show. Fall is a great ...

Jewelry is much more than a possession. It’s a reminder of the people you love. It’s a symbol of the most precious moments in your life. It represents who you are, where you’ve been, and what you strive to be. With all of the meaning ...

If you haven’t stopped by the store lately to check out our new pieces from ÉVOCATEUR you’re missing out! Every piece that we’ve stumbled upon tells a unique story. Through the design, the craftsmanship, and the beautiful materials. I think it’s safe to say that ...

Love happens. And, sometimes it happens fast. At Dean’s Jewelry, we wanted to create a collection of engagement rings that we could keep on hand, forever, so that when your big moment arises, you know exactly where to turn. We wanted this collection to contain ...

At Dean’s we go above and beyond to ensure that our customers wedding days are nothing short of ahhhmazing. From cleaning every facet of your stones to making sure your bands fit perfectly, we try not to miss a single detail. Another thing that we ...

Today we wanted to put a spotlight on one of our favorite designers – Freida Rothman. Showcasing fashion-forward designs and ornate details, her pieces never miss the mark. We’re especially excited about the new Textured Pearl Collection which is new for summer 2018. These pieces ...

Wedding season has arrived! If you have one or a handful of celebrations to attend this year Dean’s Jewelry is here to help you rock your wedding guest outfit. And, there’s no need to go out and buy a bunch of new dresses. With the ...

As a jeweler, we often say that we’re in the business of love. During the courting phase Dean’s Jewelers is where men and women come to find the perfect gift for their new crush. As the relationship grows many of those couples come back as ...

Moms have one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. This Mother’s Day let’s give them the recognition, the love, and the beautiful bling that they deserve! If you’re not sure what to get that special woman in your life, well, you’ve found yourself ...

Spring has arrived and we’re celebrating with stunning gemstones! If you want to embrace the season and add some color to wardrobe you’re not going to want to miss our upcoming Gem Tasting with world-renowned gem-faceter, Roger Dery. This exclusive, invite-only event will take place ...

While we love all jewelry, there is just something about Estate pieces. Every time new Estate inventory shows up at one of our stores, we have a blast filtering through it. We love the vintage designs, the detailed craftsmanship, and the way they pay tribute ...

Hey, remember us? After a bit of a hiatus we’ve decided to reenter the blogosphere. In the past our blog was here to keep you informed on industry news. To update you on the latest celebrity engagements. And, to keep you entertained with fun jewelry ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you great throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Gladys Knight & the Pips tell a story of unrequited love in their 1970 hit single, "If I Were Your Woman." ...

A super-creative and very romantic graphic animator thrilled his girlfriend recently with a sweet marriage proposal cleverly masked as a Hollywood movie trailer. Vancouver, Wash., resident Adrianna Neil was so excited to attend an early screening of the blockbuster, live-action Beauty and the Beast as ...

Shoppers will be showering their moms with $5 billion in jewelry gifts on Sunday, May 14, setting a new Mother's Day record for that category. That tally represents an increase of 19% compared with the $4.2 billion spent in 2016. Mother's Day gifts across all ...

A British piano tuner is about to share a six-figure reward for discovering a stash of 913 gold coins hidden beneath the keyboard of an upright that had been donated to a community college. The gold sovereigns, which date from 1847 to 1915, have a ...

The 34.40-carat Stotesbury Emerald, a six-sided gem with a famed history that spans more than 100 years, headlines a cavalcade of magnificent jewels at Sotheby's New York on Tuesday. The Colombian-mined emerald was previously in the collections of three high-profile American jewelry collectors: Evalyn Walsh ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. In his signature "Stable Song," singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov uses gemstone and precious-metal metaphors to describe an artist who struggles to find his muse ...

A 2,000-foot-wide platinum-rich asteroid zipped within 1.09 million miles of the Earth yesterday, prompting renewed speculation about the feasibility of space mining. Roughly the size of the Rock of Gibraltar, the asteroid, at its nearest point, was only 4.6 times the distance from the Earth ...

