Scrap metal sold

[jabbo]

13 pounds of copper and brass stuff I dug up. Got $21 for it from a local scrap metal yard. Next time I will separate the two metals because I learned they pay the lower price metal if its mixed.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Before one can sell copper in my state you have to obtain a permit from the County Sheriff. The reason is that thieves were taking the copper out of air conditioning units and selling it. They hit our Church. Destroyed 9 air conditioning units for a couple hundred dollars in copper.

 

[ken ward]

I have 5 gallon buckets. Copper in one, brass in other. I also keep tabs and can slaw... KEN

 

[jabbo]

brass in separate containers. Still have several pounds of lead to recycle.

 

[ken ward]

I have separated my junk for many years. I don't get rich at the end of the year, But it buys me batteries .and my wife and I a dinner... KEN

 

[saltersnatch]

I separate my scrap into 5 gallon buckets as well. I got like 50 some dollars for last years copper and brass scrap from metal detecting. I even scrap all my canadian pennies.

 

[bossman]

May want to hold on to your lead, The last lead smelter closes in the USA Dec. 31.
Reloaders will be looking every where for it.

 

[jabbo]

n/t

 

[jabbo]

Bossman, I've been giving lead to a fisherman to cast sinkers. Thanks for the info. I dig lots of lead, will hold onto it.

 

[Roland58]

I think Bossman is right.........the price of lead is going to go up big time withing the next year.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

I do the same thing - usually end up with a total of a few hundred dollars in scrap metal and clad coins at the end of each year.
What the heck ... it helps pay for a lot of my hunting expenses - a back up Pin Pointer this season, gas, maps, etc.

 

[jabbo]

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[screw cap junky]

now the thieves will be stealing wheel weights all night.

 

[jabbo]

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[Blind Squirrel]

Howdy jabbo--

I think that it is a good thing to recycle dug scrap. We clean up the environment, stimulate the economy and by removing metal targets from our hunting sights it unmasks the good finds. Whenever my beautiful wife has consumed enough Coors Light, I squash the cans and clean up my scrap. I volunteer as a Meals-On-Wheels driver and on the way back to the center I pass by the highest paying scrap yard in my area. It's usually a 5 or 10 minute detour. Here in Texas, because of copper theft, we have to show our drivers licence and we are photographed. I recycle the Coors Light cans, brass and copper. The lead that I dig, I give to a friend of mine who molds rounds for his cannon.

It's important to get the best prices for your scrap to separate the metals. I always check the scrap with a magnet to insure that the copper is only copper and the brass is only brass. Also, if there is caked on dirt, I hit it with a wire brush. I don't want to be paid a discounted rate for "dirty brass" or "dirty copper". I would also suggest that you weigh it yourself before taking it to the scrapyard. I'm not saying that you would be cheated but...

Here are a few receipts from the recycling aspect of my detecting hobby. Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

 

[TwoRivers]

I scrap all my metal recoveries.........separate the metals to get the best price.........