✅ SOLVED Metal Type?

[Yak1366]

Can anyone id this type of metal?

I searched pewter, lead, etc with no convincing match.

 

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[cudamark]

Probably was originally silver plated pewter spoon. On closer inspection, it might be a copper based spoon.

 

[BosnMate]

Being part of a spoon, my thought is pewter.

 

[Audozer]

I vote pewter as well

 

[cudamark]

It's hard for me to tell. In the third photo it looks like pewter, but, the middle photo looks more copper. Either way, it's scrap metal IMO.

 

[Davers]

Can anyone id this type of metal?

I searched pewter, lead, etc with no convincing match.

IMO
Pewter .

If heavy for it's size , it's likely Brass or copper alloy.
If fairly light ,'pewter'. IMO

Old tho.

 

[callicles]

To rule in or out copper, make a small scratch on it. Copper will appear reddish in color, brass bright gold or yellow. If neither, the item is likely made of pewter.

 

[Duckshot]

Pewter alloys are mostly tin and have a lower melting point than lead.

Take a small sample, put it in a stainless steel spoon and hold a Bic cigarette lighter under the spoon. If the sample melts, it was pewter.

 

[grasshopper]

Looks like a nice old pewter spoon to me

 

[Yak1366]

Well I'm happy accepting the consensus of pewter. Thanks All!!

 

[trdking]

If it is very easily bent, it is pewter Copper would be difficult to bend