How do I ID melted metal blobs?

[407floyd]

I have many blobs of melted metal that I don't know how to ID for certain. The soft and pliable ones are lead and the light colored and lightweight ones are aluminum. How can I tell if it's silver from a house fire of the 19th century? Other metals can be sold by weight if I can ID them. Any ideas on what to do with all the lead I've found?

 

[taz42o]

Buy a test kit.

http://www.scales-n-tools.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=43&cPath=9&m1track=googlebase#googlebase

for a few more dollars you can get a kit that tests several metals silver,gold,platinum.

http://www.wholesale-scales.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=66&zenid=8p9v4bbgqcnajiv10b7rnfm0g4

your lead can be sold for scrap also but not worth much.