Got a whole lot of scrap silver - thinking of dumping it

[DeepseekerADS]

But, I haven't made my mind up yet.

Over the years I picked up all kinds of silver "junk". I'm deciding as to whether to dump it to members here or just keep holding it. Really though - I got too much.

Got forks, spoons, jewelry trinkets, and many unique things.

Man, even got gold teeth

I expect I'll get some entertainment value out of responses here

Stay safe out there = it's still Deep!

Input please

 

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[releventchair]

If it's more than you can carry , it might be a good time to thin the herd.
Wrangle in into something more portable maybe...(?)
That would mean keeping the gold teeth. L.o.l..

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I'm not feeling any kinda mortal right now - it's not about that.

It's more about becoming more "compact" in my life. Just saying - the Hunt Brothers cost me a lot of money back then. But I never gave up, just kept aware - what is it? Nearly 40 years ago with the Hunt Brothers?

I was raised "junk yard". When Mom married my stepfather (circa 1963), each Sunday was a trip to the city dump scavenging things. Furnished and enhanced our lives with the junk we found. I've an enormous stamp collection from those times - too bad no one collects stamps anymore. But, they ain't going anywhere but to my kids.. I'd be a danged galizionaire if stamps were still cool.

Is not life an adventure?

 

[Mackaydon]

Deep,
As you know, I, too, have a stamp collection. Today, it has little monetary value, but the personal value of remembering how things were 'back then' and the fun of collecting will be a lasting memory.
I'll leave it to those who are around after I'm gone to distribute or trash the collection, knowing I received great value for the experience of collecting and the knowledge gained.
Don...

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Yeah Don, my kids get my stuff.

I am so "ashamed" stamp collecting went the way it did. Society just forgot about history. At least it still means something to me - and then it goes to my son, who's more into real estate, than estate planning... And stamps....

 

[releventchair]

Hindsight tends to offer plusses or minuses in past decisions.
IF I'd have only bought a few cases of S.K.S.'s .... And more ammo.
They're so crazy today I'm playing with the delight of removing cosmoline on one , just because the price (by todays market) was great.
Got the firing pin freed up and cleaned off. Waiting for warmer weather to finish the rest outside.
Smells like an old canvas tent that was waxed..So did I for a while.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Ah Dean my friend,

Don't we just try to live a life of peace. The older I get, the more important that becomes.....

 

[IDXMonster]

I dumped my “junk silver” and bought an Equinox 800 (again). I just try to make sure the investment is a step up...or at least sideways.
I like to think I live by the “three S” rule....Simplicity, security, sanity. It works most of the time.

 

[BornAgain2001]

if i were you, i would melt it down into an ax shape. cool to have a silver ax & also give you more space. i think silver will jump soon. many countries are going to be cashless starting 2022. USA to follow soon.

 

[GeoBill]

Deep, I bet some of those silver "junk" pieces may have quite an accompanying story. Some probably have some good memories. Save those and pass them on with those memories and they may be cherished, along with the stamps, much as you have and do. There are several things I have from my parents, including stamps, that held no interest for me back then, but I cherish now.

"Don't we just try to live a life of peace. The older I get, the more important that becomes..."

For me, retirement has certainly brought that into focus. I think that I might be able to fish without bait, or swing with sensitivity set at zero (or maybe 1), and just enjoy being alive and outdoors. I think that Harold Kushner said it very well in one of his books, that no man one his deathbed looks back and wishes he spent more time at work and his nose to the grindstone. Take time for the things that are really important.

(hope that the teeth weren't yours)

 

[DeepseekerADS]

(hope that the teeth weren't yours)

Well, in a sense they were my teeth! But not out of my mouth. By some sense or another I was wise enough to keep my teeth firmly rooted in my jaws

Mom turned 95 3 days ago, and she still has her teeth as well.

 

[Tpmetal]

melt it down into some bars! make yourself a small furnace and have some fun!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

melt it down into some bars! make yourself a small furnace and have some fun!

The way I figure, I'd just burn the crap outta myself!

 

[Megalodon]

Well, in a sense they were my teeth! But not out of my mouth. By some sense or another I was wise enough to keep my teeth firmly rooted in my jaws

Mom turned 95 3 days ago, and she still has her teeth as well.

Happy Birthday to your Mom!

Thanks to an accidental hockey stick to the mouth over 50 years ago (before mouthguards), one of my front teeth has been slowly turning brown. My dentist has the same dead tooth! If/When the time comes & its necessary, I'd rather get a gold tooth to replace it.

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

Sounds like your mostly interested sending it along from your responses. If you do, I’m interested. Either way, best of luck with your decision.

 

[Slingshot]

It seems we are on the cusp of some serious inflation, which will drive the price of commodities up. Just saying...

 

[Megalodon]

It seems we are on the cusp of some serious inflation, which will drive the price of commodities up. Just saying...

The inflation cusp was last year for lumber. Hope you don't need any large quantity now.

 

[Plumbata]

Higher value antique/collectable items from makers like Tiffany or Cartier or pieces like sterling tea infuser balls should of course be kept intact, but the bulk of the scrap could be packed up and shipped to a refinery for a way better payout than any coin shop or pawn shop or scrapper like me would give you. What I do and highly recommend due to the dollar being on the verge of hyperinflation (see the work of Dr Mark Skidmore and Catherine Austin Fitts for some of the gory details) is to get it refined and then returned in bullion bar/ingot form which is much more liquid than tarnished forks and would fetch a nice premium over spot with the high demand for physical right now, if you were inclined to sell instead of squirrel it away.

I use this refinery but others may have even better rates, they also buy gold scrap or refine and return cool 1/10oz bullion coins or bars: https://prospectorsgoldandgems.com/silver-refining/

 

[ARC]

if i were you, i would melt it down into an ax shape. cool to have a silver ax & also give you more space. i think silver will jump soon. many countries are going to be cashless starting 2022. USA to follow soon.

... :/

 

[coinshooter]

But, I haven't made my mind up yet.

Over the years I picked up all kinds of silver "junk". I'm deciding as to whether to dump it to members here or just keep holding it. Really though - I got too much.

Got forks, spoons, jewelry trinkets, and many unique things.

Man, even got gold teeth

I expect I'll get some entertainment value out of responses here

Stay safe out there = it's still Deep!

Input please

Post a pic of what you got and the weight involved.