1-22 AM Silver

stpauli914

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Hit the beach this morning bright and early(well it wasn't bright yet). Hunted for about 3 hours the tide was a big negative! A lot of beach showing and it took a while to figure out what area to concentrate on. Finally found a nice line and starting popping out targets. Still no gold for me yet this year, but I did manage a Sterling ring with a light blue stone(stamped 925) and a broken sterling necklace with a cross. Cross and necklace are both stamped 925. Hope everyone else fared well!

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Aaron

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that next gold will be just around the corner :headbang:
 

Lorrain.

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Aaron, those are great finds!

I love silver jewelry..and that cross / chain is beautiful! :hello2:

Lorraine
 

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Please, can you show us an after cleaning pix of that celtic cross - it's beautiful! :icon_thumleft:
 

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stpauli914

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The celtic cross and sterling chain are pictured as found. Just a quick rinse. Here is all the info on back of cross:

"Irish Made" in center of back
"925" base of cross on back
something on the barrel near the top can't make out yet but I'll try after cleaning.

Measures 1 1/8" by 5/8"

Thanks for the comments, I'll be cleaning it shortly. I'll post pics!

Aaron
 

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WTG stpauli914 great hunt :icon_pirat:
 

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stpauli914

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Celtic Cross cleaned up nice. Still can't make out the mark on the barrel???

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Lorrain.

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Aaron, terrific cleaning job on that cross

Do you think you could get a nice close-up shot of that lettering on the barrel?

I'd love to see what it reads and try to figure it out for you

Lorraine
 

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stpauli914

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Lorraine,

Thanks for your offer to help! Here are the best I could get with my macro lens. My best guess is:

FNM followed by 3 symbols??

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That cleaned up sweet..... Those sure look good. What did you use electrolysis? Ive got one rigged up using a power supply for Ham radios..... works great.

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stunning clean up job too..I adore the ring, I love all celtic jewelry.. congrats to ya..
 

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Beautiful Celtic Cross Aaron...it cleaned up
nicely and looks great. Congratulations.
Gold Nuggets :hello:
 

Lorrain.

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"Lorraine,

Thanks for your offer to help! Here are the best I could get with my macro lens. My best guess is:

FNM followed by 3 symbols??"

Aaron, I tried so many sites in search of this hallmark, but was unsuccessful :(

There is a celtic cross ( plain...not as pretty as the one you found) selling on e-bay that is also stamped "FNM", but I'm sorry I could not find the origin of this stamping.

Lorraine
 

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stpauli914

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Lorraine,

Thanks for your efforts. I too searched quite a bit and couldn't come up with much. I don't believe it is very old though just based on where it was found as well as the manufacture.

Aaron
 

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