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Not 950 silver, not platinum either because it isn't all that heavy but it could be the least dense and lightest of the platinum group of metals...Palladium.
Still rare and if this 15.5 gram bracelet turns out to be real it is worth about $400 at today's palladium melt price.
Came up clean out if the ground like silver and gold does, one end was near the surface and the rest travelled almost straight down into the ground for several inches.
Found in a park in an area people could have just been hanging out but also an area that was the front lawn of one of several old houses that used to sit here.
On the Mojave it was near the line between nickel and tabs, on the F70 a 37-38 so I think that's about right.
After researching testing methods this is where the confusing stuff comes in.
Platinum testing methods don't really work on this metal according to most sites, some say you can use a combination of acids and testing paper but I don't have the paper.
I also don't have the glassware to do a water density weight conversion.
One site says a drop of 14k acid on the piece will instantly turn it dark and it did.
Another's says if you use 22k acid and a scratch test the scratch should turn yellow and then into a bright green.
I tried this and mine did exactly that.
Still I don't trust any of it so I will take it to a jeweler asap and hope they have better testing equipment and know what they are doing.
Till then I will be optimistic and think this idle actually palladium and be happy.
Palladium is only mined in a few sites on the entire planet and used by many industries and in a lot of products, catalytic converters are a huge thing, and it has been used in jewelry making since 1939.
Mostly as a filler for a long time, the bulk of the jewelry made with it is rings and they aren't usually cheap.
Only in recent times have they tried to come up with methods to cast and mold it into other shapes...it is the new darling of the jewelry industry, hypoallergenic, cheaper than platinum but looks similar and will look good for a lifetime.
I have seen a few bracelets online, some necklaces too but not everyone offers this metal.
Mine is made up of a lot of little round links so this could have been made at any time and could really be made of Palladium but those 950 marks are a relatively new thing.
Right now I am happy, I might have a rare find and I might have paid off my new Mojave and then some.
Bout time, I have had the thing two whole weeks already and I was wondering what was taking so long.
Still rare and if this 15.5 gram bracelet turns out to be real it is worth about $400 at today's palladium melt price.
Came up clean out if the ground like silver and gold does, one end was near the surface and the rest travelled almost straight down into the ground for several inches.
Found in a park in an area people could have just been hanging out but also an area that was the front lawn of one of several old houses that used to sit here.
On the Mojave it was near the line between nickel and tabs, on the F70 a 37-38 so I think that's about right.
After researching testing methods this is where the confusing stuff comes in.
Platinum testing methods don't really work on this metal according to most sites, some say you can use a combination of acids and testing paper but I don't have the paper.
I also don't have the glassware to do a water density weight conversion.
One site says a drop of 14k acid on the piece will instantly turn it dark and it did.
Another's says if you use 22k acid and a scratch test the scratch should turn yellow and then into a bright green.
I tried this and mine did exactly that.
Still I don't trust any of it so I will take it to a jeweler asap and hope they have better testing equipment and know what they are doing.
Till then I will be optimistic and think this idle actually palladium and be happy.
Palladium is only mined in a few sites on the entire planet and used by many industries and in a lot of products, catalytic converters are a huge thing, and it has been used in jewelry making since 1939.
Mostly as a filler for a long time, the bulk of the jewelry made with it is rings and they aren't usually cheap.
Only in recent times have they tried to come up with methods to cast and mold it into other shapes...it is the new darling of the jewelry industry, hypoallergenic, cheaper than platinum but looks similar and will look good for a lifetime.
I have seen a few bracelets online, some necklaces too but not everyone offers this metal.
Mine is made up of a lot of little round links so this could have been made at any time and could really be made of Palladium but those 950 marks are a relatively new thing.
Right now I am happy, I might have a rare find and I might have paid off my new Mojave and then some.
Bout time, I have had the thing two whole weeks already and I was wondering what was taking so long.
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