BeachHunter

Awesome hunt and finds. Thanks for the pics!

Welcome aboard Busho! Good luck with the finds!

Welcome to the forum Lone Star!

Welcome to the forum from SoCal. Good Luck!

Welcome to the forum Paul.

You guys are in my prayers. Best of luck in your sister’s recovery and in your return to the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Congrats on the nice coin finds Gerry! Thank you for the pics.

I loved my Sovereign GT. Awesome coin hunt!

Thank you for the interesting video Tn. Always good and I learn something!

Wow! What a Great story! Awesome finds and return. Especially thanks for the photos of all those beautiful coins. Banner!

Welcome aboard! Good luck locating the magazine.

Thanks for the link Kac! Boy if only I could find an early split window. Lol!

Welcome aboard! Best of luck!

23 hours ago, kac said:

Last post on this, I was wrong and BeachHunter was right. I thought it was pewter and when I was comparing the acid test on the cross to another piece the acid turned a bright red which means its higher than 925. Being silver it then it had to be lost wax cast and not sand.

Still can't seem to find any more info on it since the local coin dealer doesn't touch religious artifacts. Not sure if he would burst into flames handling it or not so I guess I have to keep looking around. 

Any idea when they started to use steel or iron jump rings? About the only clue I have.

The Steel jump ring may have been added at a later date. Hard to obtain sterling silver findings if pre-internet.

The only beach mining I do is with a small shovel! Here’s a pic.

I try to remain incognito. Lol!

Oops! I guess you can’t be too careful. ?

Welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the new 800.

Great way to make patterns and original masters. 

I’m interested in finding a used Tejon. The Tesoro’s remind me of the Sovereign GT in some ways.

Welcome to the forum Edwardo. Reminds me of a large petrified walnut. Very cool!

The air bubbles on the back remind me of an investment casting without a vacumn unit to pull out air bubbles. So if the air bubbles are only present on one side then that might give a clue to which casting method was used.

Very nice job on the castings by the way!

Always willing to share in any way I can help out. I just gave away my burnout oven and centrifugal caster, flasks and a bunch of other casting equipment. I now have giver’s remorse. Lol!

Very cool finds. Congrats!

That’s kind of you to say. I’m not really compared to my wife. Lol! I was a jewelry caster and gold and silversmith for a number of years.

I'd say you are correct on all points kac. Upon closer inspection, it does look like a pre-centrifugal casting. The composition is a good clue to it's age. Interesting and awesome find.

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Good post on the Equinox Mark. I find the Nox to be one of the best detectors I’ve ever used. Easy to ID targets and boy does it deliver the goods on the Nickels. Best of luck!