DutchSilverFinder

Thanks!

Maybe someone can help me out with this marks? https://postimg.cc/gallery/qtGH6tg It is Silver. That's for sure. But is is so beautifully created.. it would almost be a shame to melt it down.

Ok thanks guys. I'm going to sell it. @Bigmarc It's an old animal trap. It was used to catch small animals like rabbits. How it exactly works.. i don't know.

Hello all, For some time now I have been collecting all kinds of silver objects. You should think of sugar spoons, forks, sugar tongs and so on. I have always bought this with the thought that eventually I would like to have this melted down. At the moment I have about 500 grams of scrap silver (0.800/0.835), 700 grams of sugar spoons (etc.) (0.800/0.835) and 500 grams of silver spoons (0.925). Now I want to make the most of it, but if I sell it as silver at the purchase price I only get a fraction of what it's value is. Case 1: As an example. Weight of spoon: 15 grams (0.800 silver). Net 12 grams of silver. This should yield €8.28, but I get the purchase price of about 40 cents. So €4.80. My preference is to exchange silver for a bar of fine silver. So suppose I have 1500 grams of silver items. For the sake of convenience, I will count with 0.800 silver, so 1200 grams. In theory, you should then just be able to exchange this for 999 silver bars, right? The revenue model is then in the cost of making the bar (purification and casting). The silver in my items is purified no different than the silver in the ingots. Is there a market for this? And what will the manufacturing costs be? Case 2: Another possibility is to raise 1500 grams of "scrap silver" and just melt it down. Suppose I want to melt down those 1500 grams of scrap silver (0.800 for convenience) to 999 by adding pure silver. Is it then correct that I need to add 300 grams of pure silver to finally arrive at 1498.50 grams of silver? In that case, I think this is the cheapest way? Just depends what the making cost is if I go for case 1. Of with other words: what is the calculation to add silver to get 999 silver from 1500 grams 0.800 silver? If I melt everything, the 500 grams of 0.925 cutlery I have ultimately ensures that I end up having to add less fine silver of course. https://postimg.cc/5HtHVbNn

Thanks again! It was a quarter dollar gamble.

Here are two more pictures https://ibb.co/tJqBDmt https://ibb.co/Rgc1WnF

Hello all, Since I received good help last time, I have a question again. Does anyone recognize this sign? I can't make out anything from it. I suspect it is a Dutch sign. The fork seems silver. What do you think?

Well, who would have ever thought "back in the day" that gold would achieve such prices? I am sure that if the Internet had existed in the past, people would leave the same reactions on forums. I used to have all sorts of things. Rolexes, gold, old Jennings slot machines, Jubboxes and lots of pokemon cards. I kept selling everything only to then profit from profits. If I had kept everything I wouldn't have to work now. The moment the money system fails - and it does - alternatives are always desired. Look at the absurd prices of bitcoin. The whole climate transition is only a few years old in the total time of the entire planet and the centuries that it will hopefully exist. And already it requires a lot of silver. What will it do in the future? And then climate is only 1 application of this precious metal. My great- great- great grandfather once saved gold coins. I'm glad he did. There are still a few in the family. So if I no longer get to experience the price increases, then maybe my grandchildren or whoever comes after. I am sure they will be happier with physical silver than with bills or nickel coins. Sequels it is up to this generation whether they sell it or not. Investing minimally now to cash in hugely later - which will happen - by me or by descendants already makes it all very exciting to me.

Thank you! Fast feedback. I like that. Bought it for €2,- per piece. It was a nice gamble. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Together with the Douglas items, i was able to buy a few other pieces. Old flatware from The Hague (NL). Marked with the stork (with eel) and the Crowned Lion (0.934 silver). So, in total it wasn't a bad deal at all

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone can help me out. I'm collecting flatware for a long time. In my humble opinion, i think i have enough knowledge to find my way around in this space. A long time ago i bought some flatware. I always seperate the Silver from the non-silver items and the items that need some more research. So, i was looking in my bag of the second group and find these spoons. In the past i tried to do some research, but never found anything about it. It is marked with J.J. Douglas A.i. I don't know if it is silver. It don't have any silvermarks but the age of the spoons can explain that. In the early days not every item was stamped with Silver hallmarks. I found something about the Douglas Dynasty. A family with a lot of Silver- and goldsmits. So, i have some questions. - Is it silver? - Who is JJ Douglas? - Is it rare? - Every information is welcome.