Hm, I'm on an mostly island seed with my second character, and I had a hard time even finding a mountain that is large enough to have at least one vein of silver.

When I found one the silver was nowhere I'd expected it to be. It was actually way below the peak, halfway up the mountain, but close to a drake nest with an egg. Maybe I should use that as an indicator, although my other silver finds where not necessarily close to a nest...

Hm, I need to check that out again. I'm also going to hammer the edges of the swamp with the stagbreaker, see if I can find something.

Thanks for the tips, still sounds like tedious work, though. ;)