Heart pendant

[Nathan W]

Found at 1880 site at work on my break . Had to crawl under a lower branched tree to get this out but it was worth it. Costume jewelry I'm sure . Had a few caterpillars on me and bleeding alot from briars. I guess I'm dedicated and have my blinders on.

 

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[robertk]

Nice! Looks old, maybe gilt or gold plated?

 

[Nathan W]

Nice! Looks old, maybe gilt or gold plated?

Yes with the gold coming off. I don't k ow which one it is

 

[Blackfoot58]

Dedication is what it takes.
Remember, Mother’s Day is just around the corner! 👍🏼

 

[Nathan W]

Cleaned it up, not sure what kind of stone that is if it's even real or not. Be cool if it was a garnet.

 

[The Rebel]

Guessing a child's locket.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice one !

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice! Always fun to pull old jewelry, congrats!

 

[Nathan W]

Nice! Always fun to pull old jewelry, congrats!

Thanks

 

[Nathan W]

Nice one !

Thank you, I was shocked. Didn't look like much of anything with packed dirt

 

[AU Seeker]

Cleaned it up, not sure what kind of stone that is if it's even real or not. Be cool if it was a garnet.

Unfortunately seeing how scratched up the "stone" is I would say it's not a garnet, most likely glass, garnets are very hard and commonly don't scratch easily, quartz, sapphires and diamonds will easily scratch a garnet but not much else, garnets are used to make many types of sandpaper.

 

[Nathan W]

Unfortunately seeing how scratched up the "stone" is I would say it's not a garnet, most likely glass, garnets are very hard and commonly don't scratch easily, quartz, sapphires and diamonds will easily scratch a garnet but not much else, garnets are used to make many types of sandpaper.

Glass... didn't think about that as a possibility. Makes sense though

 

[Trezurehunter]

That's a tiny one, nice job on picking it up.

 

[Nathan W]

That's a tiny one, nice job on picking it up.

Thanks it is little. Gave off a decent tone didn't know what it was at first with packed dirt . Glad I kept it

 

[RatherBeDigging]

Good find! Liking finding vintage jewelry. Good the stone is still there too and didn't fall out.

 

[Nathan W]

Good find! Liking finding vintage jewelry. Good the stone is still there too and didn't fall out.

I know right it's the only jewelry I've found with stone still in it. My vintage rings the stone is always gone

 

[pepperj]

Certainly a small little piece, but Certainly worth the crawl into the briars.😁

If you take the rind of a lemon, rub the backside you'll be surprised at the amount of gold wash that's left.
It's certainly got some history to the piece.

 

[RatherBeDigging]

I know right it's the only jewelry I've found with stone still in it. My vintage rings the stone is always gone

Few years ago in the driveway of an now gone home site that was gone by 1876 but became a hangout, dump spot cloer to 1900 I found this silver piece with stones. All there, except if course the big center stone. 0 chance I'm going to find that in the mud there.

 

[Nathan W]

Certainly a small little piece, but Certainly worth the crawl into the briars.😁

If you take the rind of a lemon, rub the backside you'll be surprised at the amount of gold wash that's left.
It's certainly got some history to the piece.

I will try the lemon thanks

 

[Nathan W]

I'm going to keep at that site before it's to over grown. I guess I will be doing the limbo under more low to the ground branches. There's still more areas I need to push into