Antique Gold Elephant?

Found on a metal detect session in Aughton, Ormskirk area. Can't see any markings, looks fairly rustic. 1 bent leg and a hole on underside. Fairly solid weighing in at 2gms. Any thoughts on age and origin?

 

Welcome to the boards, Ian! Agree that it looks like it's from a charm bracelet. Have you checked to see if a magnet will stick to it?

 

looks like brass from here...

 

It is really sweet, Ian, and welcome.
Could you clean your wee elephant and look through a loupe to see if the indentation on its hind leg (hip, bum) is a mark?

 

your blow up is making it look more gold than brass now...........?????????

 

No magnet will stick to it, pushing me further towards gold?

 

Davey's blow up looks like brass and mine like gold?
Let's wait until Ian has cleaned its tush. Looking forward to seeing a pic of the mark.

 

It's a good sign if the magnet won't stick.

 

So true!

 

Question: Isn't ammonia a good way to further tell if its gold or brass, by making it cleaner? Should gold have a desirable patina? Does brass always improve with one?

 

It's well known that ammonia is also a gold or brass cleaner, it can clean tarnish off silver also. Not sure if it does anything bad to them though.

 

Ammonia blackens silver. It's not too clever with gold, either.

 

Good old silver polish will help or better yet a polishing cloth. I've found goofier things that were high-karat gold, so it never hurts to look. That indent does look like a punch mark.

 

Don't laugh, but I use plain, white toothpaste to clean gold, it works like a treat!