"Feel free to be skeptical but I don't think you should mock those who believe in its authenticity. Yes, the Medieval Church had a lot of corruption and a lot of bogus artifacts. But unlike the Spear of Longinus, for example, which has characteristics of later weapons or other artifacts that are obviously bogus to a modern eye, this one sticks out as being fairly solid."
If I've mocked, I apologize.
As far as your 'being faitly solid', that's why I am curious of an aging technique being properly used on this artifact, to put the issue to rest once and for all.
This in comparison to (say) that supposed box of "James brother of Jesus" found last year that's already been debunked. There's no reason to consider that as 'actual', since the evidence is overwhelming to its artificiality.
Actually, BLzbba, the Ossuary of James is a REAL first century Jewish ossuary... it is the inscription additions that are fake.