Comedian Jon Crist's video spoofing millennials' obsession with social media in an era of engagement ring selfies and viral proposals has earned more than 11 million views on Facebook. In the 3-minute-long vignette, Crist co-stars as a young suitor who takes his girlfriend (played by ...

The organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are imploring environmentally conscious citizens to unload their old cell phones in an effort to amass enough precious metal to create 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals. “Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic medals will be made ...

You can say that the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series rings were 108 years in the making. That's because the last time the Cubs won baseball's Fall Classic — in 1908 — the average wage was 22 cents per hour, 8% of homes had a ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis sings about having the courage to pull the plug on a failing relationship in the 2007 release, "Silver ...

The largest D-flawless heart-shaped diamond ever to be offered at auction will be the headliner of Christie's Magnificent Jewels event in Geneva on May 17. Dubbed "La Légende" ("The Legend"), the 92.15-carat gem is the centerpiece of a cultured pearl sautoir signed by Parisian jewelers ...

Named after two of the most revered and powerful Olympian deities, Apollo and Artemis, this exquisite pair of diamond earrings — one blue, one pink — could fetch upwards of $68 million at Sotheby's Geneva on May 16. Although Sotheby's is promoting the pear-shaped diamond ...

A blindfolded Houston Rockets dancer got the surprise of her life on Friday when a silly halftime stunt turned into a heartwarming on-court marriage proposal. Casey Potter, a veteran Rockets Power Dancer, thought she was being a good sport by participating in a halftime attraction ...

In less than two weeks, the iconic Ruby Slippers made famous by Judy Garland in the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz, will be pulled from the wildly popular “American Stories” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The 78-year-old slippers — ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, a modest second-hand wedding band is the focus of "Golden Ring," a chart-topping duet by country legends George Jones and Tammy Wynette. In ...

Newly discovered pendants and beads fashioned from the bones of "pig-deer" and monkey-like marsupials suggest that the Ice Age inhabitants of Indonesia had a flourishing artistic culture. A team of archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia discovered the artifacts at Leang Bulu Bettue, a cave and ...

A star was born Tuesday when a 59.6-carat, flawless, fancy vivid pink diamond shattered the world record for the highest price ever paid for any gem at auction. The Pink Star's hammer price of $71.2 million at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale in Hong ...

Wrestling superstar John Cena proposed to longtime girlfriend and tag team partner, Nikki Bella, in front of a thrilled house at WrestleMania 33 on Sunday. After defeating The Miz and Maryse in a featured bout, Cena called Bella to the center of the ring, where ...

In a video that's currently tearing up the internet, Culinary Institute of America student Alex O’Brien Yeatts redefines the term "rock candy" as he takes a hammer and cleaver to a giant chocolate geode. After five powerful hits, the boulder-like object cracks in half to ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you golden oldies with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, we climb into our Wayback Machine and transport ourselves 60 years into the past, where a 17-year-old Ray Stevens has just signed ...

Brawny, brazen thieves broke into Berlin's Bode Museum just after 3 a.m. on Monday and bolted with the "Big Maple Leaf," a Canadian-minted coin weighing 220 pounds and worth $4.4 million. Measuring 20.8 inches in diameter, the coin was unveiled in 2007 as the world's ...

In what has been labeled as a "true game-changer" for the colored-gemstone market, a Switzerland-based laboratory is using DNA-based nanoparticles to mark emeralds with an invisible imprint that will provide proof of their origin anywhere along the supply chain. The particles, which are smaller than ...

With the assistance of New York City sanitation workers, a desperate couple waded through 800 disgusting trash bags to find two "priceless" platinum rings that had been accidentally thrown away. "I felt really helpless," NYC apartment dweller Shannon Lombardo told WABC-TV. "It wasn't so much ...

On Thursday, Australia Post will release a dazzling collection of colorful stamps illustrated with native gemstones — the golden sapphire, pink diamond, rhodonite and fluorite. The stamp issue is titled "The Rare Beauties: Extraordinary Gemstones." What all four gems have in common is that they ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we often bring you throwback songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today we zoom back to the summer of 1965 — a time of hippies, bell bottoms, flower power and a chart-topping duo named ...

Using only his bare hands and a sieve, pastor and part-time miner Emmanuel Momoh pulled a 706-carat diamond from the sediment of a river bed in Sierra Leone. About the size of a hockey puck, the diamond is the second-largest ever found in this western ...

The Merlin Diamond Mine in Australia's Northern Territory has yielded not one — but five — ultra-rare green diamonds, the largest of which weighs 1.42 carats. The discoveries are noteworthy because barely a handful of green diamonds are introduced to the market each year and ...

All eyes will be on the stunning 59.60-carat “Pink Star” diamond when it returns to the big stage at Sotheby's Hong Kong on April 4. If all goes as planned, the largest internally flawless, fancy vivid pink diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of ...

The origin story of Superman tells us that The Man of Steel was born Kal-El on the planet of Krypton and was sent to Earth as an infant by his scientist father, Jor-El, just before Krypton's destruction. On Saturday, March 11, 14-year-old Kalel Langford of ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you awesome songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, platinum, silver and gold take center stage in Justin Bieber's 2012 hit, "As Long as You Love Me," a song about how true ...

Season 21's Bachelor Nick Viall popped the question Monday night to finalist Vanessa Grimaldi with a diamond-and-platinum engagement ring valued at $100,000. Featuring a round, brilliant-cut center diamond accented with baguette diamonds and 164 smaller round diamonds, the ring boasts a diamond total weight of ...

Nine months ago, Australian landscape photographer Dale Sharpe planned to pop the question to his photographer girlfriend, Karlie Russell, under the Northern Lights in Iceland. Together, they had shot the colorful Aurora borealis more than 30 times, so Sharpe decided that the Lights would be ...

The Jonker V diamond, one of 13 magnificent diamonds cleaved from the famous 726-carat Jonker rough more than 80 years ago, will go under the hammer on May 30 at Christie's Hong Kong. The 25.27-carat emerald-cut gem is expected to fetch upwards of $3.6 million. ...

Beleaguered actress Nicole Kidman finally revealed why she clapped like a seal at the 89th Academy Awards. It was all about the rings. In the two weeks since the broadcast, social media has exploded with memes trying to explain Kidman's strange clapping behavior where she ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger sings about finding the perfect love in the group's 2008 hit, "Gotta Be Somebody." In Kroeger's view, we all ...

"Most Precious" is one of the world's most beautiful examples of March's official birthstone. Presented as part of the National Gem and Mineral collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., the rectangular-cut aquamarine from Brazil weighs a startling 1,000-carats and ...

Here's your chance to own a piece of Americana. The 4.64-carat D-flawless "Esperanza" diamond, which was found by Bobbie Oskarson in 2015 at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark., will be offered for sale at Skinner's fine jewelry auction in Boston on March ...

NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite spotted a glistening diamond-shaped ice jewel while orbiting above the cold, 600-mile northern region of the Caspian Sea — the world's largest inland body of water — stretching from Kazakhstan to Iran. The image of Ice Diamond was captured on February ...

Two buddies with a passion for treasure hunting unearthed four 2,500-year-old golden torcs within the parish of Leekfrith (pop. 363) in the English countryside. The items, which include three neck torcs and one bracelet weighing between 1 ounce and 8 ounces, may date back to ...

One thousand lots from the estate of celebrated author Jackie Collins — including a 6.04-carat pear-shaped diamond — will hit the auction block on May 17 and 18 at Bonhams in Los Angeles. The star and socialite, who wrote 31 novels which together sold more ...

When Lincoln, Ill., native Kristian Helton was plotting the perfect way to propose to girlfriend Karsyn Long on Valentine's Day, he knew that McDonald's Chicken McNuggets had to be the focus of the plan. You see, Long absolutely loves, loves, loves the crispy batter-dipped morsels. ...

More than 30 million viewers tuning into the 89th annual Academy Awards last night got their first glimpse of "Runaways," the second in a series of “Real is Rare. Real is a Diamond” commercials produced by the Diamond Producers Association (DPA). It's been 10 years ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you wonderful songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Ed Sheeran carves a heart pendant for his girlfriend in the 2011 love song, "Wake Me Up." "Wake Me Up" is essentially a ...

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Phil Hughes shook up the internet last week when he hinted that he's seriously considering transforming his surgically removed rib into a piece of jewelry. Hughes underwent surgery last July to correct a condition called thoracic outlet syndrome. During the surgery, ...

Sourced in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, four museum-quality star rubies weighing a total of 342 carats will hit the auction block at Guernsey’s in New York City this June. The Mountain Star Ruby Collection will be sold together as one lot and could ...

The average bridal couple in the U.S. spent $6,163 on the engagement ring in 2016 — an increase of 5% compared to 2015, according to The Knot’s 10th annual Real Weddings Study. The engagement ring remains the second-highest-priced item on the list of wedding expenses. ...

Upstate New York resident Erin Tobin just had her best day ever. She achieved instant fame when she banked in a half-court shot at a Siena College men's basketball game on Thursday night, not only earning a $500 Dunkin' Donuts gift card, but also a ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we celebrate classic songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today the late, great Jim Croce sings about a giant man with an affection for diamond jewelry in his 1973 chart topper, "Bad, Bad Leroy ...

Lucapa Diamond Company's $3.5 million investment in a state-of-the-art XRT large-diamond recovery system is already paying big dividends at the Lulo Diamond Project in Angola. The mine just yielded a 227-carat, Type IIa, D-color gem that's expected to sell for an amount far more than ...

Domino's in the UK just celebrated Valentine's Day by giving away a one-of-kind, 22-karat pizza-slice engagement ring topped with diamond pepperoni. The fast-food chain delivered nearly a half-million pizzas throughout the UK yesterday, and the company was certain that a significant portion of those dining ...

On February 27, cadets from West Point's Class of 2018 will honor the families of U.S. Military Academy graduates dating back to 1924 as part of a symbolic and solemn ceremony called the "Ring Melt." During the event at Pease & Curren's headquarters in Warwick, ...

Moon Express, a private company charged with unlocking the immense potential of the moon's valuable resources, has gotten approval from the U.S. government to begin lunar exploration before the end of this year. The company will be looking to mine gold, platinum, moon rocks and ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you great songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter-actor-musician Glen Hansard wonders if a simple wedding band has the power to save his marriage in the 2015 folk song ...

Jewelry is expected to be the strongest Valentine's Day gift-giving category in 2017, with romantic consumers set to spend $4.3 billion on necklaces, rings, earrings, pendants and other jewels for their loved ones. The survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics ...

On Monday, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 65th year on the British throne. Buckingham Palace commemorated the sapphire anniversary by re-releasing a portrait of the 90-year-old Queen bedecked in a suite of glittering sapphire jewelry her father, King George VI, gave her as a wedding ...

The Fire of Australia, known as the world’s most valuable piece of rough opal, has taken up permanent residence in the South Australian Museum’s Opal Collection. Valued at $686,000 (AU$900,000), the opal was purchased for AU$500,000 through the generosity of a private donor and AU$455,000 ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you uplifting songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Grammy Award winner Trisha Yearwood tells the story of couple ready to take their relationship to the next level in her 1998 country ...

German archaeologists have discovered a hoard of elaborately crafted gold jewelry among other precious items in the 2,600-year-old tomb of a high-ranking Bronze Age woman known as "The Lady." About 30 years old at the time of her death, the Celtic woman died in 583 B.C. ...