Good haul this morning

[slow is slow]

Went with my more beautiful half this morning and hit up a few local thrift shops. Not my best pewter finding day, but not too bad. I'll weigh when I get home, but I'd say it's more than 15#. Total of $13.50. Two candle holders in front left I'm not completely sure about, but they were a quarter each, extremely heavy and pretty bendable. They aren't weighted that I can tell and are one solid piece, bottoms are too worn to read.

 

[contender]

Nice haul!

I usually avoid candle holders,, as they are often hollow, & filled with sand or other crappy stuff.

 

[Tailhunter]

I pretty much have given up on pewter. Too much stuff that is falsely marked and won’t melt.

 

[Inglis]

What do y'all do with all this pewter?

 

[slow is slow]

add it to your melting pot or ingots to harden up lead. It's high in tin and antimony. I've just been stockpiling it for a while and have used very little as most of my lead is wheel weights and I've found that hard enough for all of my current uses. I'm probably over 300# of it now and really only buy it when I find it for very cheap.

I pretty much have given up on pewter. Too much stuff that is falsely marked and won’t melt.

I'm curious at this. I haven't found anything yet that didn't melt and was labeled pewter. What material do you think it was?

 

[GymB]

Great haul!

The “antique” shops around here are silly, and the thrift shops have been barren.

 

[Tailhunter]

add it to your melting pot or ingots to harden up lead. It's high in tin and antimony. I've just been stockpiling it for a while and have used very little as most of my lead is wheel weights and I've found that hard enough for all of my current uses. I'm probably over 300# of it now and really only buy it when I find it for very cheap.

I'm curious at this. I haven't found anything yet that didn't melt and was labeled pewter. What material do you think it was?

No telling but it was all purchased at Goodwill.

 

[Inglis]

add it to your melting pot or ingots to harden up lead. It's high in tin and antimony. I've just been stockpiling it for a while and have used very little as most of my lead is wheel weights and I've found that hard enough for all of my current uses. I'm probably over 300# of it now and really only buy it when I find it for very cheap.

I'm curious at this. I haven't found anything yet that didn't melt and was labeled pewter. What material do you think it was?

Thanks

 

[contender]

Often,, stuff looks like pewter,, but is actually old aluminum.

I also buy cheap pewter to use in casting. You just have to do some searching,, & scrounging.