Evening All,
I found this tiny bit today.... quite near surface drilled field, Hants. Looks like a leaf or a fern or something.
Looks to be pressed and thought modern and aluminium or summat but although not needing a clean it passed the silver foil smelly egg test...!
I was wondering if anyone had come across anything similar - might it be a charm from a bracelet?
Any knowledge much appreciated!
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TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
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Re: TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
I am probably going to be wrong (I usually am) but nothing about that artefact exudes the quality that you would expect from an item made of silver 
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I couldn't agree more! Does aluminium smell of rotten eggs too?
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Re: TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
It looks silver to me. If it smells of rotten eggs then it will be 
A small medallion on say a bracelet? Might not be very old though 
A small medallion on say a bracelet? Might not be very old though XP Deus 
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Re: TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
size looks right for a purse
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Re: TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
i agree - but in scaling mine to yours that would make the zip pull about 6mm i havent seen one that size...
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Re: TINY aluminium ... or silver...?
See if it goes black if you put it in bleach, then try the foil trick on it.
But the weight alone should tell you if it's aluminium.
But the weight alone should tell you if it's aluminium.