weighted sterling, how to get the weight out

[snowdogg70]

hi all,
i picked this up at goodwill today and i managed to get the bottom off neatly but i was wondering if it is possable to get the weight out without destroying the piece?
thanks

 

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[niffler]

The ones I have scrapped have a resin that will melt in the bottom part, and plaster in the part that holds the candle, which won't melt. Also wooden dowels where the resin and plaster meet. Don't remember what temperature it takes to melt the resin though. I pulled mine apart with a pair of pliers and melted the pieces into an ingot anyway.

 

[trdking]

Removing the weight is destroying the piece. Why would you want to take the weight out if you aren't going to melt it?

 

[snowdogg70]

Why would you want to take the weight out if you aren't going to melt it?

one day i will melt it its just i like to display the larger sterling pieces ive found and want to know the weight.i am hoarding the silver and gold for retirement
by smacking the bottom with my palm the resin cracked and i was able to get the large chunk out but now the is a metal rod going through the top

 

[trdking]

That is a huge pile of sterling if you are planning on retiring on it

 

[tamrock]

I put em in the freezer a while and the resin will then shatter like a frozen chocolate bar and that'll generally break free all the resin from the rod with a few smack's with a hammer. Then I smash all the silver flat.

 

[scott9050]

one day i will melt it its just i like to display the larger sterling pieces ive found and want to know the weight.i am hoarding the silver and gold for retirement
by smacking the bottom with my palm the resin cracked and i was able to get the large chunk out but now the is a metal rod going through the top

Sterling weighted is not Sterling silver, it is a base metal composition with silver plate.

 

[tamrock]

Sterling weighted is not Sterling silver, it is a base metal composition with silver plate.

What are you talking about? Weighted is just a term used that it isn't solid stering silver, but a thin sheet of sterling silver supported by a filler to support the integrity of the outer thin silver sheet.

 

[snowdogg70]

That is a huge pile of sterling if you are planning on retiring on it

im not going to retire on it. im just holding on to my coins stamps silver gold etc... for somethiing to keep me busy when i retire and earn a few bucks

 

[niffler]

You might be able to melt it out in a toaster oven, outside. I have melted out the resin in sterling knife handles with a torch before, it drips out, but it also burns. Also, you will get firescale on the silver if you heat it in the presence of oxygen.

 

[Beachkid23]

Hammer. Or wait until you have a yard sale and slap $15 on them. Because it is about how much silver is on them. I have 4 pairs waiting for our sale, next spring.

 

[scott9050]

What are you talking about? Weighted is just a term used that it isn't solid stering silver, but a thin sheet of sterling silver supported by a filler to support the integrity of the outer thin silver sheet.

I have been passing on these because I had read they were not worth messing with. Maybe I should be picking these up then?

 

[tamrock]

I have been passing on these because I had read they were not worth messing with. Maybe I should be picking these up then?

There is scrap silver value in them. The small ones yeild around 19 grams each I have found on average and that's how I base the amount of silver in the taller ones. I won't pay any more than 5 bucks each for these short sterling weighted candlesticks anymore. I strip them down and take them to my local coin shop - precious metal buyer, because he's got all kinds of other cool stuff he'll take these in on trade, but he won't give even half the value if you don't strip them down. If they don't say sterling on them, they ain't worth poop.

 

[GopherDaGold]

Sterling weighted is not Sterling silver, it is a base metal composition with silver plate.

Wrong.

 

[scott9050]

There is scrap silver value in them. The small ones yeild around 19 grams each I have found on average and that's how I base the amount of silver in the taller ones. I won't pay any more than 5 bucks each for these short sterling weighted candlesticks anymore. I strip them down and take them to my local coin shop - precious metal buyer, because he's got all kinds of other cool stuff he'll take these in on trade, but he won't give even half the value if you don't strip them down. If they don't say sterling on them, they ain't worth poop.

Thanks for the tips. My apologies for the wrong info.

 

[JimDon]

No one wants them. Smash away.

 

[boogeyman]

one day i will melt it its just i like to display the larger sterling pieces ive found and want to know the weight.i am hoarding the silver and gold for retirement
by smacking the bottom with my palm the resin cracked and i was able to get the large chunk out but now the is a metal rod going through the top

Mark it up x4 and let it go. With what's there plus time & effort you're losing money.

Apply the gotsta rule. Mark the price up high, leave it on your table until someone comes along that "Just gotsta have it no matter the price" Then there's Murphys law. "As soon as you scrap it someone will come looking for it to fill out their set and will pay a s tupid price.

 

[A2coins]

lol good info