Hello everybody.
Been doing a lot of reading on here the past few months in my downtime. Also been watching a lot of you tube videos, and just reading random things. One of the things that has sparked my interest is silver plated items. I know if you can find sterling or higher rated silver items, that's clearly a better way to go. But I never seen anything but plated material when looking around thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets with my wife. Was wondering if anyone has had experience and or success with buying and reselling pieces?
Also curious to know if anyone has had any success with reverse plating via salty water and a battery tender. The videos I seem people seem to be getting about .2 - .4 grams off forks, spoons, and knives. It takes a while, and probably isn't worth the money, but I figured if you're doing it in your down time, and don't mind it, it probably isn't so bad. Not that I have enough down time to do it. Also was thinking it'd probably work better for some of them big trays if you cut them into manageable pieces. Might get more silver off of them. Plus most of it, from my understanding, is copper and brass underneath. Just add it to the heap after scraping off the silver.
This all sounds good in theory, and IF (big if) you can get the silver plate for the right price. Just wanted to see if anyone had any input before I jumped into a rabbit hole like this. I'm leaning against it, but figured I'd ask to see.
As always, thanks guys.
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