There is plenty of scrap silver

Weiss · May 15, 2009 5:45AM

A little taste of just the scrap silver jewelry I've recovered while metal detecting in the last 8 or so years:

And that's from someone who rarely gets out. There are guys who find that much a year or even a season. And toss in about $30 face silver coins, a little gold, and several hundred dollars in clad, too

cars · May 15, 2009 7:40AM

I have a load of scrap ag as well but its not really worth selling unless you have a bucket full. I need to get out and do some MD'ing. Bought a detector while ago from a forum member and haven't been able to get out yet.

PreTurb · May 15, 2009 10:33AM

Wow.. That certainly IS impressive... Looks like you spend a lot of time around churches... (?)

Weiss · May 15, 2009 11:25AM

<< <i>Wow.. That certainly IS impressive... Looks like you spend a lot of time around churches... (?) >>

Not really. The things made of silver people are most likely to lose are (in order, I'm guessing): rings, pendants/medallions, necklaces, bracelets. Lots of people wear christian pendants, from crosses to St. Christopher pieces. You're probably more likely to lose a pendant on a necklace when the necklace breaks than to lose the necklace itself. And necklaces stretched lengthwise like a broken necklace would be are much more difficult to detect. So it looks like there are lots of religious pieces there, but really it's just that you're more likely to find them than most other silver items.