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Interested in hearing opinions about one of the OP's other points. IIRC, most threads about shiny (metallic) jewelery (or dive gear) are concerned about barracuda 'attacks'.
It happened to me...I've heard this before, but never one story of "it happened to me". I think it is an urban myth.
40' off Seal Dog Rock in the BVI's - bright sunny conditions. I'm filming when I spot a barracuda about 50' away. I turn my head, turn back and he's now hovering about 3' away.
Something attracted him - a d-ring, reflection off my lens port - or maybe the thousands of baitfish I was immersed in....
So I stuck my camera in his face and he moved off to the other side of the swarm and had lunch - scales everywhere.
One of my group saw the whole thing - said it looked to him like the cuda' veered off towards me for some reason.
A DM in Cayman told us that he used to use a shiny wrench as a tank banger. Till one dive something took it cleanly out of his hand. He never saw what it was.