[Despierto]

I have been keeping my posting low so that I could post something worthwhile with my 3000:th post so here it goes...

Today, after visiting my optician, I swung by the coin shops nearby. My regular guy didn´t have anything but the guy next door had 3 ASEs. When I asked him about price he offered to sell them at spot.

When I got home I realized that not only did I get them a couple of percent under spot, he forgot taxes too. I could sell the ASEs on Swedish e-Bay and make 50% tomorrow if I wanted.

I could have walked away with the three of them for the price of two since he missed that I picked up all three but I was the honest guy I always am and pointed it out for him. Instant karma I suppose.

So tell us about your score.

 

[home in oz]

I occasionally score free lead from automotive shops to make bullets?

 

[MR_SLOW]

A guy I met at a picnic found a bag full of spoons and forks wrapped in a towel. I ask him if they were silver and he replied that they were from England. I gave him 20 bucks for over 20 forks and spoons. Someone dropped these on the bus and he found them.They are all pure silver and full sets. lol

 

[magfed556]

The type of work I do requires me to remove the copper pipping, brass shower valves, brass drain shoes/offer flows, valve cover plates, drains, overflow cover plates, tub spouts, shower heads and goose necks (I keep it ALL). I also remove alot of shower doors which are Aluminum. I remove all the aluminum from the glass doors to go along with the header and jams. I demo 1-2 bathrooms a day. At the end of the month I visit the local recycle company and cash in between $400 - $600.:thumb:

Some of the other guys don't even bother with doing this so sometimes I get dibs on their stuff as well. MO MONEY.:thumb:

 

[Big Blzn]

The type of work I do requires me to remove the copper pipping, brass shower valves, brass drain shoes/offer flows, valve cover plates, drains, overflow cover plates, tub spouts, shower heads and goose necks (I keep it ALL). I also remove alot of shower doors which are Aluminum. I remove all the aluminum from the glass doors to go along with the header and jams. I demo 1-2 bathrooms a day. At the end of the month I visit the local recycle company and cash in between $400 - $600.:thumb:

Some of the other guys don't even bother with doing this so sometimes I get dibs on their stuff as well. MO MONEY.:thumb:

That is some great thinking on your part. Kudos to you.:thumb:

 

[tehfranklin]

I work at a grocery store so I come in contact with a lot of coins. I get about 2-3 silver dimes a month and 1-2 silver quarters every two months pay for the coin to keep the till even and I come out ahead with silver weight. My best find was a Morgan silver dollar, I hope the guy that used it REALLY enjoyed that candy bar that he bought with a coin worth $25.

 

[azyogi]

In a small thrift store in South Tucson I bought a creamer, sugar bowl and serving tray for $10. About 4.5 pounds of silver.

 

[97guns]

just scored another 100oz bar for $29.09/oz after the rebates

seller has 2 more

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300572564612&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

[LEPER]

I picked up a box of silverware at a garage sale for $35. Four of the forks were silver. I made 3x my money and have a neat box for the silverware I already had.

 

[Octomonkey]

90% silver halves for $10
40% silver halves for $5

I got lucky with someone who agreed it was a fair deal, even when silver was $48/oz. She has a large jar full of them, so I can get them pretty much whenever I want.

 

[97guns]

just snagged 9 rounds off ebay for $32.88 a pop

 

[Big Blzn]

Would you friggen stop with the Ag purchases this week! 1) your making me jealous, 2) your buying up all the available Ag! You are up at least 109 oz this week alone.


Great going. Impressive.

 

[Mr2005]

In 2007 some one in one of the bank branches of the bank I work for heard that I "collect coins" and said they had some coins the wanted me to look at. They took me into the main vault, next to their cash vault they opened a drawer and pulled out a bunch of silver eagles and fractional gold eagles. I asked them what they wAnted for them and they got out a magnifying glass to read the values on the small eagles and started tallying the values on the coins on a pad of paper. They sold them to me at face value.

I kept 5 of the ASE's and sold the rest eBay for about $1100. I want to say I paid $63. My only regret now is selling them and not a holding them.

 

[97guns]

Would you friggen stop with the Ag purchases this week! 1) your making me jealous, 2) your buying up all the available Ag! You are up at least 109 oz this week alone.


Great going. Impressive.

tomorrow my ebay bucks become available, $900 more to the cause:

 

[DarkLight]

tomorrow my ebay bucks become available, $900 more to the cause:

I...hate...you...:

 

[97guns]

just snaged a roll of morgans for $26.14 each:

 

[SgtBooker44]

The type of work I do requires me to remove the copper pipping, brass shower valves, brass drain shoes/offer flows, valve cover plates, drains, overflow cover plates, tub spouts, shower heads and goose necks (I keep it ALL). I also remove alot of shower doors which are Aluminum. I remove all the aluminum from the glass doors to go along with the header and jams. I demo 1-2 bathrooms a day. At the end of the month I visit the local recycle company and cash in between $400 - $600.:thumb:

Some of the other guys don't even bother with doing this so sometimes I get dibs on their stuff as well. MO MONEY.:thumb:

Nice score Mag. Take the raise where you can get it. :thumb:


Last week I got a 1956 quarter in change. The middle eastern lady behind the counter acted like she was sneaking it to me, thinking something was wrong with it. I asked if she had anymore like it. I watlzed out with 4 of them for a buck.

 

[Big Blzn]

just snaged a roll of morgans for $26.14 each:

Yeah, I saw that over on the Kitco Forum, Jerk.


















































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[octotat]

While scuba diving I found an antique "sugar sifter" spoon in sterling silver. Probably worth more due to its collectable nature than it's metal content, but it's a cool part of my "treasure" collection.

 

[octotat]

I also got a 1 oz bar this weekend at a flea market for spot. :thumb: