Yes and no. One common chemical used in electro plating is gold cyanide. By applying an electrical current to copper or silver submerged in gold cyanide, a thin layer of gold is deposited on the object. It may be 24K, but is so thin it can be scraped off, and has virtually no value.
Yes
Yes GE can be on rings. It stands for Gold Electroplate. If you see HGE it stands for Heavy Gold Electroplate.
the 49er
Gold electroplate. Not gold.
Gold electroplate
Heavy Gold electroplate - electrolytic plating of gold plating with a minimum thickness of 2.5 microns, may be marked or described as heavy gold electroplate or heavy gold electroplated.
14karat gold electroplate
Heavy Gold Electroplate
heavy gold electroplate, zero gold value
gold electroplate "An electro-chemical plating process in which gold of at least 10kt is bonded to another metal. Gold electroplate is no less than seven-millionths of an inch thick."
Perhaps it's 14KT GE which means 14 Karat Gold Electroplate or it could be 14K HGE which means 14 Karat Heavy Gold Electroplate
it is not gold electroplate it is gold