What do you do with your finds?

[critter0527]

Well it's the end of the month and the mortgage payment is due soon. My wife suggested I sell the iron I dug out if our yard to a scrap yard. It got me thinking, what do you guys do with all your finds? Can I pay the bills with this hobby?

 

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[a4wdguy]

Depends on how much you want to dig. There are easier ways to make a living, for sure.
I know one guy that does turn all his scrap in for salvage. It adds up. Enough to offset the cost of a new detector, maybe even pay for one outright, but I wouldn't try to pay for the house with it.
Personally, I try not to dig up anything I'm not going to keep, so my trash is just that and gets thrown away.

 

[cudamark]

At about $.08 a pound, you're not likely to pay for your gas down the metal recyclers let alone make a house payment unless you have a BIG truck and lots of scrap! Now if you have a bunch of copper, brass, aluminum, etc......it might be worth the trip. That's about all I save is the non-ferrous and wait until I have another reason to head over to the area where the scrap yard is so I can combine trips to save on gas. Our local detector club collects pull tabs and crusty Zincolns for Ronald McDonald House so those go to them.

 

[Nickleanddime]

We use our clad to fill in gaps between pays. That clad really adds up.

 

[EasyriderTX]

My clad equivalent goes to St. Jude's.