Cheap microphone?

[StudioShutIn]

So i saw some type of xlr microphone in a 2nd hand shop for $15 it seems pretty new if i recall but it has no manufacturers marks. It's in a unmarked plasticy cardboard type manufacturers box and the actual microphone is metal with a goldish colored screen. I'm guessing it's a cheapie dynamic, any way to tell, should i jump on it? Even if it's shit i'm guessing it's less expensive than buying new shit and i can always use the casing for a diy mic . Thoughts?

the description sounds a little like an MXL, but I'd have to actually see the thing to know for sure..I don't know much about them other than that they're Chinese..

[tuffteef]

at 15 dollars dont expect it to be a royer loloololol but its not much to lose

swing it around drop it on the ground like rockstar

[StudioShutIn]

well dynamic mics are your standard 'handheld' mics, or atleast the ones that look like that (i.e. SM57's)
Condenscer mics are, generally, larger and have more switches, usually a bass filter switch, a pad switch, and someties a phantom power switch.
However, condenscer mics also come in 'small diaphragm' size, but these are the little 'pencil' mics usually used as overheads for orchestral recordings, etc..
ok that's my audio tech nerd lecture for the day

[thousanium]

On one hand I'd say that it may be more prudent to put that $15 towards a good mic instead of amassing a lot of sub-par equipment, but on the other hand that $15 is more likely going to be wasted on something else anyway.