Kraschenbirn
11-30-2015, 02:41 PM
A friend brought over a couple of large ingots last weekend. He said they turned up during a remodel/expansion of the central stores & supplies warehouse where he works...just stacked behind some pallets of plumbing hardware with no inventory card or tag. (He works for a state agency, so if something doesn't have a stock #/papertrail, it just doesn't exist.) He thought they were probably plumber's lead and snagged them before they went into a scrap bin.
Ingots are u-shaped in cross-section (2" wide by 1 3/4" deep) and 26" long and weigh almost exactly 25 lbs each. I tested them this morning and they're definitely not plumber's lead. BHN is right at 20 and no bubbles/fizzies from application of muriatic acid. In the back of my mind, I recall a thread sometime ago where a member had come up with some similar ingots and another member identified them as recycled slugs for (re)use in a linotype machine. Ran a couple of searches but couldn't find the thread I was looking for. Anyone else recall this thread? Or, anyone run across any similar ingots?
Bill
Note: Would've posted a pic but, for some reason, I'm having problems uploading attachments to this forum.
Ingots are u-shaped in cross-section (2" wide by 1 3/4" deep) and 26" long and weigh almost exactly 25 lbs each. I tested them this morning and they're definitely not plumber's lead. BHN is right at 20 and no bubbles/fizzies from application of muriatic acid. In the back of my mind, I recall a thread sometime ago where a member had come up with some similar ingots and another member identified them as recycled slugs for (re)use in a linotype machine. Ran a couple of searches but couldn't find the thread I was looking for. Anyone else recall this thread? Or, anyone run across any similar ingots?
Bill
Note: Would've posted a pic but, for some reason, I'm having problems uploading attachments to this forum.