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boltons75
10-26-2012, 03:34 PM
@ .75 a pound, from an old compotion shooter. The jug is full of the type, the box is all the ignots from a type of solder he said. And everything in the blue crate looks like an alloy from a commercial dealer. I have to test the hardness of the stuff in the crate to see what it is. And the bottom pour ladle cost a whole 5 bucks. And he still has about 12 more antifreeze jugs with either wheel weights or type in them.

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boltons75
10-26-2012, 03:59 PM
48998

The commercial looking ignots are @ 15.4 and the smaller home poured are coming in @ 9.2 bhn. Can anyone tell me what I have in the first pic, mono or lino?

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evan price
10-26-2012, 04:45 PM
The commercial looking ignots are @ 15.4 and the smaller home poured are coming in @ 9.2 bhn. Can anyone tell me what I have in the first pic, mono or lino?

No clue. Could be anything. My bet is at that BHN they are Lyman #2 or 92/6/2 hardball. Look like Rotometals ingots a bit but that's no guarantee. Any writing on the ingots?
boltons75
10-26-2012, 05:04 PM
No clue. Could be anything. My bet is at that BHN they are Lyman #2 or 92/6/2 hardball. Look like Rotometals ingots a bit but that's no guarantee. Any writing on the ingots?

I meant the letters sitting on top of the ignot, monotype, but very small? I was leading toward Lyman 2 on the big ignots because of hardness.

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Lizard333
10-26-2012, 05:06 PM
Lino and Mono are a lot harder, 24 and up. Sounds similar to Lyman #2.
boltons75
10-26-2012, 06:11 PM
Lino and Mono are a lot harder, 24 and up. Sounds similar to Lyman #2.

If you look at the little t shaped letters on the ignot in the first picture, they are what the jug is full of. He said linotype, but I thought the individual letters were mono. I'll post a better pic of the letters later.

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bumpo628
10-26-2012, 08:37 PM
I've never seen monotype in "I" shaped pieces before. What is the hardness?
That is probably what it is though.
boltons75
10-26-2012, 09:46 PM
Not sure on hardness yet, haven't tested a piece yet. Well test one tomorrow if it's big enough.

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badbob454
10-27-2012, 12:32 AM
my guess is its mono type or stereo type
boltons75
10-27-2012, 12:10 PM
The hardness is coming in about 9 on the bhn scale.

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bumpo628
10-27-2012, 03:23 PM
Either that is a giant penny or those things are microscopic.
Try water dropping some boolits cast straight from this. It will give an idea if the 9 hardness comes from antimony or tin.