Silver, Token and Fake 925???

[deano]

Stayed close to home this weekend as the forecast was for a total wash out. The forecasters couldn't have been more wrong because we didn't get a drop of rain!! I had a nice weekend hitting some of the old spots and managed to get a bit of silver. The take this weekend, the '52 Washington, the '44, '18s and 24s Mercs, the '46, '46d, '49d and '53d Rosies, a "Good for 5 cents" token and the ring that is stamped 925. The ring produced a nice high tone on the Etrac and I stuck it in my pocket thinking I had silver but after washing it I noticed it has a thin plating on it and it is flaking off. Has anyone ever ran across fake 925 ?? Thanks for looking and HH

Deano

 

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[HuntNdig]

i had a 925 flake like that, got it home cleaned it up and it was still a 925 ring...i don't know what was with the coating of whatever it was, but it was stamped and came out a beautiful silver. That might be the product of a scamming flee market vendor or something like that.

 

[lookindown]

Ive had a couple of silver pieces with a coating, but under the coating it was still silver.

 

[testing123]

I had one as well with some kind of coating...it was silver underneath too. Maybe they gold plated it so it wouldn't tarnish?

 

[Mackaydon]

A similar token just sold last month: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/270806237234

 

[High Plains Digger]

Possibly rhodium plating to prevent tarnish. I have no experience with it as it flakes off.