Make Sure You Check Out Your Dug Trash before You Toss it!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

I almost threw out what I thought was a piece of trash the other day! What I thought was just another aluminum screw cap turns out to be sterling silver! Not sure what it was once attached to, but it had to be something expensive. Any ideas what this was part of?

 

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[WhiteTornado]

That's wild! Funny, too, because I tend to dig a lot of screw caps; they tend to hit strong even with discrimination high on my machine.

 

[pkb]

Flask maybe

 

[GatorBoy]

Are we sure there's no thermos company called sterling?

 

[NorthernTesoro]

Very true! Sometimes I don't even wipe it completely off when I made the decision to put it in my trash bag.

 

[toddsumm1]

I would say flask as well.

 

[GatorBoy]

Maybe something along these lines.
It just doesn't look like sterling silver to me

 

[redbeardrelics]

Nice find and save ! I found one similar awhile back, and never determined for sure what it came from. As mentioned, a nice permanent pocket flask could have had a sterling screw cap, as well as Victorian tabletop condiment bottles, upscale perfume and toiletry bottles and vanity sets, and who knows what else?

 

[Peyton Manning]

champagne cap

 

[NWMP]

You never know. I like to give my junk pile one more go over before departure. I opened a stepped on child's ring a few days ago for a second look, and to my surprise it had 14K stamped in it.

 

[Old Dude]

You're right about checking the finds. I found a piece that I thought might be part of a decorative tin ceiling tile, but on closer inspection I saw that old welcomed word " Sterling " on the back. Yesterday my hunting partner tossed me what I thought was a crumpled aluminum food can and said " Before you dismiss it as junk, turn it over". Sure enough, there it was ~ Sterling!

 

[keith2004]

looks like a thimble to me....

 

[Garrett424]

Great save.
Now I'm wondering; have I've ever tossed away any good silver??
I hope not.

Congrats on the silver and a good eye.

 

[Jesse James]

After reading this post, I sat down and sorted my 5 gal bucket of trash.

 

[RustyGold]

Between the late 1800's and 1922 Whisky screw top to a corked bottle!