1/31/2011 Silver Plate Find & Value of Keeping Metal Detecting Records

Old Silver Plate Found with Metal Detector.I found this silver plate a number of years ago. The penny in the plate is for size comparison.Since the time the plate was found the price of silver has gone up nicely and now the plate is worth about ninety dollars in melt value. I personally value the plate higher than that as an interesting artifact and would never melt it down, but with current