556 lbs of lead sold @ 50 cents a lb...also sold....

[Whydah]

Well I finaly went through all my lead that I have been hoarding the past 3 seasons.....Needless to say, I had quite a bit more than I needed... I had 8- 5 gallon buckets, that were way to heavy for this old guy to be picking up... Being a charter fisherman, I found myself keeping all the good sinkers, I felt no need of selling. Also saves me time on melting and making up new ones for next years trips. I ended up saving close to a 100 lbs for myself... While I was going through the lead, I also went through this seasons Brass & Copper too. I did ok with it for just this season.... Sold it all today and walked away with $278.00 for the lead and $69.80 for the Brass & Copper..... for a Toatal of $347.80....not bad for 3 seasons of lead and 1 season of Brass & Copper.... so keep everything, it pays well!.....also if you are keeping track, as of now I had saved close to 656 lbs of lead in 3 seasons of detecting.... and I still ahve another month for this year to start a new batch, now that's crazy digging....wish it were GOLD.....

 

[bill from lachine]

Yep....it's a win/win scenario....cleaning up your sites and a bit of loot for your troubles.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[old digger]

Thumb's Up! Way-to Go!

 

[Talon]

Aww man, I need to find someone near me that is raking in the lead and buy a 5 gallon bucket off of them. I can melt that down for reloading handgun ammo.

 

[DaveandBlitz]

Brass and copper... does it need to be separated or sold together? I find a lot of spent cartridges and have been wondering if it was worth tossing in a bucket for recycling.

 

[JT1080]

Right on. Where do you sell lead? We have a couple recycle centers near my house but they only take cans and bottles.

 

[FoundInNC]

Save everything! Here is my system. After every hunt, i empty my pouch into the boxes. They are individually labeled, steel, cast iron, aluminum, brass, copper, zinc, pot metal, and shotgun shell headstamps(for Turtlefoot) , when one gets full, i replace it. When I get ready, i take it all. I usually make out well.

 

[shedseeker]

i save everything .... im a plumber so thats also adds to my pile !!!

 

[bill from lachine]

Check the yellow pages or internet under scrap dealers....that's the place to go.

Regards + HH

Bill

Right on. Where do you sell lead? We have a couple recycle centers near my house but they only take cans and bottles.

 

[Whydah]

Brass and copper... does it need to be separated or sold together? I find a lot of spent cartridges and have been wondering if it was worth tossing in a bucket for recycling.

It doesn't have to be seperated, but they pay more per lb if it isn't mixed.....

 

[Steve in PA]

I have been saving brass and copper. Haven't cashed in yet. I think I need to start saving lead now!

 

[halfdime]

Nice! Don't forget to look for wheel weights.

 

[Broken knee]

Nice!! HH
Broken Knee

 

[Whydah]

Nice! Don't forget to look for wheel weights.

Wheel weights are ZINK mixed with small amounts of lead... Therefore they are still sellable but not considdered CLEAN lead.

 

[Garabaldi]

wow great post Whydah,
I have stock piled my scrap for 5 years. I also have tons of lead and copper. I need to get to the scrap yard. It will also give me some much needed room in the basement Grat post.
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[0121stockpicker]

Most of the lead come from fishing holes? Are all shells brass? I usually deposit all this stuff in the trash - sounds like I better start keeping it!!

 

[maipenrai]

I have been saving all my lead sinkers, and didnt really have an idea of what to do with them. Stopped by a fishing store, but it seemed the sinkers they were selling, were not very expensive, so then I thought to take them to the auction house. I just took a pound or so, to test the waters, but got about $3 for them, so thats what I will do from now on. Will just dump a pound or two at a time, since no one is going to buy 50 lbs of lead sinkers, I dont think.

Probably can do the same with junk jewelry, auction house. I find a lot of stainless rings that are in good shape, but not worth anything as scrap. So next auction, will take all my stainless, and see what happens.

 

[wild eyed willey]

Save everything! Here is my system. After every hunt, i empty my pouch into the boxes. They are individually labeled, steel, cast iron, aluminum, brass, copper, zinc, pot metal, and shotgun shell headstamps(for Turtlefoot) , when one gets full, i replace it. When I get ready, i take it all. I usually make out well.
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What is Zinc and pot metal and how do you know what kind of metal it is?

 

[NYScrap]

Most of the lead come from fishing holes? Are all shells brass? I usually deposit all this stuff in the trash - sounds like I better start keeping it!!

Most shells are brass, some are steel (the difference is pretty easy to see what with the color). Many scrap yards -- will NOT -- take shells because of the risk of trace amounts of gun powder, or unfired bullets being mixed in.