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n00b Join Date: Jun 2013
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Liked: 0 times | Need Help identifying silver nuggets please I found some old lab equipment left from my grand dad, and found small jars with various metals and powders in them. I found one that I was almost sure was silver, and would like your help identifying, and if it is .999 grade or not. It weighed in at 64 grams. thanks! ![]() ![]() |
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | I don't think anyone is going to be able to tell you from a photograph. I would suggest taking it to a local coin dealer or jewelry shop to have it tested/appraised.
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Mote in the Fed's eye Join Date: May 2013
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Liked: 2 times | You can buy a silver test kit on ebay for $10. Photographs wont do it. |
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Yellow Jacket ![]() Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Floyd, Virginia
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Liked: 1233 times | You can fairly easily find out if there's silver in there by a variety of means - mostly chemical or melt-point - but it gets really hard to determine the "fineness" and that'll cost you more than the value of it if all you have are a couple ounces. Unless it's "white gold" or something...even then, a couple ounces just won't pay for the (real, quality you can believe in) tests. You might be best off trading it for something known to be a given purity at a coin or bullion dealer, or taking "cash for gold" under spot just to get value out of it you can then buy a sure real-thing with. Not that I'd trust those guys - even if what you have is "white gold" they're sure to pay for it as "polluted silver". |
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Yellow Jacket Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Waaay south
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Liked: 2046 times | Schneider labs will test by atomic absorption using flame spectroscopy for about forty five bucks. You can go on-line, fill out a chain of custody and simply mail it in. BTW, you only need to send a couple of grams.
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Banned Join Date: Apr 2014
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Liked: 0 times | No-one can suggest by a picture i would suggest to go through a local dealer or buy a silver check toolkit Last edited by goldensilveronline; 04-14-2014 at 04:01 PM. |
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