Pewter. Skunked again! (Armetale)

[BBQJOE]

I found this at the good will, it was half price day, so I got it for $1.50.
Feels like pewter, marks on paper too.

Went to their website. It says their stuff is an aluminum alloy.

Grrrrrrrrrr.

75762

[dbosman]

When I find no hallmarked stuff that might be pewter -at a price I'm willing to pay- I try to bend it.
If its bendable, it's mine.

[rsrocket1]

You could have looked online if you had a smartphone. $200-$500 phone could have saved you $1.50 :)

-sent by my iPhone (not really)

[Gtek]

Does anybody see it? Went to Goodwill, bought something that said Goodwill/Peace on it, helped a non-profit and still could not get it for a buck fifty. Dangit, some days. Stay away from the lottery tickets for seventeen days, three Hail Mary's and hope for the best. Gtek

[frkelly74]

Nice platter though.

[imashooter2]

You need to feel more pewter. That stuff isn't remotely the same.

[kbstenberg]

99.9% of the time on the back of a peace it is marked pewter.

[captaint]

See how thick that piece is ?? If it looks like aluminum, that's what it is.... And I KNOW it's not
marked on the bottom - Pewter....... Mike

[Sweetpea]

Looks like you got an extra large ingot mold for 1.50...[smilie=l:

[MaryB]

New bullet casting tray, fold up a towel on it...

[BBQJOE]

Yeah, I suck at the pewter. I've found a few pieces clearly stamped pewter. This one does have a hallmark stamp, but doesn't say pewter. I was really wondering with the inscription if there wasn't something wrong about turning it into bullets.
If you try writing on a piece of paper with aluminum, it doesn't work. This piece did, so that's where it got me.
Our goodwill has tons of mystery pieces, including a fair amount of silver plate, but that's pretty easy to distinguish from.

[Beagle333]

See it on fleabay for 13 bucks. :bigsmyl2:

[ACrowe25]

Same happened to me not too long ago. Really didn't even know what I was looking for lol. Good luck next time!

[BBQJOE]

See it on fleabay for 13 bucks. :bigsmyl2:
I see.

There's a lot of this armetale stuff on there, and many are even calling it pewter.

[imashooter2]

I see.

There's a lot of this armetale stuff on there, and many are even calling it pewter.

And very little of it sells.

[bangerjim]

Sounds like you DO have some real pewter, unless you have already melted it. Get to know the touch & feel of it......totally different than aluminum. Also weight is totally heavier!

Personally I hate melting anything down that is cast pewter......and I have over 200# of the stuff....dishes, candlesticks, display plates, and other stuff that is just to nice to make into boolit soup. I would rather buy the tin from roto than destroy works of art. They are worth far more than a few hundred rounds of slugs.

Same goes for the 800# of foundry type I have!

bangerjim