Ahhhh Goodwill....

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• Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 1:53PM

  What’s the weight?

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 37,232 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 2:25PM

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

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• PocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 2:32PM

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

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• rte592 Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 3:30PM

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

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 3:57PM

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

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 4:50PM

  244 grams.

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 4:51PM

  7.25 ozt ASW

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• hchcoin Posts: 4,840 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 5:52PM

  Awesome

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 6:27PM

  So cool you have opportunities

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• jrt103 Posts: 419 ✭✭✭

  March 28, 2019 6:59PM

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

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• mbogoman Posts: 5,272 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 4:53AM

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

  mbogoman
  
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• Downtown1974 Posts: 7,125 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 5:53AM

  Another thrift store score!!! Congratulations!

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 6:31AM

  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

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 11:24AM

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

  Hard to say, but likely not long...

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 11:25AM

  @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

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• Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 11:48AM

  Sweet, congratulations !!!

  Timbuk3

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• Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 29, 2019 12:38PM

  NICE!!

  We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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• astrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 30, 2019 6:03AM

  Congrats!

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• Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 30, 2019 6:08AM

  @asheland said:
  7.25 ozt ASW

  27.6c per ozt! Awesome!

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 30, 2019 6:23AM

  you did real good with that one. I like

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 1, 2019 8:53AM

  Thanks everybody!

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 37,232 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 1, 2019 1:31PM

  I got to mine and nothing

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2019 6:23AM

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

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• ChrisH821 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 3, 2019 2:18PM

  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.

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• asheland Posts: 24,095 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 4, 2019 6:15AM

  @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!

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