View Full Version : Pewter. Skunked again! (Armetale)
BBQJOE
07-10-2013, 12:26 PM
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
07-10-2013, 12:41 PM
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
07-10-2013, 08:27 PM
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)
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
07-10-2013, 09:10 PM
Nice platter though.
imashooter2
07-10-2013, 09:23 PM
You need to feel more pewter. That stuff isn't remotely the same.
kbstenberg
07-10-2013, 09:43 PM
99.9% of the time on the back of a peace it is marked pewter.
captaint
07-10-2013, 11:30 PM
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
07-10-2013, 11:36 PM
Looks like you got an extra large ingot mold for 1.50...[smilie=l:
MaryB
07-11-2013, 01:12 AM
New bullet casting tray, fold up a towel on it...
BBQJOE
07-11-2013, 08:59 AM
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
07-11-2013, 09:13 AM
See it on fleabay for 13 bucks. :bigsmyl2:
ACrowe25
07-11-2013, 09:42 AM
Same happened to me not too long ago. Really didn't even know what I was looking for lol. Good luck next time!
BBQJOE
07-11-2013, 11:15 AM
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
07-11-2013, 12:23 PM
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
07-11-2013, 02:40 PM
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
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