i am new to this hobby and was detecting by a river today and found a rotc medal the first thing i did was cleaned it then i inspected it for markings and nothing so i acid tested it and it held up to 10k the medal is very soft and can easily bend i asked a friend on mine and he said the army never did solid gold medals just plated so i am woundering if its solid or plated what do you guys think? i dont want to file into it or cut it up to find out all the ones i can find on the internet are bronze
