Some cleaned brooches, lockets etc

Another lockdown project. Some of the more ornate and personal things I've found.

Some close ups

A great collection - thanks for sharing

Awesome finds mate very interesting stuff can you show a close up of the heart and anchor from picture 1 cheers. erfect:

And nice clear photo's too.... brilliant collection from yesteryear erfect:

That's an awesome collection. :Y:

Thats a beautiful collection alright......they could tell some stories for sure.
I have found a similar piece to the marked one in this pic. What do you suppose it was used for, a hair ornament or clasp/broach.
Heres mine, before and after a cleanup.


These pieces are pretty hard to retrieve without doing damage, so go easy if you see the edge of one in your hole.

Very impressive. That is some special history

Nice clean up. What did you use/method.

First they go in the Ultrasonic machine, then its just a fine brass wire brush followed by toothbrush and Brasso or Autosol.... then polish up. :sunny:
Detectist may have a different method.

Looks great to me. :clap:

Braze them all together and make a crown O

aussiefarmer said:

Braze them all together and make a crown O

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Ive got plenty of other stuff to braze up for ya AF..... what size noggin you got. :lol:

Its about 1/16th of a of a bushel :lol: it'll be dang purtty with those treasures :awful:

Ash1155 said:

Awesome finds mate very interesting stuff can you show a close up of the heart and anchor from picture 1 cheers. erfect:

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Sure

OzzieAu said:

Thats a beautiful collection alright......they could tell some stories for sure.
I have found a similar piece to the marked one in this pic. What do you suppose it was used for, a hair ornament or clasp/broach.

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Nice brooch. Great condition.

I think it is a brooch. Pretty heavy but could have been for hair too I suppose but thought that it'd look better as a brooch.

Jaros said:

Nice clean up. What did you use/method.

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Thank you

The first thing I do and use my thumbs and fingers to gently move the encrusted dirt. As I haven't normally gone beyond this step until just recently I've not worried too much about other techniques. But this time, apart from toothpicks, toothbrush and battery toothbrush I also use an ultrasonic cleaner, Andre Pencils (love the nylon addition), and even magic sponges. It depends on the item and how difficult and fragile it is.