06-01-2013, 12:25 PM
That is correct Jay but was found by my son in law and he upset me for in the hole where he found it there was also another that was a headstud type, the pin I made for it does indeed function and after completing the spring part I had to hammer harden the rest of the pin to make it work. The overall length of the brooch is 60mm by 20mm at its curve.
The pin of the original was still there and was also made of orichalum so I do begin to wonder if indeed this was the way that the Roman craftsman had to harden the pin, for when making these the wire has to be wound as a spring which needs to have a certain amount of flexability, then of course the pin takes constant pressure back and forth to function.
The pin of the original was still there and was also made of orichalum so I do begin to wonder if indeed this was the way that the Roman craftsman had to harden the pin, for when making these the wire has to be wound as a spring which needs to have a certain amount of flexability, then of course the pin takes constant pressure back and forth to function.
Brian Stobbs
