WHADIFIND
Gold Member
When I first dug this thing up, (and that is a whole other story! 
), everything about it fairly screamed "hub cap! or maybe wheel cover!". LOL
But a couple things have me confused.
First of all it came out of the ground shiny. I have only rinsed the dirt off.
It was buried a good 8 inches down.
It's completely nonmagnetic.
I dropped some testing acid on it and the acid turned a light shade of green.
Weighs about 5 ounces.
I REALLY don't think this is silver. I just can't figure anything that would be made this way except a hubcap. Also, I don't know much about how early hubcaps were made. There are no markings on it anywhere. (I was expecting a Ford logo.
) There's a small hole in the middle of it that I THINK was made to be there. There are a couple of little black marks on one side that I thought might be where a base was corroding through but the black stuff looks like silver oxide and scratches off with a fingernail.
Doesn't appear to be plated, pretty solid!
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
), everything about it fairly screamed "hub cap! or maybe wheel cover!". LOLBut a couple things have me confused.
First of all it came out of the ground shiny. I have only rinsed the dirt off.
It was buried a good 8 inches down.
It's completely nonmagnetic.
I dropped some testing acid on it and the acid turned a light shade of green.
Weighs about 5 ounces.
I REALLY don't think this is silver. I just can't figure anything that would be made this way except a hubcap. Also, I don't know much about how early hubcaps were made. There are no markings on it anywhere. (I was expecting a Ford logo.
) There's a small hole in the middle of it that I THINK was made to be there. There are a couple of little black marks on one side that I thought might be where a base was corroding through but the black stuff looks like silver oxide and scratches off with a fingernail.Doesn't appear to be plated, pretty solid!
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
