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Back from 2 Week Work Related Training and Back to Posting - Silver Quarters found at the Currency Exchange

Almost 4 oz's of 90% junk silver silver quarters picked up from a currency exchange place for spot - spot price purchases are awesome! Btw, leaves me wondering ...

Weekend Fleamarket - Cheap Silver Finds

No homerun, but a little under 1 oz of silver found in Tampa bay area fleamarkets this weekend. Rundown: Bracelet 925 big clasp - $4 cost , 9 grams weight Mesh ...

Well worn fleamarket find Walking Liberty Half Dollars

These babies have lost .7 grams of silver in someones pockets - Use to be around 12.5 grams when minted - worn ones hardley ever drop below 12 grams, but these ...

Another photo of super shiny steem 2017

Perhaps to get some more interest in the 2018 we should talk about how awesome of a coin 2017 was to have. Here is my pocket steem - ultra polished...

Finally made it back stateside- home, after a few years abroad and 20+ hours traveling

Steem is in Miami (disclaimer - wallet steem and me are really in FL, but the photo backround is a magazine cover) Glad to be back home - let the stacking begin...

Amazing toning - 1930s Pure Silver Japanese Saki Cup

This must have been stored in a highly sulphurous room or toned on purpose, but either way I wanted it. Stamped on the bottom "jungin" meaning Pure Silver...

Metal detector find - 1895 Silver

Imperial Russian 84 Hallmark turn of the Century Solid Silver Spoon. My buddy goes out metal detecting and found this, then let me buy it from him for .50 a gra...

Testing for both SILVER and GOLD? Than all you really need is only one type of ACID bottle

Forget the expensive kits that have multiple different vials of acid - get only the 18kt gold testing bottle and you are set to test for both gold from 14k up t...

Beautiful turn of the century Zenith 18kt solid gold wrist (resurrected pocket) watch

Who says you can't turn your old Pocket Watches into Beautiful Gents Wristwatches - This is a wonderful way to turn your old solid gold pockets into something e...

From my collection - Millennium of Tyhwald Sterling Silver 925 - 5 Total Crowns

These coins are from Isle of man and came in two versions; silver plated and sterling silver, these are the later. I particularly liked the collection because 4...

Antique Diamond Encrusted French Meteorite Gentleman's Cap Pin

Just another example of what classy things people use to have. This item is gone now, but also purchased at a flea-market only later to have examined and to fin...

Solid Silver Tea Strainer from my Collection

Gold plated solid silver with absolutely no hallmarks. Only later I confirmed with acid that its real solid silver. 24 grams this on weighs...

An Item from my past Silver Collection - Mid century French Tastevin 950 Solid Silver 94 grams or 3 Ounces

Beautiful, ridged, and dimpled for perfect wine aeration. Also nice and substantial heavy weight with full French mid century hallmarks. Minerva 950 indicating ...

Little bit of Luck - A gold plated spoon thats actually Sterling Silver Under the Plating

Yep, another market pickup. This time a 48 gram spoon which looks as just gold plated but is actually Danish Sterling Silver underneath. It caught me off guard ...

Impressive and heavy Antique French 950 Silver Tea Strainer Spoon - Flea Market Pickup

Heavy because this one weighs in at 84 grams or almost 3 ounces. Impressive, because this is how quality use to look like instead of today's high end silverware...

Silver maybe the key to Triboelectricity or power produced from Static Charges

Soon your smart phone will charge as you move, really! From Source: Researchers in South Korea and Australia are harnessing the power of triboelectricity, the t...

So China is building 10,000 furnaces designed to make SILVER dissappear

Yes, Silver Iodide cloud seedin is happening and its going to have an even bigger silver appetitie over time. Estimates for running these water/silver burning f...

Very Large Swedish 830 Silver Tastevin 150 grams+ or 5 ounces

Just wanted to post my extra large tastevin for wine tasting fits my wine habit like my wine goblet does....

Who's rich? I got a 99999 Solid Gold Maple Leaf- 11mm only 1/2 gram in weight or .017 Ounces

Here you go, if you ever wanted to see what the worlds mint produced smallest gold coin looks like. The $1 - 2009 Cook Islands 5-nines purity gold coin. Comment...

Canadian Pocket Colloidal Silver Making Coin

Yep, this coin is still hard at work making colloidal silver. If were ever wondering how easy it is than here is a re-fresher from a 2017 post of mine 1) All it...