First Scrap Candelabras!

[palidin20603]

Bought 2 for $50. They weigh a combined 962 grams of sterling weighted. I am going to scrap them tonight and tell how much sterling is there. HH

 

[gunner45]

I'm going to guess you get about 100-115 grams so you should make about $20 or so.
Nice find

 

[palidin20603]

I am at 120 grams, but I need to strip the 4 metal arms with the sterling skin around them, which is going to suck because it is on there really well

 

[palidin20603]

FYI of the 962 grams of weighted sterling candelabras, the 4 arms weigh a total of 200 grams, 50 grams an arm. The tough part is the entire arm is covered in a sterling silver skin. I am wondering if I should ship them out to a scrap place to be melted. Any thoughts?

 

[Beachkid23]

I use one of the reusable shopping bags that dont rip. put it in there, fold it over and beat it with a hammer. All that stuff comes right out. And. It doesn't make a mess. A burlap bag may be a little better.

 

[palidin20603]

I use one of the reusable shopping bags that dont rip. put it in there, fold it over and beat it with a hammer. All that stuff comes right out. And. It doesn't make a mess. A burlap bag may be a little better.

I am not sure that is going to work on the arms, are you able to strip the arms that way?

 

[diggummup]

A lot of times the arms on those are lead filled. Good luck on recovering anything from the arms. You can try a utility knife but it won't be easy and unless you handle one daily like I do, you may end up cutting off a finger in the process in you aren't careful, lol.

 

[war-digs-it]

This is how I do it. Remove arms and lay on cement. Take a hammer and pound the entire length of arm so they are somewhat flattened long strips. Take a sharp wood chisel and use hammer to cut a seam down the entire length. Use thin screwdriver and work up under the cut you made and use pliers to open up skin. A couple times doing this it can be done in a few minutes.

 

[billjustbill]

Bought 2 for $50. They weigh a combined 962 grams of sterling weighted. I am going to scrap them tonight and tell how much sterling is there. HH

On their bases, what does the base plate say? Maker? Any words about the curved pipe arms?

 

[palidin20603]

Nope, it said Fisher Sterling Weighted

 

[diggummup]

So, did you get the arms stripped?

 

[war-digs-it]

Without bleeding out, hopefully.

 

[JimDon]

My experience is there is less than two ounces of silver. Once you pull all of the silver skin off you won't have much. Most weighted silver I see is all plaster or a lead based interior. i used to work in a coin shop and my job was to skin them. Royal pain....good luck though. I hope yours has more silver than what I experienced.