Precious Metals

[Mallardsx2]

Did you clean off the tin slag and separate the copper? If it's clean pure lead it's worth its weight in ,,,,,,lead.

Yes.

It’s in pure lead ingot form.

 

[Redmt]

Yes.

It’s in pure lead ingot form.

That's lots of work. My neighbor built a "furnace" that was wood fired made from old water heater tanks. He then ladeled the lead into bread loaf pans. The fumes were pretty dangerous. I don't know where he sold it but he made a good living at it.

 

[Mallardsx2]

That's lots of work. My neighbor built a "furnace" that was wood fired made from old water heater tanks. He then ladeled the lead into bread loaf pans. The fumes were pretty dangerous. I don't know where he sold it but he made a good living at it.

I’ll post pictures of my smelter I made. It worked really well. It was a lot of work but not too bad.

My plan was to turn it all into lead shot then sell my shotmaker to open up more floor space in my garage.

Currently, I just have it all stacked, waiting for the opportunity at an early retirement lol.

I do a lot of casting and powder coating of bullets.



Obviously, I had a lot more time on my hands back then.....lol

 

[beaglegun]

Pretty much every jeweler, pawn shop, coin dealer, etc buys gold and silver now as long as they can make a profit. Take what you have to several and sell to whoever offers the most. Your local jewelry store could be the best deal in town.

 

[beaglegun]

In 2022, crazy conspiracy theorists, that seem to be right most of the time, said to buy silver because its real value is $350.

 

[beaglegun]

I’ll post pictures of my smelter I made. It worked really well. It was a lot of work but not too bad.

My plan was to turn it all into lead shot then sell my shotmaker to open up more floor space in my garage.

Currently, I just have it all stacked, waiting for the opportunity at an early retirement lol.

I do a lot of casting and powder coating of bullets.

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Obviously, I had a lot more time on my hands back then.....lol

Your are a Capable man. Professional!

 

[brymoore]

I spent too much time going through my coin collection for what I’ve learned is called junk coins in the professional metal market.

I have a little under $300 worth of silver. I bought the coins in question for less than $10 when I was a teenager. I haven’t decided if I should sell the coins or just forget about my coin collection for a generation. I might go buy a few silver eagles to look at.

I found my 40 year old baseball card collection too.

 

[Redmt]

Silver coin is referred to as junk coins or junk silver. Do you have $300 in face value or total weight x spot price?
Your baseball cards could be worth a fortune. I wish I still had mine from the 50's and 60's.

 

[Redmt]

Junk" silver coins (90% silver US dimes, quarters, half-dollars minted before 1965) are valued primarily for their metal content, typically trading at a premium over their spot silver price. As of early 2026, $1 face value of 90% junk silver generally sells for roughly $72–$75, or over 20-25 times their face value.

 

[Jamen]

I have a general question. My sister has 40 silver coins. Not the old ones they are the ones that say .999% silver. i believe they are a troy ounce. They are for my nephew that his dad "her Ex" bought when he was a baby. She took them to a dealer in Omaha where they live. At the time she took them in, it was somewhere $70-85/oz i do not know the specifics. The dealer told her they would pay her market price minus $12-15 per ounce. I do not know anything about selling this type of stuff but i told her that totally sounds like they are trying to screw her over. I do not think there is that much margin when buying and selling gold and silver is there? I told her i would buy them at that price before she sells to that person. And it is not a pawn shop was a local company that buys and sells.

 

[brymoore]

Junk" silver coins (90% silver US dimes, quarters, half-dollars minted before 1965) are valued primarily for their metal content, typically trading at a premium over their spot silver price. As of early 2026, $1 face value of 90% junk silver generally sells for roughly $72–$75, or over 20-25 times their face value.

Yep. Learned all of this over the weekend. $300ish is silver value on the buy side (what I get). I have way too many nickels in the 40s but only a couple war silver nickels.

 

[Redmt]

I have a general question. My sister has 40 silver coins. Not the old ones they are the ones that say .999% silver. i believe they are a troy ounce. They are for my nephew that his dad "her Ex" bought when he was a baby. She took them to a dealer in Omaha where they live. At the time she took them in, it was somewhere $70-85/oz i do not know the specifics. The dealer told her they would pay her market price minus $12-15 per ounce. I do not know anything about selling this type of stuff but i told her that totally sounds like they are trying to screw her over. I do not think there is that much margin when buying and selling gold and silver is there? I told her i would buy them at that price before she sells to that person. And it is not a pawn shop was a local company that buys and sells.

Go to the JM Bullion site. There's a lot of information there. The US ounce vs Troy ounce is a mystery. You need to know what they are talking about. The dealers in metals talk to you like you understand everything about what they are telling you.

I can walk you through rebuilding a 13 speed transmission and most people will have no idea what I'm talking about even though it makes sense to me.
Edit, I actually say a lot of stuff that makes no sense,

 

[Jamen]

Go to the JM Bullion site. There's a lot of information there. The US ounce vs Troy ounce is a mystery. You need to know what they are talking about. The dealers in metals talk to you like you understand everything about what they are telling you.

I can walk you through rebuilding a 13 speed transmission and most people will have no idea what I'm talking about even though it makes sense to me.
Edit, I actually say a lot of stuff that makes no sense,

i will take a look at it. I just thought them taking at a minimum 14% seemed wild to me. But i do not know much of the market.

 

[Hem]

I spent too much time going through my coin collection for what I’ve learned is called junk coins in the professional metal market.

I have a little under $300 worth of silver. I bought the coins in question for less than $10 when I was a teenager. I haven’t decided if I should sell the coins or just forget about my coin collection for a generation. I might go buy a few silver eagles to look at.

I found my 40 year old baseball card collection too.

I dug out a little tin that carries a few coins. I don't know squat about values but a friend suggested this small collection might bring $500.
No reason not to sell these...they aren't anything special, but I still think its cool that some date back to the 1880's.

 

[Redmt]

I dug out a little tin that carries a few coins. I don't know squat about values but a friend suggested this small collection might bring $500.
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I would check that some aren't collectors coins. That brings it back to my original post of does anyone know a reputable dealer?!

 

[Hem]

I would check that some aren't collectors coins. That brings it back to my original post of does anyone know a reputable dealer?!

None appear to have any mint stamps.

 

[brymoore]

I dug out a little tin that carries a few coins. I don't know squat about values but a friend suggested this small collection might bring $500.
No reason not to sell these...they aren't anything special, but I still think its cool that some date back to the 1880's.View attachment 399766

Rough silver calculation, high side…

Morgan’s around $80 a piece.
Half dollars… $31
Quarters…$15.80

I get $556 but this assumes a good buyer.


Couple day old prices from a buyer in SLCz. Prices are in $1 face value.

 

[Jamen]

What would be a good price on these for anyone more knowledgeable than I?