funny you should post the barn dust / survivor pic..
I said to a friend last weekend .. one could fake the "old" of a barn find with nothing more than a dust mask and a leaf blower
simply stir up all the dust in the shed/barn/garage .. and get out .. closing the door behind ya
kinda like hard boiling eggs , mashing them up and sticking them in a tupperware container with the old silver or brass piece ya wanna make look 100 years old
sulpher dioxide from the eggs turns the metals black .. but ya gotta use still hot eggs in the container for the best off gassing results..