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Gold and Silver weekend!

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dmnz

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Another hunt over the weekend tried in vein in the water with the result being 2 old silver rings - both should clean up nicely. Found a spot on the beach with "hard pack" blackish sand! So circled around that area for a few hours - producing two more silver rings and what appears to be a 18ct men's band. Looks to have Chinese writing / hallmarks...


A very successful and fun outing!

From left to right

Junk...silver, silver, silver, silver and gold...

To the rear is a silver necklace and pendant ;)
 
Talking about silver rings... I have around three jars of them - how to best polish? Rock tumbler ???
 
I suppose there are lots of ways to clean silver jewelry but the way that I like to clean those big silver rings is with electrolysis. A 12 volt DC power source seems to work well. For an electrolyte I use a cup of vinegar. Connect the positive (+) terminal of your power source to an old spoon submerged in the vinegar. Submerge the ring in the vinegar by gripping it with stainless steel forceps wired to your negative (-) terminal. Turn on the power source and wait for bubbles to form on the ring. After a few minutes take the ring out of the vinegar and brush it vigorously with a stiff toothbrush then polish the ring with a soft cloth. You might have to repeat this a few times if the ring is very grey or black but the result is a beautiful finish with no scratches. One caution, don't use alligator clips to hold your ring as the copper in them will stain your silver. Use only stainless steel forceps. You often see them at flea markets for about a dollar. Speaking of flea markets, I have a detecting buddy who had several trays of silver rings. When his community had a neighbourhood sale he laid all the ring trays out on a table and sold them all. I went by his house the day of the sale and was amazed to see all the people trying them on. I think I'll be doing the same thing.../Syd
 
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