Vintage Mexican Carved Onyx Silver brooch & more

Texas Yankee

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Sorry, late post but some goodies from last week. Been on a dry spell lately so decided to hit the old dumpsite. Silver bracelet, silver brooch, 2 merc's oh my! Lol, enjoy the pics...
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SusanMN

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Wow, that is a great site. I love the broaches, beautiful silver work on them. I would sure stick around that site, I would bet you there is more great stuff waiting for you.
 

Erik in NJ

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You did a nice cleaning job on that key tag and the brooch near it. What method did you use? Great finds!
 

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What a beautiful bunch of finds ! That dump site never ceases to amaze me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I think of all the things that you've found there that were thrown away - it really makes
me want to see the stuff they thought was worth keeping !
 

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sheesh I wish I had a dump site like that in my area! WOW!!!!!
 

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Thanks guys... I used electrolysis to clean some of the items. Some of the finds were from last week and the rest from yesterday. There's a few coins i did not post and the ones I did consisted of a Chinese coin, Mercury dimes and a 1800's Mexican Un Centavo copper coin. Its pretty far gone I can't read the date and do not want to damage it. I placed in Olive Oil hoping to get some of the rust and grime off. It took me a while to identify it but the eagle, the wreath and bottom rocker helped me narrow it down. If anyone has a better and safer way of cleaning it please let me know. Oh, and the coins i did not post were the usually wheaties, 1930's - 1950's mexican 20 centavos, 10 centavos, an aluminum Virginia Token and US war nickels...
 

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CoinandRelicMan

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Thats a very impressive set of digs there T. Y. !! :occasion14: I really like the deer ring even though it appears some of the antlers is gone, what is the ring made from?
 

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Thanks C R Man, It seem to be made of copper and maybe silver. I fund quite a few that as soon as I clean them by electrolysis they come out spotty between brown, reddish and silver.
 

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Very nice finds TY. Lots and lots of silver. Nicely played.
 

CoinandRelicMan

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Thanks C R Man, It seem to be made of copper and maybe silver. I fund quite a few that as soon as I clean them by electrolysis they come out spotty between brown, reddish and silver.

Cool T.Y. I have found a few rings that looked similar with Mexico stamps inside the metal content seems to vary a lots from near pure copper to near sterling silver.
 

Garrett424

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Really nice bunch of finds.
That looks like a killer spot.
 

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A Cool Bunch of Finds , Lots of Silver!

I have dug a-lot of Vintage Brass Pieces ...Will electrolysis help them to look like the Broach You Cleaned Up?

Sorry I missed this post back in May.

Would have been a tough hunt in Mid Summer Heat.
 

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Wow TY, you have found a great spot. I hope you're just starting to uncover the best...great job cleaning too!
 

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GIVE ME A SECOND IM TRYING TO GET MY JAW OFF THE FLOOR . WHAT A AWESOME BROOCH WELL I MEAN TWO . MY GOODNES WHAT A COOL BUNCH OF ITEMS . I AM NOT EVEN GONNA TRY TO FINSH ON THIS ONE TO MANY DANG NICE PEICES. WAY TO GO FOR I AM NOW LOST FOR WORDS . ALL I KEEP LOOKING AT IS THE BROOCHES .
 

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You have to love a hunt like that. Good to see it is still giving up the goods there.
 

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That's quite a silver jewelry score! Nice! Congrats!
Years back some one tossed the jewelry box with out checking it.
You always find the good spots!
 

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