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cool old silver pendant

roy1954		Posted : Monday, 18 November 2013 12:09:30 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2012(UTC) Posts: 628 Location: christchurch Thanks: 442 times Was thanked: 372 time(s) in 242 post(s)		hi all in nz,tides just right again today and apart from heaps of sinkers found this fully hallmarked silver bar weighs 19 grams which is a strange weight ,a full ounce bar being 28 grams.hard to make out the marks but looks like its english needs a bit more cleaning but a cool find. cheers roy roy1954 attached the following image(s):
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number8wire		Posted : Wednesday, 20 November 2013 9:48:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/06/2012(UTC) Posts: 1,175 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 913 times Was thanked: 880 time(s) in 425 post(s)		Nice chunk of silver old boy.......keep it up.
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creamer		Posted : Thursday, 21 November 2013 7:36:33 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Choice find. 19 grams is a strange weight. Maybe it used to be something else and was turned into an ingot of some kind. .
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Foiled again		Posted : Thursday, 21 November 2013 10:26:32 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 10/04/2012(UTC) Posts: 861 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 459 times Was thanked: 251 time(s) in 192 post(s)		Super interesting find Roy! Looks bloody old?
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