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[clovis97]

I think the hats are a US Navy white summer cap for officers.

 

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[Beachkid23]

One time I had scrap broken gold necklace, I took it to my jeweler and he made this out of if.



Maybe it's time for another one from the teeth gold?

 

[dumpsterdiver]

And my family gives me funny looks at what I bring home. If you know someone with a kiln that goes extremely hot over 1500 from what I just read on the internet you could probably put them in small graphite crucible and incinerate.

 

[Beachkid23]

And my family gives me funny looks at what I bring home. If you know someone with a kiln that goes extremely hot over 1500 from what I just read on the internet you could probably put them in small graphite crucible and incinerate.

My daughter now thinks I'm the grossest dad ever! Went in a dumpster, found teeth and then I touched them~ I'm gross!! I love it. I was trying to get her to go back there with me today! LOL!!

 

[trdhrdr007]

I've picked up several gold teeth over the last few years. Most of them are 16k.

 

[Beachkid23]

I've picked up several gold teeth over the last few years. Most of them are 16k.

How do you have them tested for 16 k? Or is the scratch just darker on the acid test kit?

 

[trdhrdr007]

How do you have them tested for 16 k? Or is the scratch just darker on the acid test kit?

I use a Tri-Electronics GT-3000 electronic gold tester. Pretty sure it's the same one cyberdan uses. Just looked on Amazon because I couldn't remember the name & didn't want to get off my lazy butt & walk downstairs. 4 reviews & 3 were bad. I've never had a problem with mine once I figured out how to use it. It has a screen that shows a number you compare with the chart on the front of the unit. I don't believe mine is properly calibrated. The readout on pieces of known purity show the item as being 1k less than actual purity. 14k reads like 13k, 18k like 17k, etc. Somewhat aggravating but I learned to adjust the first week. It can also show a false positive on golf fill/plate if you don't follow instructions. I keep a large safety pin with the machine & "poke" the item in an inconspicuous spot. That eliminates any false positives.

Probably not worth buying if you are happy with acids. I got mine because acids are messy.

 

[gord]

Don't you really mean that acids can be dangerous, especially if you are just naturally messy?

 

[diggummup]

I think the hats are a US Navy white summer cap for officers.

Cap device is U.S. Army, not Navy. Navy caps are also slightly different in design. It is an officers cap. The dress whites are summer or "Tropical dress". It could also be worn with the "mess" dress. Army whites were optional and only required for officers and sergeant majors assigned to the tropics and southern US states.

WW2 Era Navy Cap-

 

[2Minnesota]

I would have picked them up as well!! Gold crowns and fillings are various karats depending on the lab that fabricated the crowns. Every dentist has a lab that they use to have the crowns/inlays/onlays casted. There are dentists that did/do this themselves as well, but there is/was no standard for a karat of gold that had to be used. You have to test them all because some could have been made at a different time and a different lab.