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<p>[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 362291, member: 13813"]I handled two of the hoard of eight Yoachum dollars allegedly discovered in a cave in the Ozarks in the early 1980's. At the time I was told that they were made from native silver ore mined by the Indians.</p><p> </p><p>However, when we did X-ray tests on them, we found that they were made out of very precise sterling silver, .925 fine pure silver and .075 fine pure copper with virtually no trace elements, such as you might get if you melted down a few sterling silver spoons. This is impossible on native ore crudely smelted.</p><p> </p><p>Now there is a story in another thread alleging that the silver was mined by the Spanish conquistadors in 1541 but then left behind and discovered by the Indians circa 1820. This still does not explain how the silver is miraculously .925 with no trace elements.</p><p> </p><p>Tom DeLorey[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 362291, member: 13813"]I handled two of the hoard of eight Yoachum dollars allegedly discovered in a cave in the Ozarks in the early 1980's. At the time I was told that they were made from native silver ore mined by the Indians. However, when we did X-ray tests on them, we found that they were made out of very precise sterling silver, .925 fine pure silver and .075 fine pure copper with virtually no trace elements, such as you might get if you melted down a few sterling silver spoons. This is impossible on native ore crudely smelted. Now there is a story in another thread alleging that the silver was mined by the Spanish conquistadors in 1541 but then left behind and discovered by the Indians circa 1820. This still does not explain how the silver is miraculously .925 with no trace elements. Tom DeLorey[/QUOTE]
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