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pewter/tin hidden in plain sight (silver plated serving trays)
I have mentioned this in past posts but didn't think to take pics beforehand. Today I scored a couple silver plated platters with over 2.8 pounds of tin/pewter. Often times Goodwill has old crusty silver plated items for cheap which we overlook as a source of tin/pewter. From my experience the soldered on feet and decorative raised edges are almost always tin/pewter. Easy to check by cutting with a sharp pocket knife.
Pictured are two meat platters with feet/legs and decorative edges. The big platter had really thick/heavy decorative edges when melted off, produced 2# 4.2 OZs. The small platter only had 8.55 OZs. Regardless the two platters with tax cost $5.88 and rendered 2# 12.75 OZs of tin/pewter.
The tin/pewter pictured was melted off into a cast iron pot with a propane torch which I remelted and fluxed into ingots. Prior to use when I have enough on hand I will cast into 200gr bullets for use in adding to my alloys.
Unknown to me is if it's mostly pure tin or pewter. Regardless it works for our purposes. The base metal of the trays are either copper or brass.