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Why would you think this is platinum?

It doesn't resemble platinum in any way I can find in your pictures.
 

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Clay Diggins said:
Why would you think this is platinum?

It doesn't resemble platinum in any way I can find in your pictures.
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Yea I think the real question is why would YOU think that I think this is real Platinum? Even a child could read the title of the post and see clearly that I am not sure and am looking for more educated opinions. I figured it could be that the Platinum is dirty or tarnished in some way. I have no idea... Its been buried for many years if it is real. Maybe someone has a way to check the serial number?

Thanks for your opinion anyway.
 

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What is the size, looks like its as large as a Tombstone also the color is way off is that because of the lighting Chug
 

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Chug And Red said:
What is the size, looks like its as large as a Tombstone also the color is way off is that because of the lighting Chug
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Hey thanks yea I don't know what the exact size is but yes judging by what looks like an anvil to the left and the guy standing in the background it seems pretty big. I thought the color was off also but I remember seeing a video of a Platinum recovery that made the news back in the 90s. A guy found a big 2 ton dome shaped piece of Platinum that was worth around $95 million. It didn't look like Platinum at all, it just looked like a big dirty piece of junk metal. But it had been authenticated. This would have been buried since WW2.
 

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It's definitely not platinum...

What leads the seller to believe it is?
 

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I found the video of the Platinum recovery that made the news back in 1995. It looks like total junk metal... Im not sure that the color can be a reliable way to verify it. Im hoping someone knows what those numbers mean, if anything.

 

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Platinum doesn't tarnish and it never has rust on it. It is less reflective, more gray colored and much heavier than silver.

The fractured edges of the metal block you show don't look right for any of the precious metals. The stamping on the block is nothing that would be stamped on a platinum ingot.
 

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Clay Diggins said:
Platinum doesn't tarnish and it never has rust on it. It is less reflective, more gray colored and much heavier than silver.

The fractured edges of the metal block you show don't look right for any of the precious metals. The stamping on the block is nothing that would be stamped on a platinum ingot.
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That makes sense to me, thank you.

Would you say this could possibly be Nickel Babbitt? Nickel Babbitt from WW2 is found all the time here.
 

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Babbitt metal was mostly produced by the Washington State foundries. I don't recognize BMC as one of those foundries. I've never heard of adding nickle to Babbitt metal but I guess very small amounts could be useful in some applications. I've never known Babbitt to fracture like the block you show but if nickle were added to Babbitt metal it would probably make it more prone to fracture.
 

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Clay Diggins said:
Babbitt metal was mostly produced by the Washington State foundries. I don't recognize BMC as one of those foundries. I've never heard of adding nickle to Babbitt metal but I guess very small amounts could be useful in some applications. I've never known Babbitt to fracture like the block you show but if nickle were added to Babbitt metal it would probably make it more prone to fracture.
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Yea the Japanese were using Nickel Babbitt for all kinds of things but mainly they were using it to produce ammunition, from what I hear. Nickel Babbitt bars are found all over the Philippines to this day. So that's probably what this is. I won't bother going to get a sample. This saved me a lot of time and some money so I really appreciate your wisdom on this. Thanks again and good luck out there.
 

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If it is platinum, and if you can get a rough measurement of its volume in cubic centimeters, and it's mass in grams, you should come up with a number around 21g/cc. Platnium is almost exactly twice as dense as silver and denser than gold or tungsten.
 

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The OP has established, on his other thread on this item, that it is nickel babbitt. That may be accurate, due to Britannia Metals having made nickel alloys both before and after WWII.
 

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If it was platnum it would be worth a fortune
 

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A2coins said:
If it was platnum it would be worth a fortune
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Heck yea it would be... That's why I felt it was worth checking out. Sadly the Philippines are full of scammers trying to sell fake gold bars and metals like this so its a miracle if you actually find something real. But every now and then, people get rich.

I've known the guy who told me about this for a while now and feel like he can be trusted. These people are probably just ignorantly believing its really Platinum. I remember a guy told me his grandfather was given four big gold bars as a token of appreciation by some Japanese that had been camping on his property during the war. But his grandfather, being an uneducated Filipino living in the province (country side), had no idea how valuable the bars were. He ended up trading them off for sacks of rice etc. According to him, there were gold bars being found all over the place right after the war. But the people finding them were totally ignorant of their value. They were trading huge amounts of gold bullion for canned sardines and rice. So sad. The ones educated enough to recognize their value got rich and are among the richest Filipino families living today.
 

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