Picked up about 75 lbs. of Lee ingots at a scrap yard. Pretty hard stuff based on how it rings and hitting it with a prick punch. Could just be really old age hardened WW lead which is fine with me. Good price and already smelted so not paying for zinc and clips.
Was also a few half ball shaped ingots that had spot on each end that looked like they were from a ladle spout. Or maybe a plumbers melter, I have heard those had sort of round bowls for the molten lead.
Always feel a little funny buying lead in a scrap bin that clearly came from a reloader. I always worry that it may have been stolen, or it could simply be a sad case of disposing of stuff no one wanted after someone passes away. Once the old fellow came in and told them he could not see well enough to safely reload anymore so he was selling it off. Well I will certainly put this batch to good use. Have told wife and kids they are to arrange to dispose of my stash here to other casters not at a scrap yard. Wife might listen, one of the kids will probably actually do it. Might be sort of nice to take a couple of coffee cans of linotype or foundry type into the scrap yard, make someone's day it would if they found that.