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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vern, post: 29020, member: 347&quot;]I see, said the blind man.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a little dull.&nbsp; Sometimes I need it spelled out.&nbsp; Haha</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I could do that.&nbsp; Here in Alaska it is tough, there aren&#039;t many xrf machines in businesses.&nbsp; Looking online I see there are a few assayers that do this through mail and are quite a bit cheaper than Oxford.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After examining the metal with a loupe every now and then, one conclusion I can make myself is that the metal is far from homogenous.&nbsp; There are small areas that don&#039;t tarnish mixed with areas that tarnish dark grayish. On the back the old verdigris was faintly visible after a long period of time but just ever so slightly green.&nbsp; There are lots of bubbles and changes in the structure of the metal that remind me of old loaf silver bars.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will mention that the xrf readout for the white brass pins was spot on.&nbsp; It did not have the exotic metals shown in the wheel readout.&nbsp; Also it is known that Platinum group metals, copper, iron, and others also occur naturally in gold ore in small amounts.&nbsp; One logical explanation could be that this was the leftover &quot;heavies&quot; after lots of gold refining during the rush…&nbsp; Maybe spiked with a little gold or they were producing so much that the 15% in this slipped through.&nbsp; I doubt that though.&nbsp; I&#039;m just voicing possibilities I&#039;ve considered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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