Richard
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My father in law was a dentist. Practiced after WWII and passed away maybe ten years ago.
Maybe THIRTY years ago, out here on the farm.... was a shed. They put odds & ends in this shed. One day, a storm came through and blew a big tree over. Luck had it that the shed was standing between the tree and it's landing space so the shed got smashed to smithereens. I don't think anyone EVER went there to salvage anything as the tree was simply swamping the shed.
I've cut within sight of the shed (there was a 'path' that went from 20' of the shed and circled around (blah blah blah)
Yesterday, was out there with the wife. I had placed some decently large rocks (small boulders) with my backhoe there years ago, some Flagstone.... she wants to build something so we went out to see what we can salvage of the hard materials.
That got me looking around up close, like I've never done before.
I found probably fifty (50) dental picks, scrapers and other various tools of pain infliction.... (two LARGE syringes without needles, half a dozen drill handles that HOLD the bit and get attached to the air compressor....
I found this.
Wife said they found some dental gold in the house after he passed. I'm thinking this is probably dental silver.
Came out of the dirt SHINY as can be.... dirt rubbed off and portions are as bright as a mirror. I'd imagine a gentle buffer would make the whole thing sparkle as bright as it can be.
What I'm wondering is, is it really dental silver and is it good for anything around the house (soldering?)
It is FAR more shiny/reflective in person verses the pictures. What looks like rust/oxidation appears to be ground in dirt. Keep in mind, this has been buried for 30 years.
Maybe THIRTY years ago, out here on the farm.... was a shed. They put odds & ends in this shed. One day, a storm came through and blew a big tree over. Luck had it that the shed was standing between the tree and it's landing space so the shed got smashed to smithereens. I don't think anyone EVER went there to salvage anything as the tree was simply swamping the shed.
I've cut within sight of the shed (there was a 'path' that went from 20' of the shed and circled around (blah blah blah)
Yesterday, was out there with the wife. I had placed some decently large rocks (small boulders) with my backhoe there years ago, some Flagstone.... she wants to build something so we went out to see what we can salvage of the hard materials.
That got me looking around up close, like I've never done before.
I found probably fifty (50) dental picks, scrapers and other various tools of pain infliction.... (two LARGE syringes without needles, half a dozen drill handles that HOLD the bit and get attached to the air compressor....
I found this.
Wife said they found some dental gold in the house after he passed. I'm thinking this is probably dental silver.
Came out of the dirt SHINY as can be.... dirt rubbed off and portions are as bright as a mirror. I'd imagine a gentle buffer would make the whole thing sparkle as bright as it can be.
What I'm wondering is, is it really dental silver and is it good for anything around the house (soldering?)
It is FAR more shiny/reflective in person verses the pictures. What looks like rust/oxidation appears to be ground in dirt. Keep in mind, this has been buried for 30 years.
