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How to prepare mined black silver from water for further processing

As many of you know, even silver of high purity suffers greatly from prolonged exposure to water. A thick black patina begins to form on the surface, which grows into a crust with prolonged exposure to water, and this crust begins to stick to the surrounding grains of sand, etc.

The production of a wedding ring made of rhodium-plated gold based on the motif of an early medieval ring found by Elmara

Elmar found this ring during a detector survey of the Libice hillfort during one of the events organized by the Treasure Hunter in 2013. The ring was handed over to the supervising archaeologist immediately after its discovery and eventually found its way into the showcases of the National Museum, along with other artifacts and coins...

Uproar in auction circles: the historically most expensive aureus EID MAR is a fraud!

When the unique golden aureus EID MAR was auctioned for $4.2 million in October 2020, a new world record was set. Few would have guessed at the time that the coin had been stolen from Greece and the owner of renowned London auction house Roma Numismatics would be arrested and charged with theft, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and fraud...

Production of a hinge for a customized coin

After some time, I figured that I hadn't made anything goldsmithing for a while after the memorial clips for Master Prospector, so it was time to make something nice.

I melted my gold

Considering that the first two months of the new year were weather that wouldn't chase a dog away.So it was a bit of a time, after the heavy covid waves, to dig through the finds and sort out everything necessary and unnecessary.

Digging up the old polygon or working on the new one

The combined effect of bark beetle, rain and wild boar caused us to be forced to change the location of our polygon after about 7 years. While we were at it, we decided to dig up the old one.

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