Cleaning Jewellery Before After Photos

Posted by Billy on Sunday, November 23, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I have spent ages cleaning up a couple a nice finds I found, one at a beach and the other at an old Ghost Town. I used my coin tumbler, not much luck, brasso, not much luck, silvo, not much luck, Goddards Silver and Gold Cleaner, not much luck.

So then I used the good old toothbrush, some very fine Grit which I bought from Aussie Sapphire, I wet the toothbrush and dipped it in some Grit and lightly scrubbed away and then to my delight both pieces came up rather nicely as you can see below … click the photos for a better look.

Before After Cleaning - Victorian Belt Clasp - Ghost Town Find - Possibly Gold?

: Before After Cleaning – Old Gold Necklace Charm – Beach Find

I am pretty impressed, because the Victorian Belt Clasp dates back possibly to the late 19th Century, and because it was so tarnished, I thought it was either Tin, Copper or Brass, now I am debating to whether it might actually be Gold.

Originally the Clasp above had 14 Stones in it, and obviously over time the stones have fallen out, I know exactly where I found the Clasp, so I am going to go back tomorrow with a fine sift and hopefully I may be able to recover some of the stones, I doubt it though, because where I found the Claps was on the side of an old unused road where it had been graded by a grader, so no doubt it will be like finding a needle in a haystack, but I am still going to try my luck… you just never know. Even if I found one stone, at least then I will know if they were once diamonds on the clasp.

I must say however it would be one of my favourite finds so far.

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