The wife and I are considering cashing in our common date silver coins and our gold rings to put into a fund for another detector.
We have about 7-8 ounces of silver coins, most of them are Rosies and Mercs. A few Barbers but they are well worn. Many of them I estimate to be very fine and a few are extremely fine. No key dates, of course.
Is it worth the trouble of selling them individually based on their condition or should I just take them to a dealer? I calculated the silver worth of a dime today to be about $2.00 and common date mercs for example to be about $3.00 a piece. What should I expect to get from a dealer?

We only have a few gold rings but with the gold price the way it is now, I thought it would be a good time to cash them in. All are 10-14 Karat. A few are plated. I'm wondering if it is worth the trouble heating up the plated ones to separate the gold. Has anyone done that?

Any advice is appreciated!