Searching for gold.....in all the wrong places

[cudamark]

I won't bore you with all the junk I've found, but, considering the amounts of foil and hundreds of pull tabs I recovered, there should have been some gold in the scoop. Oh well, I guess I just have to be satisfied with silver.....until next hunt! Earrings are junk, as is the bracelet, but, 6 silver isn't too bad I guess. Any idea what that item in the lower left is off of? Seemed to have some leather, cork, wood or similar in those little end caps. Sorry about the lighting. Makes things look a bit golden.

 

[Red-Coat]

Good finds!

The lower left item is part of a link bracelet. The website for this one refuses to open, so I can't show you more of it, but it's vintage, in sterling silver with cylindrical beads of black onyx glued (they're sometimes 'rub-over' bezel-set without glueing) into the 'cups', so they join up end-to-end. Perhaps the stuff in yours is the remnants of jewellery adhesive, or something to cushion the stones and give a tighter fit.

The square section has a highly stylised Chinese character which I can't decipher. Usually they're characters for good luck, prosperity, longevity and such.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A bunch of very great looking finds - congrats !

 

[oldmxrat]

Well, congrats on all those silvers anyways!

 

[oldmxrat]

Good finds!

The lower left item is part of a link bracelet. The website for this one refuses to open, so I can't show you more of it, but it's vintage, in sterling silver with cylindrical beads of black onyx glued (they're sometimes 'rub-over' bezel-set without glueing) into the 'cups', so they join up end-to-end. Perhaps the stuff in yours is the remnants of jewellery adhesive, or something to cushion the stones and give a tighter fit.

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The square section has a highly stylised Chinese character which I can't decipher. Usually they're characters for good luck, prosperity, longevity and such.

I've seen those bracelets with jade also.

 

[jewelerguy]

great silvers! hopefully you'll get the gold next time

 

[cudamark]

Thanks everyone, and you too Red-Coat for your great I.D!