A 'real' Artifact?

[Valens Legacy]

Great finds and good detective hunting from some of the people on here.

From the price of the item on Etsy I would have to say it is mostly silver with a small amount of base metal of some sorts.

Good luck on your next hunt.

 

[GB_Amateur]

10 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Paramagnetic materials include palladium, platinum, rhodium, rhenium, ruthenium, magnesium, molybdenum, lithium, and tantalum.

I vote for rhodium -- one of the platinum group metals ('PGM's) with a current value more than 10 times that of gold.  🤩 

[kac]

A bad casting may have slag in it so the impurities will break down differently from the rest of the casting. It could be sand cast with face down, seems to have some suckback on the back.

Cool find.

[mn90403]

Well, the analysis is in ... 75% copper!  The number of 21 on the Nox 800 told the story on this one.  But now I know where it was made and why the pour was bad.

This little silver ring is worth more than that cross.