Vintage Mexican Carved Onyx Silver brooch & more

[Texas Yankee]

Sorry, late post but some goodies from last week. Been on a dry spell lately so decided to hit the old dumpsite. Silver bracelet, silver brooch, 2 merc's oh my! Lol, enjoy the pics...

 

[SusanMN]

Wow, that is a great site. I love the broaches, beautiful silver work on them. I would sure stick around that site, I would bet you there is more great stuff waiting for you.

 

[Erik in NJ]

You did a nice cleaning job on that key tag and the brooch near it. What method did you use? Great finds!

 

[Argentium]

What a beautiful bunch of finds ! That dump site never ceases to amaze me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I think of all the things that you've found there that were thrown away - it really makes
me want to see the stuff they thought was worth keeping !

 

[RelicMedic]

sheesh I wish I had a dump site like that in my area! WOW!!!!!

 

[Texas Yankee]

Thanks guys... I used electrolysis to clean some of the items. Some of the finds were from last week and the rest from yesterday. There's a few coins i did not post and the ones I did consisted of a Chinese coin, Mercury dimes and a 1800's Mexican Un Centavo copper coin. Its pretty far gone I can't read the date and do not want to damage it. I placed in Olive Oil hoping to get some of the rust and grime off. It took me a while to identify it but the eagle, the wreath and bottom rocker helped me narrow it down. If anyone has a better and safer way of cleaning it please let me know. Oh, and the coins i did not post were the usually wheaties, 1930's - 1950's mexican 20 centavos, 10 centavos, an aluminum Virginia Token and US war nickels...

 

[g-olden years]

Once again ya went digging and boom! Awesome finds! Congrats! Andi

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Thats a very impressive set of digs there T. Y. !! I really like the deer ring even though it appears some of the antlers is gone, what is the ring made from?

 

[Texas Yankee]

Thanks C R Man, It seem to be made of copper and maybe silver. I fund quite a few that as soon as I clean them by electrolysis they come out spotty between brown, reddish and silver.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice finds TY. Lots and lots of silver. Nicely played.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Thanks C R Man, It seem to be made of copper and maybe silver. I fund quite a few that as soon as I clean them by electrolysis they come out spotty between brown, reddish and silver.

Cool T.Y. I have found a few rings that looked similar with Mexico stamps inside the metal content seems to vary a lots from near pure copper to near sterling silver.

 

[Garrett424]

Really nice bunch of finds.
That looks like a killer spot.

 

[RelicHunter97]

Wow, what an incredible site! I'd kill to find one like that!

 

[romeo-1]

Those are some PHENOMENAL finds!

 

[Davers]

A Cool Bunch of Finds , Lots of Silver!

I have dug a-lot of Vintage Brass Pieces ...Will electrolysis help them to look like the Broach You Cleaned Up?

Sorry I missed this post back in May.

Would have been a tough hunt in Mid Summer Heat.

 

[Old Dude]

Wow TY, you have found a great spot. I hope you're just starting to uncover the best...great job cleaning too!

 

[sutphin]

GIVE ME A SECOND IM TRYING TO GET MY JAW OFF THE FLOOR . WHAT A AWESOME BROOCH WELL I MEAN TWO . MY GOODNES WHAT A COOL BUNCH OF ITEMS . I AM NOT EVEN GONNA TRY TO FINSH ON THIS ONE TO MANY DANG NICE PEICES. WAY TO GO FOR I AM NOW LOST FOR WORDS . ALL I KEEP LOOKING AT IS THE BROOCHES .

 

[Rawhide]

You have to love a hunt like that. Good to see it is still giving up the goods there.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

That's quite a silver jewelry score! Nice! Congrats!
Years back some one tossed the jewelry box with out checking it.
You always find the good spots!

 

[Fingerlakes119]

great saves