I Love treasure hunting. I found 1200.dollars worth of gold in a dumpster and i was hooked. First off . Forget about the pawn.shop. yoi have to have the patience to sell.things on ebay. It opens up so many things thay yoj wojldnt be able to sell locally. I never scrap silver. Its worth way more.as a piece of jewelry. In the beginning i found 2 silver chains one day. If I had scrapped them they wojld have netted me 27 dollars. I sold them on ebay for 93 dollars. I will.make a class on ebay and how to tell what will.sell and how much you can get for it.