copper

[WHADIFIND]

No, not a coin. Whilst digging today I had a large hit. Showed up as good metal. So, I thought I'd dig up the beer can and at least serve some purpose. What came out was a short little pipe looking thing. It was about 18in. long and had the words COPPERWELD 8 engraved. Seems it turned out to be an electrical Ground rod. It's about a half an in. thick. My question is, are these things pure, solid copper? With copper prices today, maybe I did better than I thought.

HH

 

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[serena]

I dont know where your at but in pa coppers up. I dont know exactly how much but my boyfriends a scrapper and hes always talking about needing to find some copper

 

[serena]

3.17/lb to be exact in pa

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Someone told me that new ground rods could be possibly just copper plated. I found an old one once, tried to dig it out with a shovel and got down about 5 feet and still could not pry it out with shovel. The farmer used a four wheel drive ATV and a chain to pull the arrestor rod out of the ground. It was longer than a full sized pickup truck bed with the gate folded down and a inch diameter to boot. H.H. CARM

 

[WHADIFIND]

Interesting

I know that ground rods like this are supposed to be buried up to 6-9 feet in the ground. The piece I have looked like a cut off piece. Like it was thrown away. It was definitely older. Had a green patina like pennies get.

Did yours turn out to be pure copper?

HH

 

[WHADIFIND]

Then I didn't do so bad!

I usually find a few pennies. This thing, if it's pure copper, is worth at least 300 of them!

Thanks!

HH

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Saw the shovel scratches after the farmer pulled the rod out. Nothing but copper color in them. It was a very old site, a grounding rod that old would never be just plate.

 

[steelheadwill]

LOVE Copper and brass scrap!
These finds have paid for my equipment a couple times over,

I average $100 per month in pipe, fittings, sheet, and junk,
here's a good days haul