Bucket of brass found while detecting!

[Oldrvrrat57]

Separated my junk buckets carried out of the fields and came up with a 5 gallon bucket of brass, thinking about scrapping it. Feels like it weighs about 50 pounds!

 

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[FreeBirdTim]

You have to clean out the dirt or they won't take the brass. You also have to separate clean brass from dirty brass. Dirty brass has soldered connections or ferrous items attached (screws, bolts, etc.). If you don't do that, you'll get 25 cents a pound for everything.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

You have to clean out the dirt or they won't take the brass. You also have to separate clean brass from dirty brass. Dirty brass has soldered connections or ferrous items attached (screws, bolts, etc.). If you don't do that, you'll get 25 cents a pound for everything.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[pepperj]

Separated my junk buckets carried out of the fields and came up with a 5 gallon bucket of brass, thinking about scrapping it. Feels like it weighs about 50 pounds!
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The pale 3-5 lbs.
Bathroom scale it before you go just to keep them honest.
Wash, and separate any foreign metals.
Solder isn't a big problem.
Though some will bitch about it. Lead pipe joining the brass is more of a concern.
If your scrap yard separates yellow/cmetal/red then it might be advisable to separate.

 

[pepperj]

Just want to add that separating the brasses is an easy if one has a grinder or or even a file.
Yellow (propane, bullet casings, harmonica reeds, stamped brass, sheet)
CMetal (household plumbing valves, joints)
Red (threaded valves, old taps)

A simple hit with a grinder/file will determine the colour of the brass

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Dump it in a cement mixer with water sand & soap, tumble until shinny

 

[pepperj]

Dump it in a cement mixer with water sand & soap, tumble until shinny

Problem with that it would be too pretty then to scrap.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Might reveal some gems, scrap the rest