Chipk
Elite Member
Recently I found a short bronze pin in an area known for centuries of shipbuilding. It was that tarnished green brown color that bronze takes on. However I scratched it and a brilliant new penny copper color shone through.
I used my wire wheel to clean and it shone brightly.
I took it to the Amelia Island Maritime Museum and showed it to the director. He was really surprised. He showed me some larger ones they have on display and said their archeologist called them a Cupris but he wasn’t sure of the spelling. He said they were a combination of copper and bronze and the Spanish called the color of the combo”Rose Bronze”. He dated this at around 1750.
Wondering if anybody can add anything to it
I used my wire wheel to clean and it shone brightly.
I took it to the Amelia Island Maritime Museum and showed it to the director. He was really surprised. He showed me some larger ones they have on display and said their archeologist called them a Cupris but he wasn’t sure of the spelling. He said they were a combination of copper and bronze and the Spanish called the color of the combo”Rose Bronze”. He dated this at around 1750.
Wondering if anybody can add anything to it
