cohutt
06-19-2007, 10:38 PM
I picked up about 70-80 pounds of scrap today; it was an odd assortment including:
a large brick sized ingot of what i believe is pure, had what looked like large dripping bonded to it
a couple or other factory ingots including one "Gopher Lead" stamped on it.
a few other odd ingots, smaller ones
a larger, lighter ingot that looked like it had been used as a sledge hammer on one end.
a handful of wheel weights
about 30lbs of lead pipe
what looked like the bottom 1 1/2" of a wheel weight smelt pot about 8" across. looks like they just quit and dumped the cooling blob out once it was semi solid.
and finally- some large drippings stuck together, filthy, looks like what might have hit the floor when someone sealed some pipes with molten lead or something (?). It appears to be pure lead, but maybe something off the floor of a radiator shop? 60/40? What does the solder from radiator shops look like when salvaged? maybe it had some tin, will look more closely tommorrow when i have time. It looked like it may have even been from the same origin as the giant ingot with the drippings stuck to it. I'll be pretty psyched if the large ingot is 40% tin as the whole thing must go 20-25 lbs or so
It was all so filthy i didn't do much other than rinse it off and inspect it when i unloaded it.
I tipped the yard worker who pulls lead aside for me with 50 rounds of milsurp 308 for plinking out of his deer rifle; he was so excited i'm sure he will keep the eye out for me. (He got some nice handloaded 308 hunting rounds for the 450 lbs of wheel weights he pulled for me a while back. )
My lovely spouse, as usual, was unimpressed but amused about my "treasure", so i had to tell someone who would understand. So there you go.......
a large brick sized ingot of what i believe is pure, had what looked like large dripping bonded to it
a couple or other factory ingots including one "Gopher Lead" stamped on it.
a few other odd ingots, smaller ones
a larger, lighter ingot that looked like it had been used as a sledge hammer on one end.
a handful of wheel weights
about 30lbs of lead pipe
what looked like the bottom 1 1/2" of a wheel weight smelt pot about 8" across. looks like they just quit and dumped the cooling blob out once it was semi solid.
and finally- some large drippings stuck together, filthy, looks like what might have hit the floor when someone sealed some pipes with molten lead or something (?). It appears to be pure lead, but maybe something off the floor of a radiator shop? 60/40? What does the solder from radiator shops look like when salvaged? maybe it had some tin, will look more closely tommorrow when i have time. It looked like it may have even been from the same origin as the giant ingot with the drippings stuck to it. I'll be pretty psyched if the large ingot is 40% tin as the whole thing must go 20-25 lbs or so
It was all so filthy i didn't do much other than rinse it off and inspect it when i unloaded it.
I tipped the yard worker who pulls lead aside for me with 50 rounds of milsurp 308 for plinking out of his deer rifle; he was so excited i'm sure he will keep the eye out for me. (He got some nice handloaded 308 hunting rounds for the 450 lbs of wheel weights he pulled for me a while back. )
My lovely spouse, as usual, was unimpressed but amused about my "treasure", so i had to tell someone who would understand. So there you go.......