dirtlooter
Gold Member
- Jun 5, 2014
- 8,889
- 13,498
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 3
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus with 9"LF and 9" HF Coils and 600 Equinox with stock and 6" coils
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
I actually made it out today in spite of the abscessed tooth, found the usual clad and junk but also found bits and pieces of a small chain. the chain looked junk to me and I later found china on the only end piece I found and so I wrote it off as junk. Later, when acid testing a small piece that my wife had found to see if it was silver or not, I took a piece of the chain and tested it for 10k, then 14k, then 18k, then it failed at 22k. I am thinking that maybe it is just plated and so I did some electrolysis on it, twice, cleaning it and turning it more of a white/silver color and tested it again with the same results. the chain is soft but I was thinking that 18k should be more yellow. I left the acid on the scrapings for about fifteen minutes and the metal stayed there like it should with 18k gold. is this possible? I also feel that for the small amount of chain, it is too light to be gold but what do I know. as small as it is, it nearly had to have been from a necklace. any ideas?