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!
Keep in the shade with an ice cold beverage
I cool off running my golf cart through the sprinklers when they are on.
Stay in the shade with an ice cold drink
Spending time working in a drinks chiller at your local BP petrol station, stocking the shelves and getting paid to do it.
It’s always cool at our beaches here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
I’m a big fan of Provident Metals! I stay cool during the summer by having the Air Conditioner on full blast!
I could always use a little extra silver
shirtless under the beach umbrella with the car door next to me window rolled down and 1 of three Nordic blondes wearing smile’s bringing me Tropical beverages as the Lobster is being prepared! LOL
Hot summer months, stay cool and surf providentmetals website looking for cool silver product……
Riding on our motorcycle is the way we like to keep cool.
On my 10 acre property in the mountain cool air enjoying my retirement is the best way to beat the summer heat.
Cold beer and frosty margaritas help but what’ll really take my mind off the heat is my mom’s homemade potato salad. It goes so well with anything I put on the grill.
Sitting in the backyard, using my quadcopter to chase the squirrels. Don’t tell PETA.
I would stay in the ac and count the silver I won from provident metals. wishing I had more
Summertime! Sitting under the shade of a huge Oak Tree, listening to Beach Music and thinking about Carolina girls. A cold beer or a well made Old Fashioned. Sometimes heading over to Carolina Beach early morning or early evening for Bodyboarding.
Cold watermelon!!
I like to keep my beer in the freezer while working outside. When you open one it turns to slush.
Alaska. Today it is sunny and 69. Perfect.
A jump in a pool or a lake for cooling off is all it takes, sitting in the shade at these spots is also what it takes, but mixed frozen drinks nd some kinda sweet ganga in my hand makes things o so great, getting buzzed nd baked nd stacking silver while the prices are down, makes it so cool so I just can’t frown.
Camping in the cool shade of the trees. Fishing, baseball, missions trips. Love them all!
Head to the mountains for camping and fishing!
I worked construction so I’m in the heat daily, but nothing is better than coming home from a long hot day and getting in the kiddie pool with my two little boys and “diving” for fish..
A simple pleasure of many of just going to the beach…you get to cool off and also relax, listen to waves, build stuff in the sand etc…the ocean and its environment offer so much.
Eating frozen lemonade cups.
Water park!!
I stay indoors and pray the A/C keeps running here in 90+F / 100% RH Greenville, NC
I like to sit under the ceiling fan.
I go on my backpacking trip. Jumping in an ice cold lake at such a high elevation. Will cool anyone off and it is relaxing to get away from everything.
Keeping cool by sitting on the shores of Lake Huron in Michigan, enjoying the breeze off the lake.
Relaxing in the pool with a floating cooler filled with beer.