first wheel weight bucket

[b52fizzle]

Recently started trying to find a local lead source. Had to try out the local tire shops, found one that will give me any laying around and let me put a bucket in the corner, however only get bout 10-20 pieces a week so far all lead, but free is free. Found two that sell them one charges 30¢ a pound, the other $40 for a 5 gallon, went yesterday to pickup a $40 , told me it takes a month to fill one, and.that they have a regular,.however they are sitting on 3 1/2 and when I told them I only wanted one to check the yield they lost interest and sold me the 1/2 for $20. Oh and I forgot my bucket so just dumped it in the back of my truck so no initial weight. This is my first time sorting, already feel like a pro, crazy some of these I could do with my eyes closed. When done ill weigh each group. So far seems that stick on and clip on are proportionate in here. Seems to be a lot of steel by volume, couple handfuls of zinc.

For you guys that do this a lot do your yields seem fairly consistent from time to time or is it mere luck of the draw?

And what are these?



And this sure would be a neat mold to have for tin or other sweeteners.

[b52fizzle]

22# clip on
14# stickons
5# zinc
28# steel

This is what I came up with. Check some others and try another bucket when I can.

[ronbo40s&w]

Ah the first bucket...I remember it well. Oh yeah, it was just last week. I don''t have any personal yield averages, but one of the guys here said around 80%. Mine fell right in that vicinity. All I know is i didn't have a full 5 gallon bucket and it weighed 113 pounds. With a few other pounds from other places thrown in I ended up with 90 pounds of ingots from 115-120 pounds total scrap. Total cost was 38 bucks and the near empty propane cans i had lying around the shop. I didn't use them all. not bad. Way cheaper than buying bullets. I still don't have a mold, but a buddy is sending me a lee bottom pout he has as a spare. I'll be casting before too long.
keep scrounging.

God Bless!

Ron

[shadygrady]

save that zinc an when you get a medium flat rate box full e mail grady_mitchell2002@yahoo.com i will trade your zinc for lead

[bumpo628]

And what are these?

That is zinc.

[b52fizzle]

Thanks fellas! Goin about it slow just collecting stuff up see if I'm even gonna be able to find a cheap reliable source, have one mold no handles and 3 fryers but have only cooked crawfish a lot and one turkey!

No problem Shady ill save em for ya. Read up on smelting them and pewter bout ten years ago, what all do you do with them? I was lookin to cast grips back then.

Thanks Bumpo wasn't sure some sort of ancient Arabic or heiroglyph? Ancient wheel weights, looks like some markings I had on an old Turkish mauser.

[ronbo40s&w]

May I ask what b52fizzle means? Is it a song by the group or a reference to a former career field?

[b52fizzle]

Something AOL recommended after entering a username, can't even remember what originally. Bout 20 years now, but only recently gettiing questions on it. Lot easier to use the same one for everything. Do like the music though!

[ronbo40s&w]

Ah..old b52 bomber guy here...thought you might have been one too.

[bumpo628]

Thanks Bumpo wasn't sure some sort of ancient Arabic or heiroglyph? Ancient wheel weights, looks like some markings I had on an old Turkish mauser.

With such a big picture, it kinda looks like a small "5" on top of a large "Z". It looks more like a 5 if you rotate your pic 180 degrees.
Probably means: 5 gram zinc weight.

[tbj555]

Yes that is a import ww made of zinc.