No money for guns because kids, so now...GOLD

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I buy silver and gold...other odd things We got a 1200 dollar floor lamp given to us at a yard sale....it cost 50 dollars to rewire it though ..My sister and wife bought a big bunch of "costume jewelry" for 5 bucks that they sold 300 dollars worth of silver out of. In our shooting/reloading hobby I buy 50/50solder and tin and lots of ugly pewter(85-95% tin). ..tin is 10 dollars a pound now

I wanted to thank you for this. I started grabbing pewter now too and throwing it in a box for a reloader friend of mine. I often find it absurdly cheap, and its usually trashed anyway.

It never occurred to me that the stuff could have value for reloading.

On another note, I had a request from a friend to make a video, so I did. Figured might as well make some more and try to do the youtube thing. Thought some of you might find this Gold Collection video I made interesting:

 

[Retired W4]

Ok, had a few minutes, here you go:

That only took a few minutes? It took me longer than that just to look through it.

 

[Faulkner]

I've found some gems from time to time at estate sales. Well, not real jewels, but I've walked away with bargain firearms purchases, ammo, hunting gear, tools and farm implements. Even picked up a sliver coin now and again, but I've never paid much attention to the silverware.

One of my most interesting finds was a Civil War era 1865 dated 3 cent nickel. Paid .50 cents and I later had it appraise for around $125

 

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That only took a few minutes? It took me longer than that just to look through it.

Well, to be fair, it was already laid out. Just took a few minutes to take photographs of.

Plus, there's a wee bit to look through, I just had to snap shots of it.

I've found some gems from time to time at estate sales. Well, not real jewels, but I've walked away with bargain firearms purchases, ammo, hunting gear, tools and farm implements. Even picked up a sliver coin now and again, but I've never paid much attention to the silverware.

One of my most interesting finds was a Civil War era 1865 dated 3 cent nickel. Paid .50 cents and I later had it appraise for around $125

That is extremely cool, I almost never find coins.

I should do a video on my small coin collection at some point here.

 

[ameridaddy]

Ok, had a few minutes, here you go:

And I just *love* these dang baby spoons:

It's for Welden!

Weldon was born April 24th, 1911, he weighed just shy of 9.5lbs and was born at 12:30pm! You can see where it was all engraved on and around the scale the Stork is carrying!

I've been seriously enjoying the history behind the different pieces, the thrill of the hunt, and the pleasure of actually using such old objects for their purpose.

Maybe add this to your collection history - I think this is your baby spoon guy Welden, given his name is not common and an exact match on the birth date:

Welden Elbert Lutz (1911-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial

 

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Maybe add this to your collection history - I think this is your baby spoon guy Welden, given his name is not common and an exact match on the birth date:

Welden Elbert Lutz (1911-1986) - Find a Grave Memorial

Welden!!!!

Thank you so much, that's incredibly awesome. Now I need to figure out how to put pictures into my videos and make a proper video on Welden.

 

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The videos are progressing, I would imagine some of you may enjoy this. Actually getting to show and talk about it on a video really steps things up a bit from mere pictures.



I really wish I could do it with gun content, but the last time I did that my videos kind of exploded and with the political climate in tech where I worked it would have meant if I got the wrong attention I wouldn't ever work again. Maybe someday.

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I LOVE those little glass coasters with the silver edges. Remember my parents using them for ashtrays back when...

 

[boykinlp]

I LOVE those little glass coasters with the silver edges. Remember my parents using them for ashtrays back when...

I got some of those from my mother too. Those, and a wooden box full of her sterling flatware and serving pieces. Also, her full sterling tea set and some goblets. Like was said earlier, some of these pieces are worth much more than their melt value. The trick is finding someone to deal with that won't take advantage of you.
Larry

 

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I LOVE those little glass coasters with the silver edges. Remember my parents using them for ashtrays back when...

Oh man, I have so many of those at this point. A lot of them don't fare very well, at least the ones on heavy glass, the smaller ones seem to be largely in good shape.

I've been scrapping some of the ones that aren't really fixable in my videos there. They are interesting in that they have very different methods of having put the sterling silver on.

If you hit the scrapping videos one of the main things I want to do with those videos is show where the sterling marks are (because you can find them in silver plate too). If you poke around thrift shops/flea markets and such you can find a lot of them, often for very very cheap. Most of them only have a dollar or two worth of silver in them, but if you hit those videos and go with a good magnifying glass, you should be able to get yourself a very nice stack of them with a bit of time (and nearly no money).