A gentleman I work with (relatively new caster) asked me if I was interested in some lead his neighbor had. He said it was mostly pure; lead pipe , shower pan etc.. he had approx. 50 lb (maybe a bit more). Asked if $1.00 a lb was about right, I thought it was a tad high but I agreed to help the guy out so i said I'd take it.
Brought it home, it was lead pipe, shower pans and about 40lb of what appears to be about WW alloy cast into corn stick molds. I weighed the masses & it totaled 182.8lb So my purchase @ $1.00/Lb equated to $0.27 /Lb.
Sometimes a blind squirrel DOES find a nut