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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 10081233, member: 15376"]I normally have it on 3! sometimes I play with it depending on the temp but 3 is the usual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I need to correct, its not Stroud, its Gloucester I went to lol! I'm not used to us going there so I mixed it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the sentimental brooch: I've tested for gold and its all a little odd. I first tested front and back with 9k and it was evaporating semi slowly but looked like it was bubbling first, like tiny air bubbles where the test mark was. I tried a second time on front back and pin, and there was no bubbling but a slow fade to brown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some photos under a loupe of the edges. It looks like plate that's worn off but also like they've constructed it this way? Like there's two bits of gold with a metal/silver piece in the middle? It shines up beautifully with the sunshine cloth</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1311701546257350736/IMG_20241128_150110.jpg?ex=6749d0c2&is=67487f42&hm=68913d6d23e3a42e5579281fbe26b4a9452ada637eaa58cc9d095fa01dd2231c&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1311701547054399558/IMG_20241128_153227.jpg?ex=6749d0c3&is=67487f43&hm=b8c63e81f0ad29b24f7a12f4180f9ff0dc25693a598d6d527ba4dc0f7697c773&=" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 10081233, member: 15376"]I normally have it on 3! sometimes I play with it depending on the temp but 3 is the usual. Also, I need to correct, its not Stroud, its Gloucester I went to lol! I'm not used to us going there so I mixed it up. About the sentimental brooch: I've tested for gold and its all a little odd. I first tested front and back with 9k and it was evaporating semi slowly but looked like it was bubbling first, like tiny air bubbles where the test mark was. I tried a second time on front back and pin, and there was no bubbling but a slow fade to brown. Here's some photos under a loupe of the edges. It looks like plate that's worn off but also like they've constructed it this way? Like there's two bits of gold with a metal/silver piece in the middle? It shines up beautifully with the sunshine cloth [IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1311701546257350736/IMG_20241128_150110.jpg?ex=6749d0c2&is=67487f42&hm=68913d6d23e3a42e5579281fbe26b4a9452ada637eaa58cc9d095fa01dd2231c&=[/IMG][IMG]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592887112626601984/1311701547054399558/IMG_20241128_153227.jpg?ex=6749d0c3&is=67487f43&hm=b8c63e81f0ad29b24f7a12f4180f9ff0dc25693a598d6d527ba4dc0f7697c773&=[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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