There’s no more denying that summer has arrived. Temperatures are climbing, which means donning shorts, swimming over weekends, and cooling down with frozen treats. While heat is on your mind, we want to share a neat trick with you!
Identifying a precious metal can be done in many ways, often with inexpensive equipment at home. One of the easiest home tests allows you to see if a silver-colored metal is actually made of silver.
Silver is a great conductor of both electricity and thermal energy, the latter of which makes it easy to test the metal. If you’re wondering if a coin, round, or bar is made of real silver, simply place an ice cube on top of it. Real silver will cause the ice to begin melting immediately, at a much faster rate than would be caused by most other room temperature objects. This happens because silver rapidly transfers heat to the ice.
If only we could transfer heat away from our bodies during the hottest time of year! What’s your favorite way of staying cool during summer? Let us know in the comments section below to enter our July giveaway. That’s right, entering is as easy as leaving a comment! Make sure your comment is sent in by July 23, 2017. One winner will be randomly selected on July 24, 2017 to receive a Red Horse of War silver AND copper round.
Best of luck and happy summer!
Love drinking a tall glass of super iced lemonade to cool off during hot summer days! It is as cool as winning a free silver giveaway!
Nothing could be finer than fine silver!
Floating on the lake in the pontoon
Just sitting in air conditioned comfort and reviewing provident metals’ latest deals.
Running through the sprinkler with my 2 year old granddaughter! Nothing could be cool…er!
Free is the best price ever for such beautiful coinage!
Jumping in the pool after yard work. Ahhh!
Awesome design!
What could be cooler than a glass of wine and free silver!
An ICE COLD BEER AND AN FREE GOLD!
Bouyah!
Jumping in the river on a hot summer day then chilling in the shade of a big oak tree with sweet iced tea
Silver is the real mans currency.
Silver is the poor mans gold
I like to stay inside in the air conditioning coin roll hunting.
We’ve had a lot rain in the past two weeks. Now the heat is on. Big bowls of ice cream baby!
Taking a nice cool shower then going to the air cond. room with a cold ice tea.
Gonna get hotter when the Horsemen ride through!!
I drive a beer truck in western mt now thats cool
Nothing cooler on a hot day than some nice silver bars and rounds
Local library cool zone researching old coins. Amazing how much info is available at the library if you take the time to look and learn!
Stay hydrated and stay in the shade, if possible. Take breaks often if working outside.
Free silver…yum.
Working in a steel mill temperatures really sky rocket in the summer. Good thing for break rooms with AC and freezers full of ice pops.
Take off clothing
Summer is for running the BBQ pit full of spare ribs and chicken wings while enjoying a nice cold beverage,
ordered the horseman very nice coin,bring on the heat
Like you said, silver is the best thermal conductor, so I simply put a silver round in the freezer for a few minutes and then place it in my pocket. Works like a charm!! ; )
Some like it hot
Stsrt my outside chores early until it gets too hot and unbearable, jump in the pool when I can’t take it anymore.
Ain’t nuthin’ like some sweet A/C for the Texas heat!
Got the white now need the red.