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question on silver?

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Howdy, I found this shield about 6 inch's deep. I have no clue what it is , it was buried next to an old boot. I thought it was aluminum but, when I got back home it seem to heavy, so I started rubbing and then polished it some and found in the upper right side the numbers 925 and some letters that are hard to make out. My friend says its silver thats a cool find. nothing on the back of it, just plain.. MY QUESTION to anyone is why are the two silver dimes that I found in the same area more shiny looking and the 925 silver was black ? Sorry about the picture quality . Thanks for looking and good luck digging....
 
It is definitely part of something. About 5 dollars worth of silver with todays market. I love it when u dig something so confusing to identify and thats been posted on here alot LOL. Thanks for looking old fogy , and I bet I dig up more silver dimes that are shinier than the925 silver thats been in the ground.
 
Thats probably it gopher, thanks for the input. Its very thin, hum maybe the other half is still in the ground, had to be a back part.
 
the coins were struck, as opposed to just cut and polished like the shield.
I can't explain in detail why, but your struck metal is allways left with a shine to it from the pressure
exurted on the coin.
Look at a proof coin, it is much shinier than a 'regular' coin because it is struck twice.
Your standard coins are onlty struck once.
 
Well, the the shield looking bugger I dug up is 2 1/4 inch long and 2 inch wide at top and was a little round when I found it so I did flatten it out and u maybe right dirtdigginlady coulda been ???. Coins struck verses cut and polished silver , thanks for the info Jim West . Ive only been detecting for 1 month as of today . I think this is the best web site for information on detectors and what you detect Good Luck to all.....
 
Belt Tip....
 
Belt tip seems like a good guess. I have also seen silver trim on show quality horse tack.

My mother and a sister kept horses, and at the shows some folks had fancy ornate silver trimmed harnesses. Just a guess though.
 
That was my guess. Decorative Saddle piece. Nice finds!
Bunker
 
I dont know what the TRUTH is behind this silver, but I am thinking horse tack,. belt buckle, boot part, saddle piece, narrows it down to ????????????? Thanks all
 
The blackness could also be caused, in part, by what the silver is alloyed with. I found a sterling wedding band that was as black as coal till I cleaned it up. Silver is silver no matter how you look at it, it's a great find. Congrats.
 
I doubt its that old. Really old silver usually isn't marked "925" - "fine silver", "AG", or "sterling" maybe. As far as the color goes, let silver get close to salt water, its often as black as coal when you find it. Luckily, though, it sure cleans up easily.
 
I found it around an homesite built in the 1940's and very colse to the gulf of mexico near a salt water bayou... Thanks for the information..
 
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