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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 4405963, member: 51&quot;]Glad Mr. Nate took a look.&nbsp; I&#039;ll add a thought, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Has a bit of weight in the hand&quot; means different things to different people, but could suggest that this is silverplate.&nbsp; Sterling items feel lighter than silverplated items compared to their relative size.&nbsp; But it takes a while to get a feel for the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best tip for &quot;finding silver in the wild&quot; as you asked, is to get a feel for the weight of sterling.&nbsp; I was at a garage sale this summer and there was a stack of silverplated plates.&nbsp; I looked quickly through and there was one that felt a bit thinner and lighter, and I quickly extracted it thinking sterling.&nbsp; Sure enough, almost impossible to see, was the word &quot;sterling&quot; on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever I see a silver item at the thrift, if I pick it up and it&#039;s heavy for it&#039;s size, (not including weighted sterling of course) dollars to donuts it&#039;s a plated piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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