Shiny flat button that non magnetic.

[Dakotademon7]

Found this in my back yard. It's about the diameter of a dime. It being shiny is what has got me wondering.
Not sure if it aluminum or silver. Looking for any input on this item. Thanks.

 

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[mcl]

I'm assuming you're wanting to know: is it silver?

There are a lot of ways you can sort of easily rule out silver at home without a silver testing solution.

First, take a magnet to it: if it is magnetic, it probably isn't silver. If it isn't magnetic, you can move on to another test I like to do. Since you say it is about the size of a dime, the best thing you can do is take a 1964 or earlier dime to compare it to -- if not, find a piece of aluminum that is as close to that shape and size as possible. Check your random hardware drawers and jars for something. Now take two ice cubes of the same size and shape and set them on a plate. Set the item in question on top of one of the cubes, and the dime or aluminum piece on the other cube. The dime/aluminum one will melt FAST around the metal. If the test item cube melts just as fast over the next few minutes, then congratulations, it might be silver (or aluminum). If it is much slower, but it wasn't magnetic, you are looking at a different metal (e.g., pewter). If you haven't ruled out silver yet, there are a couple more tests that you might be able to use to rule out aluminum. Either calculate the expected weight given the geometry of the object and compare to a scale weight OR use the Moh's hardness test. There are things which should scratch silver but not aluminum. Find something made of one of these in between hardnesses, and attempt to scratch it. If it scratches, congratulations, you probably have silver, if it doesn't, then you might not have silver -- but be aware that the alloy properties change the hardness of the item from that of pure silver, so a negative result isn't a guarantee (although a positive is good evidence).

If however you were asking what IS the item, I have no idea I'm sorry.

 

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