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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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There is or was recently, some guy in Canada who was making poured silver bars. Apparently he was doing a brisk business. So there could be a business opportunity down the road.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So there could be a business opportunity down the road Yeah, my thoughts as well, but approaching it for now as "sounds like fun" rather than a business. But, who knows, maybe it could be a retirement gig in 20 years... Quote:
My wife would kill me if I sent in the silverware Keep your silverware, we need you here! Quote:
No , but I did melt Chocolate for a bunch of different molds Put me down for a kilo bar!
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United States
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Keep your silverware, we need you here! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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How does one go about proving purity or composition for market?
Asking for a neighbor.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
172 Posts |
@fist
Well, that's a bit of a problem. They do make precious metal verifiers that cost about $1,000, and I would hope most LCSs have them. If I got real serious about this I'd probably buy one so I could take photos of the bars/rounds reading .999 on the verifier. I'd probably have most luck selling on eBay/private sale rather than at a LCS.
For now I think I'd just use this as a way to have fun and refine silver to add to the stack.
Edited by silverstash119
11/18/2020 11:53 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
172 Posts |
Just a status update, wanted to post what I've acquired so far. Might be hard to see everything with all the other junk on my workbench, but from left to right is my furnace, about a kilo of sterling, my beaker, my IR thermometer, my Buchner filtering flask apparatus, and the appropriate filter paper. So, I'm working on it! Just taking some time and money, both of which are short supply. Few more things to get before I can move forward.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Been experimenting with the furnace and trying to practice on copper, but can't quite seem to get it hot enough to fully melt all the material I put in there... I know copper has a higher melting point than silver, but I should be able to melt it.... IR thermometer was showing around 2000F in the furnace... I got tired of blasting through all my propane today, just got a little nugget melted yesterday... not much to look at but it's a start... more experimenting on fuel/air mixture to come.... apparently this is harder than it looked!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
172 Posts |
This weekend, blew through some more propane, managed to get something in a bar shape, need much more practice with my stamps though... maybe a stamp press would be helpful, they tend to slip.... also, note to self, make sure the "D" is facing the right way... Did some cool toning afterwards with a blowtorch to make it a little more pretty. Will get more propane and try again tomorrow, starting to understand how hot to crank the furnace....  |
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United States
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Progress! Looking good!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
172 Posts |
Getting better! Pretty happy with the results today.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fun thread! Been looking for updates.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks good! In Memory of Crazyb0
12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious
3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 "If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves." -Carl Sagan
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United States
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Getting better! Pretty happy with the results today. Excellent! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This was just an extra one I squeezed out after pouring the two larger bars, been trying to focus on after-pour cleanup... turned out a little messy at first but ground it down to a more reasonable shape and tumbled in my rock tumbler overnight.... currently have these on eBay seeing if there's a market.... I do need to figure out how to make it a little smoother so I don't get these little holes/pockets in it.... Original:  After some cleanup:   |
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United States
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Impressive. |
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Posted 11/18/2020 11:24 am
