This might be a daft question but:

I'm collecting sterling silver scraps in a pot. Got quite a bit now but was thinking that there might be the chance that some silver plated wire and bits got in the pot - would that be a huge problem?

What do you do with the bits? I'm loathe to chuck them out, so I have 3 test tubes full of bits and don't know what to do with them,

Thanks

do a search on here-theres at least one place that takes them but they do have to be all silver

Or you can use a blow torch and charcoal block and melt them down into your own silver beads.

Jenny

You can get a free scrap pot from Cookson Gold, who will cash it in for you or give equivalent credit. It must contain nothing less than sterling though.

To see if there's any plated in there, first try a magnet (some plate metals will pick up that way). Otherwise file an end with an emery board and see if any copper peeps out.

I tend to use any scrap wire of 1" or more for making charms and dangles, and also make my own freeform stuff from sheet scraps by torching, but there's still enough to fill a scappot about once a year!

george

ooo i may look into this! x