ok bob,
I do want to help,you are not helping me help.read this please
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/136849-please-read-before-posting-items-what.html
also understand that we are just treasure addicts like you,we do however participate in the webs most sucessful treasure finds id forum.many of us for years and we have been quite able at this task.
you may be hard pressed to find a new member grilled as hard as you have been,but know you have thrown out every imaginable red flag that we encounter.
1)either never read or disreguard above link
2)photo of hook traced to a private collection,not your photo.reprinted in black and white
from a format that was far easier to see detail from.
3)unwilling or unable to give us complete photos or even a complete description of item(thats
a new one for me)
4)tell us we must have inferior equipment or we would clearly see,"it"
5)mention the college professor you have access to who could actually inspect items and I
assume has some knowelege in the area.(why ask here then)
6)brass item appears to be shellaced wood,I have never seen any brass look anything like that.I can even see splintering.rasp marks are not from a fine file.
what you may not know is that there are some wierdos out there who think its fun to try and trick or test us with behaviour very familiar to yours so far.So maybe understand why you were being played with a bit.
easy fix.........do it right this time(read all above twice first if needed)and some of us would be quite willing to spend our leisure time welcoming you and doing research on your behalf...otherwise..well...no go for me.I'm out
