I bought these two necklaces (below) from different charity shops, within about a week of each other. Total cost: less than £4. Necklace no. 1 has a goldtone toggle fastening, some nice looking real pearls and faceted garnets (at least, they look like garnets. Definitely not plastic or glass). Necklace no. 2 has some decidedly uninteresting metal beads, plus a silvertone fastening. And more garnets. I’m thinking that I might cannibalise the two necklaces and create one single necklace just out of garnets. The pearls would make a nice stretch bracelet for stacking with other bracelets. The metal hardware can be given back to the charity shop.

And here’s a close-up: