234 grams of German 80% for $1.11

[tamrock]

Went for a haircut and swung by after a little ts and saw they had a few pieces of silver on the shelf. At first glance you know it's silverplate and ever this pierced bowl I thought most likely was, but had to be sure and saw the distinctive German looking silver alloy mark of .800. It was only a dollar for a hundred bucks of spot melt.

 

[randazzo1]

Awesome!! I love that this stuff still shows up.

 

[xr7ator]

Excellent SCORE!

 

[tamrock]

It is a amazing things like this will materialize from time to time at a cheap price. I just finished spiffing it up and now think it's a rather unique and beautiful piece of silver.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I would totally keep that away from any scrap pile..that thing is beautiful!

 

[tamrock]

I would totally keep that away from any scrap pile..that thing is beautiful!

10-4 on that

 

[SanMan]

It is a amazing things like this will materialize from time to time at a cheap price. I just finished spiffing it up and now think it's a rather unique and beautiful piece of silver.

Very nice piece!

Nice to have out for the holidays.

 

[captain flintlock]

What a beautiful piece!! Definitely a keeper and would look nice for the holidays!! Well done. That’s the second piece of 800 purity silver in a week that we (members) have found.

 

[tamrock]

They're not common, but are often overlooked when the do show up in a ts. They're always keeping an eye out for the word sterling. Yeah I'm thinking some mixed nuts will go well in this bowl for the holidays.

 

[A2coins]

There ya go good job

 

[Noah_D]

I love thrift stores! I've not gotten silver yet though, maybe I'll try and stop sometime soon.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice piece of silver!

 

[tamrock]

I love thrift stores! I've not gotten silver yet though, maybe I'll try and stop sometime soon.

Maybe? I'd get to looking now and as much as you can. This stuff is getting harder to find now days, because other are out there looking also. Makes me wonder how much I've missed, but when I'm home I believe go to the 4 stores around me at least once a day and two times to the large ones, because they're adding things by the minute in the big box shops. Just don't focus on the idea of stuff like this, as there's so many other things to spot that can be even move valuable than gold and silver.

 

[islamoradamark]

Just in time for the holidays nice find

 

[Mackaydon]

You have to be careful with the phrase German silver which can be an alloy of copper, zinc and nickel; sometimes with lead and tin-- but containing no silver.
Don......

 

[tamrock]

Yeah I'm well aware of that deceptive stuff. It's been given other names also, particularly on flatware

Alpaca or Alpacca Silver
Aluminum Silver
Austrian Silver
Brazil or Brazilian Silver
Bristol Silver
Burmaroid Silver
England Silver
German Silver
Indian Silver
Japanese Silver
Laxey Silver
Mexican Silver
Nevada Silver
Nickel Silver
Paktong
Pearl Silver
Potosi Silver
Solid G Silver (aka German Silver)
Sonora Silver
Tyrol Silver
Venetian Silver
Yukon Silvern flatware.