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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vern, post: 31252, member: 347&quot;]Well, I finally got a good sample.&nbsp; I took it from the center of the wheel on the back.&nbsp; It was already a deep place in the alloy and I feel a good representative spot.&nbsp; I remembered where it wasn&#039;t I but the not so antique conscientious assayer at Oxford took the filings from.&nbsp; It seems so noticeable now.&nbsp; I&#039;ll include a photo, but I suppose it shows where that first analysis came from.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note I got a good feel for what tools the engraver would need.&nbsp; The metal is nice and soft, but not too soft.&nbsp; A little chisel with a small piece of wood would do it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know, but it is fun imagining how he engraved these numbers.&nbsp; Also, the detail.&nbsp; Was that all sculpted into wet sand as far as the bulk of the wheel goes?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you keep clicking on these photos it will take you to a zoomed version...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to include a photo of her after a few years in the vault and a little tarnished.&nbsp; I won&#039;t be cleaning her, but taking her right back.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/6bTDEli" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/6bTDEli" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/6bTDEli.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is where the guy at Oxford did the first analysis on the back.&nbsp; Little file marks are but a small price to pay for a great discovery.&nbsp; What is interesting to me is that there is only a little tarnish after a couple years in this spot.&nbsp; It looks almost like silver tarnish.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/VpOPZ3W" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/VpOPZ3W" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/VpOPZ3W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is where I took my sample.&nbsp; I did it in the very center where the wheel had been milled out to accommodate the spindle.&nbsp; It also hides the marks.&nbsp;&nbsp; I hate to get at this thing anywhere but you have to do what you have to do.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/M1bL3Bo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/M1bL3Bo" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/M1bL3Bo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The sample shavings and my calloused hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/JHOg0Xu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/JHOg0Xu" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/JHOg0Xu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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