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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 7594750, member: 5515&quot;]Great eyes, and also the clue I was hoping others would find. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few more thoughts (pretty sure I&#039;ve said a few of these things in previous games). </p><p><br /></p><p>1. The point of this game isn&#039;t who can find the little tiny writing on a piece.</p><p>2. In my mind, the point, is see the common clues that a piece <u>could</u> be real silver, and then go find the tiny little writing confirming your suspicion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few clues that led me to look for the little mark, because as we all know, most of the time you are looking for marks that aren&#039;t there (ie if it were a plated piece)...</p><p><br /></p><p>#1: That lovely tarnish growing unevenly</p><p>#2: Tarnish is darker and thicker in the cracks and crevices of the piece</p><p>#3: A nice cloudy haze all over the piece</p><p>#4: Elements of the piece had to be soldered on, not definitive at all, but a sign of effort</p><p>#5: Some effort went in to the shape of the piece</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are the things I see when I first look at the item that make me pour over the photos much more carefully. Luckily I was able to spot the very small, slightly blurry 925 mark. This item ended up weighing 220 grams, here&#039;s a polished photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]423441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]423442[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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