Chumbawamba
Well-known member
I literally found this in my warehouse on the floor:
I have no idea how it got there. I've never seen it before. It was right next to a pair of old jeans that came with the place when I first rented it that I had already checked for anything valuable. I can't be sure that it came out of the jeans but I don't know where else it could have come from. It might've come from some metal samples I got with a batch of chemicals I picked up earlier in the year, but I would have remembered coming across it in there (Ithink) if I had already picked it out and then left it sitting on the railing near where I found it.
Anyway, I did a volumetric analysis (i.e. I measured and weighed it) and it comes pretty close to being the correct density for silver. My calculations actually indicated it might be molybdenum, but I believe it's too soft to be Mo as I was able to leave an impression when I bit into it. Also, it's not a perfect square, so if you account for the rounded edges then that would bring the mass per volume ratio higher (same mass / less volume = higher density number). I used a digital caliper so my measurements were at least as accurate as is reasonable.
So I'm pretty sure it's silver, especially since its stamped with its weight (though weirdly, 7g would be 1/4 of an avoirdupois ounce).
Anyone ever seen anything like it and might know where it was minted?
I have no idea how it got there. I've never seen it before. It was right next to a pair of old jeans that came with the place when I first rented it that I had already checked for anything valuable. I can't be sure that it came out of the jeans but I don't know where else it could have come from. It might've come from some metal samples I got with a batch of chemicals I picked up earlier in the year, but I would have remembered coming across it in there (Ithink) if I had already picked it out and then left it sitting on the railing near where I found it.
Anyway, I did a volumetric analysis (i.e. I measured and weighed it) and it comes pretty close to being the correct density for silver. My calculations actually indicated it might be molybdenum, but I believe it's too soft to be Mo as I was able to leave an impression when I bit into it. Also, it's not a perfect square, so if you account for the rounded edges then that would bring the mass per volume ratio higher (same mass / less volume = higher density number). I used a digital caliper so my measurements were at least as accurate as is reasonable.
So I'm pretty sure it's silver, especially since its stamped with its weight (though weirdly, 7g would be 1/4 of an avoirdupois ounce).
Anyone ever seen anything like it and might know where it was minted?
