Goodwill Treasure find

[RevJoel]

Goodwill Treasure find (with photo)

Stopped by the local Goodwill today to peruse there book shelves. I usually find at least one nice first edition there every time I go. No such luck today though. I did find, however, a cardboard box filled with metal cups, small trays, sherbet dishes, and coasters all marked Sterling! The box was not marked with a price so when I asked about its cost, the kind lady took the box to the back to ask. When she returned, she had written $14.99 on it. Since Mother Osborne had never raised any foolish children, I took said box to the register immediately.

When I got home I peeled the silver from the "filled or weighted" pieces and started weighing the metal. I ended up with 38 troy ounces of that lovely stuff. A nice days shopping for $14.99!

 

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[clovis97]

Wow!!!!

I can't seem to find a piece of silver, even if it fell from the sky and hit me on the head.

Very happy for you!!! Congrats...that is a score!!!!

 

[Guns Blazing]

Score!!!

 

[diggummup]

Now that is a sweet find, thrift store or no thrift store.

 

[GibH]

Very nice.

 

[RevJoel]

Sold the silver today for a tidy sum. Used some of the money for a new Whites Coinmaster Pro, and still have a goodly chunk left to do some exploring (gas money) with!

 

[squiggy]

Stopped by the local Goodwill today to peruse there book shelves. I usually find at least one nice first edition there every time I go. No such luck today though. I did find, however, a cardboard box filled with metal cups, small trays, sherbet dishes, and coasters all marked Sterling! The box was not marked with a price so when I asked about its cost, the kind lady took the box to the back to ask. When she returned, she had written $14.99 on it. Since Mother Osborne had never raised any foolish children, I took said box to the register immediately.

When I got home I peeled the silver from the "filled or weighted" pieces and started weighing the metal. I ended up with 38 troy ounces of that lovely stuff. A nice days shopping for $14.99!

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Wow! Great!

 

[tennessee digger]

Very good job!!! You were lucky that no body else saw that first.

 

[rickv14623]

Amazing and how'd you get that flipped so fast?

 

[RevJoel]

A local jeweler always stand ready to swap cash for precious metal. I researched what the spot price for sterling was, I weight it to the gram, converted to troy ounce and had a good idea of what would be a fair offer considering that he had to make a fair profit. He weighed the silver: saw that my weight was correct and we came to a price that both of us could live with. Deal done. Thanks for asking.

 

[TreasureHunters]

A local jeweler always stand ready to swap cash for precious metal. I researched what the spot price for sterling was, I weight it to the gram, converted to troy ounce and had a good idea of what would be a fair offer considering that he had to make a fair profit. He weighed the silver: saw that my weight was correct and we came to a price that both of us could live with. Deal done. Thanks for asking.

come on, how much did you get

 

[sax player]

come on, how much did you get

I would hope more then $14.99 ...

 

[squiggy]

I would hope more then $14.99 ...

Don't think we are going to ever find out!!

 

[RevJoel]

Lets just say in excess of $400.00.

 

[squiggy]

Lets just say in excess of $400.00.

GOOD FOR YOU..)

 

[Carla705]

Stopped by the local Goodwill today to peruse there book shelves. I usually find at least one nice first edition there every time I go. No such luck today though. I did find, however, a cardboard box filled with metal cups, small trays, sherbet dishes, and coasters all marked Sterling! The box was not marked with a price so when I asked about its cost, the kind lady took the box to the back to ask. When she returned, she had written $14.99 on it. Since Mother Osborne had never raised any foolish children, I took said box to the register immediately.

When I got home I peeled the silver from the "filled or weighted" pieces and started weighing the metal. I ended up with 38 troy ounces of that lovely stuff. A nice days shopping for $14.99!

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Hi...Just curious how you peeled the silver from the pieces. This may be a silly question, as maybe it just peels off like an orange, but I would be grateful if you could satisfy my curiosity.
Thanks,
~C~

 

[jerseyben]

Truly unbelievable that this kind of thing still happens. Not in a million years would I ever stumble upon such an obvious haul, especially at GW!

Congrats!!!

 

[RevJoel]

Usually the silver that is "filled" or "weighted" is pretty thin. On the bottom of the cups I popped off the base just by twisting back and forth, and then used a pair of long nosed pliers to peel the metal off of the filling. It is much easier to do than to describe!

 

[Carla705]

Usually the silver that is "filled" or "weighted" is pretty thin. On the bottom of the cups I popped off the base just by twisting back and forth, and then used a pair of long nosed pliers to peel the metal off of the filling. It is much easier to do than to describe!

Thanks!
~C~