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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2500065, member: 71510&quot;]I&#039;ll always pick up junk/scrap in almost any form if the price is right.&nbsp; Sterling silverware, coins/tokens, jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>One time I picked up what came to be a big jar of home made dental silver, or possibly leftover silver solder (I think?)&nbsp; No clue as to what it was for, just big chunks of metal that had been heated into lumps.&nbsp; It was something that the TSA had confiscated.&nbsp; I picked up the jar for $60 at a gov&#039;t auction - total gamble.&nbsp; Everyone said I was nuts.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; No way to test it, just figured I&#039;d gamble.&nbsp; If I was out $60, so be it.&nbsp; If I was in the money - it was huge.</p><p><br /></p><p>We put it in a spectral analyzer last year and it turned out to be 38.4 ozt of metal that was ~73% silver.&nbsp; I think I sold it when silver was around $15/ozt.&nbsp; I got $400 for it the entire jar from the smelter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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