Yard sale lead score!

[Elbow]

Yard sale this weekend, got 3 down rigger weights and melted them down, 45 pounds of soft lead for 3 bucks!

[62chevy]

Can't beat that with a stick, well you could but why. lol

[Bzcraig]

Great deal!

[osteodoc08]

Nice score

[500MAG]

Great score!

[zuke]

Ya can't go wrong doing it that way!

[Garyshome]

Great find!

[WILCO]

All of the above!

[TenTea]

w00t!

Were they:

Balls
Fish
Torpedoes
Other

Please check one. ;)

[Jayhawkhuntclub]

Generally, I don't pay for lead. But 45 lbs for $3 I would make an exception. Congrats!

[Spruce]

Sounds like a real deal to me.

[lylejb]

great score.

usually the only times I find lead at yard sales, it's the other way around. More like they want $45 for 3 lbs[smilie=b:

[40-82 hiker]

Yard sale this weekend, got 3 down rigger weights and melted them down, 45 pounds of soft lead for 3 bucks!

Elbow,

I go to yard sales now and then. Just in case: what the heck is a "down rigger weight", and what does it look like?

Way behind the curve on this one...

Thanks,
Bob

[MaryB]

Most downrigger weight I see are a ball with a fin on it to make it track straight and not twist the line. Has a hook cast into the top or a clip.

[Boyscout]

Downrigger weights are very heavy weights used to get lures down to depth while trolling. They are hung by cable from a downrigger and the fishing line is attached by a quick release mechanism that releases the line when the fish strikes. They are common for big water fishing where depth fished can reach 40-200 ft.

[Baryngyl]

They look like this, I got these 2 in my last bunch of lead from the scrap yard.

The one is a 8 pound cannon ball the other is a 10 pound in fish shape. They come in a lot of sizes.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/Baryngyl/cbforumpics/downriggercannonball_zpsefd971ac.jpg
http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/Baryngyl/cbforumpics/downriggerfish_zps68e65c3a.jpg



Michael Grace

[Duster340]

Nice score!

[40-82 hiker]

Thanks guys! Probably won't see any at yard sales here in Colorado, but I'm ready now!

Bob



They look like this, I got these 2 in my last bunch of lead from the scrap yard.

The one is a 8 pound cannon ball the other is a 10 pound in fish shape. They come in a lot of sizes.

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/Baryngyl/cbforumpics/downriggercannonball_zpsefd971ac.jpg
http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz263/Baryngyl/cbforumpics/downriggerfish_zps68e65c3a.jpg



Michael Grace

[dnepr]

Generally, I don't pay for lead. But 45 lbs for $3 I would make an exception. Congrats!
What he said

[zuke]

There's a lead source in Kenora?!!