Hi people, Iv'e no idea if I'm in the right place here to say ''hello'', but decided I got to try SOMETHING out. I'm not very good with all this techie stuff.... Anyway, I found this site by accident whilst looking for a bit of advice on preparing items (of silver) for hallmarking, and thought you sound like a cool bunch of folk. So I'm another one who is returning to silver, after a gap of about 25 yrs. In the meantime I've been working only with copper, bronze, nickel-silver, and brass. I have been selling my stuff direct to the public on hired stalls, but a serious drop-off of sales this year has urged me to get back into silver, and try Etsy and the like (as well as try to get some good outlets in shops).
So I'm looking forward to being part of your forum, hope I may be able to help someone at some point. And it's nice to know you guys are there when I have my own problems! Joe