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Here is an eleven pound piece from the same area. This piece was probably mined 100+ years ago. Looks dull, black, and boring but it is very high grade silver.  Looks like a normal rock.. |
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This is a piece that was found in the same spot as the others. It weighs 5 pounds and is very high grade silver. Sorry to display so many pictures but I wanted to show what silver which was mined 100+ years ago looks like today. All were recovered from mine tailings. When you rub the silver up and remove the oxidation.. you can see the silver that lies underneath.  |
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Canada
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Rubbing the 150 pounder up to show the silver underneath.  |
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Canada
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Benbyfields - I know someone that does..
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United Kingdom
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Silver - do you have an email? Id love to barter for a small chip of that.
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Canada
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I agree with Sel. Mineral specimen. Sell it as is, or include some sort of assayage report.
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Mexico
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Wow, holy moly...I thought this was another wild goose chase, but photos!?! amazing!
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United States
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Maybe worth more as a mineral specimen, but someone has to buy it for that sort of value to be established. Indeed. A natural history museum might be very interested in such an unusual specimen. |
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Canada
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Just a silver Slab. :)  |
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United States
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Canada
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Still looks like rocks to me, do you know someone with a metal detector, might give you some indication, if there is metal in the rocks.
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United States
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I'd hold and wait on spot prices to rise further, and eventually sell to a refiner. Might save a few pounds for myself to hold onto/pass down. Home refining sounds like fun, but not sure it's worth the effort.
Could also break some up into small novelty bags and sell for over spot.
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United States
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Years ago I was up in Ontanogan MI and bought some specimen high purity silver for my dad, but it was grams not pounds. It was a rare occurrence in the high purity copper they mined around there.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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