Alaskan Gold Rush? nugget pin!
Spartcom5
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Found this beauty at one of my LCS. I think it dates to around the Alaskan Gold Rush Era. It tested electronically at about 18k to 19k. Weighs 6.2 grams and has a pin on the back of it. Still has some quartz attached as well. The pin is a tube hinge with a C clasp which is how I dated it to the Alaskan Gold Rush. Nuggets in the Alaskan Gold Rush were commonly converted into jewelry pieces like this but sadly many have been melted through out time. https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Dating-brooch-fasteners
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Wow, very nice !!!
That is very nice... I have seen nuggets mounted for cuff links, but not pins... Cheers, RickO
That is super cool. I'd like to think I'd wear it but probably not, I'm pretty cautious about sharing my pm's with strangers.
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Cool nugg!
I like
Shape of a monkey head? Neat.
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