Range scrap leftovers taken to scrap yard. I used to get red brass price. Now they say it still has traces of lead in it and only pay 1/4 price. Everything's the same as before.(It's the only place in the area that takes it, and I'm starting to think they are just being greedy) Anybody Out there crafty enough to make an inexpensive cast iron crucible for melting the jackets into Ingots? Would it be worth the hassle to do it? I usually end up with 3 or 4 5 gallon buckets per month. Building a small foundry isn't a problem, nor is getting the temperature needed to do the job. I could get a better price elsewhere for the Ingots (Bypassing the scrapyard). But before I go thru all that, Do you guys do anything to clean this up, other than sift the fine stuff out and run it thru a sort of wet tumble like the brass cases?