The other choices at $500/oz. for silver will be either gold, or copper. And gold might be $5000/oz,. or higher. And copper is not a viable alternative. See, I have a brick of copper weighing 33 pounds in my shop to make this point.
1 Signs and symptoms such as arm pain and discoloration in the affected hand often confirm the diagnosis. 2  Peripheral Neuropathy-This is caused when nerves in the arm become damaged, resulting in pain throughout the affected area.
This is not a complete list of conditions that can cause radicular pain down the arm and into the hand. For instance, one of the less common ways could be a tumor growing in the cervical spine that irritates a nearby nerve root.