Melt it

[artalien]

Now I want to melt down some junk silver. Seems like it should be pretty easy. Can anyone recommend a good starter kit for such?

What could possibly go wrong.....😃

Edited September 14, 2022 by artalien

[Thelonerangershorse]

@BackyardBullion

[BackyardBullion]

I get all my equipment from http://www.technicalsupermarket.com/

[Pete]

3 hours ago, artalien said:

Now I want to melt down some junk silver. Seems like it should be pretty easy. Can anyone recommend a good starter kit for such?

What could possibly go wrong.....😃

Cost of energy to melt it exceeding the value of the metal !!

[artalien]

2 hours ago, BackyardBullion said:

I get all my equipment from http://www.technicalsupermarket.com/

Thank you Backyard B, I've seen your youtube videos, specifically the one on gravity test. Great stuff. Thanks for the link.

[artalien]

1 hour ago, Pete said:

Cost of energy to melt it exceeding the value of the metal !!

Winter cometh!

[LawrenceChard]

6 hours ago, artalien said:

Now I want to melt down some junk silver. Seems like it should be pretty easy. Can anyone recommend a good starter kit for such?

What could possibly go wrong.....😃

If it is UK coinage, even back to 1816, you could be prosecuted!

😎

[artalien]

1 minute ago, LawrenceChard said:

If it is UK coinage, even back to 1816, you could be prosecuted!

😎

Surely not Lawrence it's no longer currency just money 😇

[SidS]

You can melt all pre-1816 coinage, plus copper coinage from 1797-1860, gold coins from 1817-1837 and 1860-1956 bronze farthings legally.

Everything else is protected by law.

[artalien]

28 minutes ago, SidS said:

 

Everything else is protected by law.

Well there you go. Learning every day. Thanks Sid.

[Petra]

If you have it, you can actually melt anything you like. If you don’t tell anyone, no one’s going to be wiser?

[artalien]

Well quite Petra. I was thinking that maybe, just perhaps, I have fallen foul of a junk/scrap distinction I should have used. Full steam ahead I say let's crack this thing .....

[Petra]

14 minutes ago, artalien said:

Well quite Petra. I was thinking that maybe, just perhaps, I have fallen foul of a junk/scrap distinction I should have used. Full steam ahead I say let's crack this thing .....

At the end of the day, if you melt .925 silver, that is what you end up with (etc. other types). You will find that if you melt .999 and then some other, you will see a massive difference and just end up buying .999 shot (or similar).