Many thanks to those who created the informative stickies!
After a break for illness & oral surgery, I finally finished sorting 1,000# of WW purchased a few weeks back.
Final tally:
678 # COWW
64# SOWW
I might see if the source has more at the same price. If I do I’ll ask to take a look first.
I received them in 10 buckets. He had them ready on a pallet and just forked into the back of my truck.
The buckets were a little hit or miss. 2 were almost 100% COWW. One was maybe 25% and another about 40%. The rest about 65-70% I’d guess.
The painted Pb weights were deceiving at first. I was afraid they were Zn, but fortunately searched the forum and found out what they are.
The melt will be the final test, but I found very few non-Pb COWWs that weren’t marked Zn or Fe.