Gold.....

[Mason Jarr]

....well, gold colored, at least. I bought a mini furnace this year and have decided to melt all the scrap I've accumulated from detecting. This little ingot is brass and made from some cartridges and a few harmonica reeds. I'm wondering if anyone else is melting their scraps. I'm thinking about getting some custom molds and making a few doo-dads for key chains, etc.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Pretty cool, I melt down all my lead fishing weights into bars for future use making more weights, I make certain types of weights so the ones I find don't work for my uses.

 

[red fox bob]

Where did you get the mini forge ?

 

[Mason Jarr]

Where did you get the mini forge ?

It's a unit called DevilForge. I think they're made in eastern Europe, but you can order online. Probably one of the better forges you can get.

http://devil-forge.com/14-gas-furnaces

 

[fistfulladirt]

Cool! What kind of assay and what are your plans with the metal?

 

[Mason Jarr]

Cool! What kind of assay and what are your plans with the metal?

I'm not having it tested for content...just whatever I find detecting and can identify as brass, copper, etc. goes into my recycling boxes. I'm hoping to get some molds that'll let me pour some shapes that I can make keychains with. It's mainly something to do in the winter when our ground is too hard to dig.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Watch a guy on youtube named moosescrapper a lot and he has a devil forge he really likes.You might remember copper and brass are both very malleble and can be hammered into a shape you like if you can,t find a mold exactly like you want.Jim.