Hi
Have a question…. pretty basic question for the vast majority of you seasoned collectors but being a newbie to it all I'm sinking fast!
I have an item that's not in the catalogue that I wanted to add but didn't know what type of metal it is as the only online item of this type I came across just says its made from metal which isn't very helpful.
Today I met some really really nice helpful people who do a spot of collecting and have this machine metal testing component thing. The gentleman quite happily zapped the item for me and it gave a reading of all the composition metals in the item. Brilliant so now I know what its made from and percentages. My attention span of a goldfish came into play I forgot what he told me it was called ie what the name of the metal is.
This is the item
This is the reading that the fancy machine gave out (very impressive bit of kit)
And this is the only time I found the item on the internet Bicentenary Medal - The Museum of Methodism & John Wesley's House (wesleysheritage.org.uk)
Is the metal cupronickel?
Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Manganese - periodic table I could work out…. mixing it together is a whole new ball game. Logic said reorder to component percentage size, hence coming up with cupronickel.
Help much appreciated. Thank you in advance for assistance.
