anyone ever find scrap at goodwill?

[esrqc]

Your Goodwill source for jewelry:

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/listings/listbycat.asp?catid=6

An end of Year gift. Happy New Year.

Thank You,it's a couple of year later,Newbie just found this terrific forum. Thanks again

 

[mlgdave]

I just bought a pair of 1/20 gf 12k for 2 bucks, brought them home and voila they have 1/2 gram total of pure AU. This was my first buy of anything GF and im now hooked to look! I will be doing garage sales and stuff now, I need to learn about plated and dishes and whether they are worth the effort. I am buying scrap karat gold but need to up my volume to make a living

mlgdave

 

[DarkspARCS]

I've been checking the local charities, lots of hallmarked items and plated housewares.

A couple days ago I managed to acquire a hallmarked 'HARRODS LONDON G.W.' gold plated plate... for $8 bucks!







*Wonders how much gold be on me booty!....* :twisted:

 

[trashmaster]

I would put it on ebay ;;;; and find out;;;

 

[qst42know]

There are many posts for calculating gold plating value. A great big circle should be easy. :mrgreen:

 

[DarkspARCS]

lol... the dang thing is so reflective, I think I'll start signalling airline pilots with it as they fly overhead! :lol:

 

[copperkid_18]

I would put it on ebay ;;;; and find out;;;

I put a similar one on a while back and only got $5!!

 

[Oz]

I put a similar one on a while back and only got $5!!

Was it hallmarked "Harrod's? Harrods has name recognition and may be more collectable.

 

[copperkid_18]

I put a similar one on a while back and only got $5!!

Was it hallmarked "Harrod's? Harrods has name recognition and may be more collectable.

No, it wasn't...

 

[DarkspARCS]

Not only is this hallmarked "Harrods London", but evidently the hallmark design is Harrod's 20th century mark, as the 21st century mark reads "Harrods LTD.". The plate creator, "G.W." was a well known designer durring that era, having been comissioned by several of the big British noble metals housewares manufacturers.



That makes the plate an antique as well...

Fast forward to 2011... Harrods is sold by Mohamed Al Fayed to the Qatari royal family for £1.5 billion... Now the plate makes another collectable notch for its pedigree, as being a relic from the original Harrods of London's marquee ownership...

 

[Richard36]

These are my recent finds from prospecting second hand stores.
It's true, you don't always have to "Shake a pan", or "Bust some rock", in order to find some gold and/or silver.

I paid $0.80 for the earrings, $0.25 for the eyeglass frames,
and $5.00 for the Sterling Silver fork, which weighs 35.46 grams.

Sincerely, Rick. "The Rock Man".

 

[Barren Realms 007]

These are my recent finds from prospecting second hand stores.
It's true, you don't always have to "Shake a pan", or "Bust some rock", in order to find some gold and/or silver.

I paid $0.80 for the earrings, $0.25 for the eyeglass frames,
and $5.00 for the Sterling Silver fork, which weighs 35.46 grams.

Sincerely, Rick. "The Rock Man".

And we thought you were just a rock hound. 8)

 

[Richard36]

I recover/refine gold/silver from scrap the same as everyone else here.
It's just that "Rocks and Minerals" are a much larger hobby for me.

Sincerely, Rick. "The Rock Man".

 

[trashmaster]

I went to the Salvation Army store here 2 weeks ago and picked up 11 computers (6 complete and 5 striped only MB and pwr sup.) paid $10.00 :lol: :lol: :lol:

ladies ring with small stones (marked 18kt ) weight w/stones 2 gr. price $ 3.00

I noticed some copper cables and asked what she did with them ? She said scrap ;; I told her how to cut the ends off and save the cables and get more money for them:: She was very happy :lol: and is now saving all her e-scrap just for me...

When she hires 2 new drivers I am going there to train them on how to scrap all of the diff. base matals.

 

[jobforce]

Smart move Trashmaster! You landed yourself a nice steady stream of e-waste for few minutes of your time. Sweet!

 

[Militoy]

Our local Goodwill is kind of overpriced, and very well picked over by locals in the morning (when I'm at work). We do have around 20 independant thrift stores in town (I live about 30 minutes drive out in the "sticks") that sometimes have some very good deals though. My daughter's boyfriend has recently picked up my hobby of PM recycling. About 3 weeks ago, they visited one of the more rural stores, and he picked up a ziplock freezer bag of 18 gold-plated CPU's for $2. Only 2 of the chips in the bag were Pentium Pro's - and a couple were of the fiber / Kovar ("iron") pin types - but I thought he did pretty well! My best deals have been at garage/yard sales. I picked up almost 5 pounds of gold-plated military connector pins with 4 plastic sorting bins for $20 at a sale last year. At another sale, I bought 3 nice pieces of Black Hills gold jewelry from a "$1 table" of costume jewelry. I bought several pieces of obvious junk as well - just to camouflage the good pieces, and to keep my hand from shaking as I handed over the $5 bill!

 

[trashmaster]

Hi jobforce : Welcome to the best FORUM on the internet and the best group of people on this earth..

I plan to go back each week to the Salvation Army Store and make sure that they are RECYCLING correctly to get the most return for there scrap ..

paul

 

[Richard36]

Here's a couple more items that I found.

The money clip is 1/20 12 kt gold fill that I bought for $0.50.
The "Avon Love Ring" is 14 kt Gold Plated and was bought at a Church Rummage Sale for $1.00.







I think that I did well.

Sincerely, Rick. "The Rock Man".

 

[jaythenutz]

near where i live in California we have a thrift franchise called savers i hit it a couple times a week. looking mostly for silver . on aver per week i get 5 good pieces for $.33 per. They have got the gold jewelry tried and wanted. But i comb the kitchen ware dep. And have come up big a couple of time. for example i got a silver bowl like the size of a cereal bowl for three bucks. what caught me eye about one it was numbered two the tarnish black yes i know plate tarnishes the same way. Except this bowl had pits inside top to bottom.( wear not design) black as well with a1/2 inch base. heck 3 bucks ill roll the dice .and CHU-ching i did some research the had it appraised made in late 1700 solid silver 4 1/2 lbs .i had no emotional attachment to it got $320 for at American precious metals . Plus i have a guy who give my 5 bucks for every numbered piece of silverware i bring him. i pay .33 each.// so to answer ur question YES consistency is the key. well for me. silver seams to go under the radar. //// JAY

 

[stihl88]

Plated Silver is usually more darker (Blacker) than Sterling Silver due to the higher purity of the Plating medium, the darker it tarnishes. Sterling is usually more of a brownish black tarnish. But when you are looking at items that are missing their Hallmarks don't just go by the tarnish color of course.

That 4 1/2 lb bowl would fetch a happy premium nowadays!