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!
I live in Florida. The only way to stay cool is to stay inside with some sweet tea. But i may try putting my silver rounds into my shirt.
The only way i stay cool is too think about my silver stash all day while im at work and then when i get home is to get my silver hoard out and fondle it while im sipping on a cold carbonated cocktail thats living the high life
So what your saying is a silver lining in under garments would keep you cool or heat you up????
I make peach ice tea popsicles. They are so refreshing!
Taking a dive in the pool.
Beautiful coins, those Horseman, I’ve need to get some!
SO CAL, 95 degrees outside
Inside office 63 degrees
Cool work
I’ll sit on the deck with my feet in cool water & a soaked cold hat on, everything in between stays nice and cool. P.S. with a nice cold drink.
After a little hard work I cool by putting the hose on mist. Attached to a small stand it sprays the water up. A strong fan pushes the water out and over us for a fine mist spray.
The best way to keep cool is have 12 pack cold beer.
Sitting in airconditioned home with family playing boardgames. ..reminiscing of the coins given to them by their father/grandfather (whom we lost May 11, 2017)..he got the children/grandchildren into collecting coins…
Sing Christmas carols!
Silver’s cool. Its antimicrobial property’s used in silvadine ointment..great for burns even the ones from to much beer by the water.
An Icee, an air conditioner, and some Provident Metal silver; how much cooler can 1 person get?
I stay cool by only going outside when I have too lol
Riding through the sand dunes in pismo beach California!!
In doors drinking cool fresh soda or lemonade under a shade drinking ice cold laminate..
Stay inside and work on your coin collection.
Grabbing a cool one and sitting in front of the air conditioner.
Left Texas for Hawaii! Just about to land!
Nothing like going for a swim to cool down during the summer!
After working outdoors, improving the property on a hot day, we reward ourselves with a swim in the pool and a homemade Lynchburg Lemonade.
Here in San Clemente.We just watched fireworks from our bedroom window on the 4th. During the day there is fresh air flowing through our home with doors and windows wide open. If we’re not sitting on the deck enjoying a cool drink looking out over the ocean and Dana Point harbor.
Life’s a beach isn’t it.
How do I like to stay cool? Here’s a little secret. Just pull out a stack of silver rounds and the edges always feel cool. Love that cool touch on a hot day. Ha!
Ice Cold Water in my shoulder/neck bag too stay cool.
Coming home from work to my 3 year old yelling “POOL TIME” and hanging in the pool every night with him
92 and 53% humidity in Raleigh NC
Going home and sitting in the kiddie pool with my lemonade and the dog…….Happy Summer People! 🙂
Some nice cold silver can definitely cool me down in the summer.
Drifting down the Lazy River, staying cool….
Silver is our friend
sitting in front of the AC vent. Until it stops working…now that’s an issue.
A refrigerated cool, no suger, lemonade in a 9″ glass follow up with a frozen fro-yo bar.