16 Lbs Silver for $100

[JimDon]

At The same estate sale as the platinum necklace, I spied these serving trays. They were marked "Silver". I asked the estate sale operator and he said he "thought" they were plated. He then added that the owners were Indian and that these were wedding presents. I immediately recognized that India did not adopt a silver marking policy until 2005 and that in Indian culture you give dowry gifts of gold and silver. Everything looked right so I took a chance. My acid is too old but it passed. It also passed the ice test. I'm getting a second opinion but am quite confident it is at least .800 silver. I even dug down with a blade on one of the legs and nothing but silver. Paid $111 for all of these. At worst they are great serving trays I can resell. Best $3300 in silver. What do you all think of the marks? FYI ...each pieces weighed 3LBS, 2.5LBS or 1.75LBS. I thought that was unusual too. Almost like they were sold for weight.

 

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[Oquario79]

That is awesome... I really should consider paying your town a visit....

 

[Beachkid23]

From my experiences being Mark silver is usually silver. I have a set of spoons that are marks over as well I scratched him down as far is just about gone through them and they're still testing for silver. And they seem to test pretty high with the acid kit like a bright blue white color. I am thinking it might be pure silver like 999. Here's a picture of mark that my spoons are. I'm sure others will chime in. But that's a crazy score right there if those things are real. That's in same awesome job!!!

 

[burlbark]

From my experiences being Mark silver is usually silver. I have a set of spoons that are marks over as well I scratched him down as far is just about gone through them and they're still testing for silver. And they seem to test pretty high with the acid kit like a bright blue white color. I am thinking it might be pure silver like 999. Here's a picture of mark that my spoons are. I'm sure others will chime in. But that's a crazy score right there if those things are real. That's in same awesome job!!!

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All my acid testing equipment responds white/light blue if its not silver. Most acids will turn dark red for silver .925 and higher, redbrown for .70 and brown for .40

 

[JimDon]

That is awesome... I really should consider paying your town a visit....

Thanks. Visitors are always welcome.

 

[JimDon]

All my acid testing equipment responds white/light blue if its not silver. Most acids will turn dark red for silver .925 and higher, redbrown for .70 and brown for .40

The acid came in at a dark red to red brown color. My bet is 800 or 830.

 

[Beachkid23]

Oh, sorry. Used the 18k acid

 

[Army of 1]

Great score JD , can't lose on that deal .. cheers Mick

 

[JimDon]

Oh, sorry. Used the 18k acid

I did do the 18 karat gold test too and it did turn to the Milky White blue. Thks

 

[kingskid1611]

That is really cool. What a return.

 

[Beachkid23]

Polish them up, you may double your scrap value online.

 

[JimDon]

Polish them up, you may double your scrap value online.

Spent last night doing just that. Here are the results.

 

[jochart]

mega silver score. just think what they got in gold for the dowry. you might get 5k for everything, I know the large silver trays sell well

 

[Beans]

I thought the bottom two that are clean were cracked and scratched up until I realized they were reflections of a cabinet door.

 

[bill from lachine]

JD,

That's a beauty of a score right there.

Given that estate company didn't do a very good job at testing those items....I'd be hitting all their sales if I were you.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[silverdollarbill]

Wow...amazing...congrats! Hit every sale they run. Really curious how the family let these slip through.

 

[JimDon]

JD,

That's a beauty of a score right there.

Given that estate company didn't do a very good job at testing those items....I'd be hitting all their sales if I were you.

Regards + HH

Bill

Shhhhh!!!

 

[JimDon]

Wow...amazing...congrats! Hit every sale they run. Really curious how the family let these slip through.

Me too. The estate sale guy even said he "thought" they were plated. And when I told him I was going to take him he said "oh so you going to take a chance on them." It sounded like he never checked them and just made an assumption I guess because they were so thick and heavy.

 

[Bquamb]

Bahahahahahahah those polished up look so amazing and nice. That would be an absolute dream find and would give anything for a chance like that at super easy money. Nothing to lose for them, they set the price, knowledge is power!

 

[captain flintlock]

Holy crap!! That's amazing! That's a find of a lifetime if I've ever seen one. It's always a great feeling when you know you were at the right place at the right time. Congrats to you JD!!