Silver cross found at low tide today

[lorraine]

Was at another old beach this morning for a couple of hours.. ...looking for the old stuff..I love old coins and old jewelry.

I found a very thickly encrusted , tarnished cross which I had to electrolyze for quite a while before the encrustation started flaking off.

This cross is oooooooooooold....can't even find a "sterling " or "925" marking on it...and if there is an image of Christ on it, it is just barely visible...difficult to tell.

Tested the cross with a silver acid test and result was a strong positive.


Also found what I had hoped to be a "V" nickel.....not this time :>(

Here's pics

Thanks for looking

Lorraine

 

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[surfnturf]

Good to see you are feeling better and posting some neat finds! I too love the old stuff!! Keep up the strong work!

 

[Les West Central Fl]

Lorraine, where did you get the silver test kit? I need to order one.

 

[Chug And Red]

WTG!!!!! It's beautiful!!!!!!!! Red

 

[lorraine]

Lorraine, where did you get the silver test kit? I need to order one.

Les, the kit I use contains two solutions: one for testing the presence of gold; and one for testing the presence of silver.


I'm not sure if one is allowed to post pics of a product with the name and address of the company, so I'll send you an e-mail with the info.

Lorraine

 

[Sandman]

Nice Cross Lorraine.

 

[Texcam]

Lorraine,

Nice cross, your post are very informative.

Thanks for posting.

 

[DewGuru]

WTG Lorraine! Your on fire!!

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

the side view of the cross looks pretty crusty,may have been plated

 

[lorraine]

the side view of the cross looks pretty crusty,may have been plated

Thank you , Keyshunter; good point.... yes, the entire cross is in poor condition; I'll be sending it in for meltdown...if the refinery returns it back to me, I'll repost with the info either way.

Lorraine

 

[Da Sand Crab]

Good job Lorraine.
That's some diligence with the silver cleaning. I just pile up all that crusty stuff and sell it in bulk.

 

[gold nuggets]

Thanks for posting that nice looking silver cross Lorraine.
Too bad that mystery coin ended up being a Jefferson....
like you said, maybe next time. HH Gold Nuggets

 

[TexasDigger1]

Wow, never have seen a cross like that, very unusal and very good find. Just meant to be yours.....HH

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

please do not melt it ...

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

some times if you clean it to well ,it takes away from the find it self

 

[KEYSHUNTER]

i will pay 50 for that if you send it to me

 

[lorraine]

i will pay 50 for that if you send it to me

I'd want to take it to a jeweler to verify its metallic content; don't know when I'll find the time to do so.

I'll post the results when I get the info.

Lorraine