CoilToTheSoil
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Digging the sidelines in a local park today at lunch. Popping tabs, nickels, pennies, dimes, quarters, everything above foil. Get a nice 91-92 in 18khz on the deus and out pops this little guy. Pretty ring ring up right where it should for silver, check for a mark .925, Great!
I get back and the rings dry, seems to have a crust on it. I'm thinking, "Great a fake. It's not crust, it's flaking."
I look closer and it's not flaking. It's actually crust on it. So I'm still on the fence about its authenticity of .925. I do a little very light wet polish on 400 grit sandpaper figuring I'll be exposing the metal underneath. Only the metal underneath the crust seems to be silver.
Thoughts?
If it is real only thing I can figure is the fertilizers and junk they coat the field with must've interacted with the metal or alloy?
And after a light polish on the bottom of the outside
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I get back and the rings dry, seems to have a crust on it. I'm thinking, "Great a fake. It's not crust, it's flaking."
I look closer and it's not flaking. It's actually crust on it. So I'm still on the fence about its authenticity of .925. I do a little very light wet polish on 400 grit sandpaper figuring I'll be exposing the metal underneath. Only the metal underneath the crust seems to be silver.
Thoughts?
If it is real only thing I can figure is the fertilizers and junk they coat the field with must've interacted with the metal or alloy?
And after a light polish on the bottom of the outside
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