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shootinfox2
09-30-2022, 06:46 PM
305130305131305132

Picked up from the local scrap yard. 2400 tare. Included 2 linotype pigs, 1 ea, 5 lb 60/40 solder, and 200 lbs of organ pipe,(tin).

Here I go again.

Fox
MrWolf
10-01-2022, 09:15 AM
Nice. Yards anywhere near me don't sell to the public. One even told me they wouldn't take aluminum cans as they didn't want to catch covid. I laughed at the lady as I couldn't believe the idiocy and asked if they were drinking from them. They were in MD.
Shanghai Jack
10-01-2022, 09:19 AM
Great job - beat my best by 200 pounds
lightman
10-01-2022, 01:50 PM
Thats a nice score!
shootinfox2
10-01-2022, 02:03 PM
305182305183305184

More detail. About twenty ingots shaped like a kidney. Pic shows melted edge with the touch of a torch. Droppings break easily with a hammer. Rings like a bell. Specific gravity by my garage lab around 7.1 ish.

Fox
bigjake
10-01-2022, 06:17 PM
Be careful... lots of white looking lead oxide on that old lead. try not to breathe the dust
shootinfox2
10-01-2022, 08:37 PM
I get tested once a quarter. So far below 20. Thanks for the concern and advice.
pworley1
10-01-2022, 10:46 PM
Nice find.
Soundguy
10-01-2022, 10:51 PM
Holy smokes! Wow.

Our local yards will only buy... No sell.. :(
kevin c
10-01-2022, 11:08 PM
You’re going to be busy for a while, processing that magnificent score.

It may not matter to you, but my little bit of reading on the subject suggested that not only did old pipe organs vary the note of each pipe by changes in length and diameter, but, for both structural and tonal reasons, might also vary the alloy. So a big pipe might have a different % tin compared to a small one.
Rickf1985
10-02-2022, 11:14 AM
These addictions are tough aren't they?:lol: You may not need it but you HAVE to have it!
Green Frog
10-04-2022, 10:34 AM
Well, you won’t have to worry about your garage blowing away any time soon! :bigsmyl2:
Charlie Horse
10-10-2022, 02:49 PM
Be careful... lots of white looking lead oxide on that old lead. try not to breathe the dust

I got some lead with white oxide on it. Can you wash it off with water?
leadbutt
11-01-2022, 05:49 PM
Nice score. What was the $?
HollandNut
11-01-2022, 05:57 PM
Sweet . wont sell here either an sux cause he's only 1/2 mile up the road .. Friend used to run one and he would give me galena whenever I asked him .
BJung
11-01-2022, 07:51 PM
congratulations. I'm happy for you.