[Milsurplus] Metal to crystal bond

[Hubert Miller]

I just opened an " I.C.A. " crystal holder from the late 1930s. This thing is about as large as a pocket watch,
and is easy - open, two nuts like on old dry cell batteries can be easily removed. There is a spring to maintain 
a force on the relatively huge metal crystal plates. This got me to wondering. Those notorious FT-241 LF
crystals, I understand one failure mode is the plate contact comes off. So I'm thinking, what if take one such
from the numerous defectives I have, and place that blank in this I.C.A. holder, would it resonate ? BTW, 
these type holders also under different brand names, white ceramic material, and have a tensioning adjustment
in the middle. Just for an experiment, I'm tempted to try this on.
-Hue