Detecting Bonus Cash

[407floyd]

This years collection of various metals nets almost $300. I have 5 Gal buckets for copper, brass, aluminum, and lead. The cleaner it is, the more you get paid. If I had a giant tumbler, I could get it shiny, but this is just dirty metal. Feels good to get that stuff out of the ground and recycled.

 

[KSDfisher77]

This years collection of various metals nets almost $300. I have 5 Gal buckets for copper, brass, aluminum, and lead. The cleaner it is, the more you get paid. If I had a giant tumbler, I could get it shiny, but this is just dirty metal. Feels good to get that stuff out of the ground and recycled.

Congrats. Yeah I've told myself I need a concrete mixer to tumble junk finds clean.

 

[JimmyCT]

Nice chunk of change!

 

[BigTony]

This years collection of various metals nets almost $300. I have 5 Gal buckets for copper, brass, aluminum, and lead. The cleaner it is, the more you get paid. If I had a giant tumbler, I could get it shiny, but this is just dirty metal. Feels good to get that stuff out of the ground and recycled.

Very cool, A perk of this crazy hobby

 

[tab-nabit]

Congrats. Yeah I've told myself I need a concrete mixer to tumble junk finds clean.

Also a dishwasher does some good, one time - wife gave me an ear pounding for trying it, once

 

[fwcrawford]

This years collection of various metals nets almost $300. I have 5 Gal buckets for copper, brass, aluminum, and lead. The cleaner it is, the more you get paid. If I had a giant tumbler, I could get it shiny, but this is just dirty metal. Feels good to get that stuff out of the ground and recycled.

What is lead selling for these days?

 

[407floyd]

Congrats. Yeah I've told myself I need a concrete mixer to tumble junk finds clean.

That’s a great idea!

 

[407floyd]

This years collection of various metals nets almost $300. I have 5 Gal buckets for copper, brass, aluminum, and lead. The cleaner it is, the more you get paid. If I had a giant tumbler, I could get it shiny, but this is just dirty metal. Feels good to get that stuff out of the ground and recycled.

What is lead selling for these days?

About $2/lb according to the top line.

 

[JimmyCT]

I need to start hunting for lead fishing weights

 

[laplander]

Nice job on the recycling, I think scrap lead is lower, copper is only 3ish per pound range.

 

[407floyd]

Nice job on the recycling, I think scrap lead is lower, copper is only 3ish per pound range.

Going by the top line, it reads: lead-47lb-$23.50. That’s the only line I see that shows lead. About 1/3 of a 5gal bucket

 

[hawgdawg]

I need to start hunting for lead fishing weights

When I was hunting on the beaches ,, I was just about as happy at finding lead weights as I was with jewelry,,,

 

[rick in mi]

I got permission to hunt an old trailer park years ago. I started finding a lot of copper. From two inch down to soft 3/8. I had a pile laying on the ground and the land owner came by and said good job make sure you pick it all up and take it out of here. And so I did about 300 dollars worth lol.. hhricknmi

 

[Mark kus]

I save all my scrap I had my roof just done I took all the lightning rods off and copper wire got almost $250.00
All the copper I dig up and brass all gets saved the lead too but I use some for fishing
I have one spot that’s loaded with .50 cal casings from target practice during the war so I save all those to
Mark