Ahhhh Goodwill....

asheland

Oh yeah.

Hemispherical

What’s the weight?

MsMorrisine

yes yes
we must know the weight to know how much you suck....

PocketArt

Lucky duck...I did find a Cambridge creamer with a sterling silver base...but nothing like that- nice!

rte592

Nice Hit.
Don't forget to ask IF there are a couple more pieces in the back that haven't made it out yet.

asheland

It was nice. I’ll update when I weigh it.

asheland

244 grams.

asheland

7.25 ozt ASW

hchcoin

Awesome

Baley

So cool you have opportunities

jrt103

Score! how long do you think it was out for sale before you found it?

mbogoman

My local Goodwills know about hallmarks. There are few bargains to be found...

Downtown1974

Another thrift store score!!! Congratulations!

ricko

That is a great score... I keep checking thrift stores when I am in the area...no luck so far... Antique shops all know about sterling silver.... so no chance there...Cheers, RickO

asheland

@jrt103 said:
Score! how long do you think it was out for sale before you found it?

Hard to say, but likely not long...

asheland

@mbogoman said:
My local Goodwills know about hallmarks. There are few bargains to be found...

There's one in Asheville like that, any sterling is marked up to the moon.. LOL

Timbuk3

Sweet, congratulations !!!

Weiss

NICE!!

astrorat

Congrats!

Hemispherical

@asheland said:
7.25 ozt ASW

27.6c per ozt! Awesome!

johnny9434

you did real good with that one. I like

asheland

Thanks everybody!

MsMorrisine

I got to mine and nothing

asheland

99% of the time I check it's just stuff. Very seldom does sterling show up...

ChrisH821

At least it didn't find its way into the landfill.
I've only ever found two "large" pieces of sterling, one was a 1972 Mother's Day plate by I think the Franklin Mint, and another was some weird triangular dish with spherical feet. both around 8ozt.

asheland

@ChrisH821 said:
At least it didn't find its way into the landfill.
I've only ever found two "large" pieces of sterling, one was a 1972 Mother's Day plate by I think the Franklin Mint, and another was some weird triangular dish with spherical feet. both around 8ozt.

Funny you mention the landfill....
When I was growing up, my dad was a cop, sometime back in the early to mid 1980's, when I was really young, I'm guessing 7-10 years old, for some reason, my dad had to "guard" the city dump landfill I think there were drug deals happening there or something, but anyway, he was there on the night shift and obviously it was rather boring...

So one night while on patrol, he spots something shiny laying on top of some trash and he walks over to see a silver dinner plate. He picks it up and throws it in the car to bring home and give to me.

The next morning he's about to give it to me and turns it over to find it was indeed sterling! He still gave it to me as that was his initial intention, however he explained to me what it was and advised me to sell it. I didn't even really understand why this plate would be worth money, but obviously I agreed to sell it. Why not, right? I can still remember seeing him inspecting it in the kitchen.

I can still remember going to the coin dealer and him selling it then giving me the money. He knew a lot of the coin dealers back then as they hired off duty police for the coin shows, etc. Likely he was doing that during the 1980 run up. It's a really cool memory and it's most likely one of the reasons the silver bug bit me hard and at an early age.

Great memories!