Local fishermen was moving out of town and posted that he had a 5 gal bucket of ww up for grabs….which I did! lol .Thing is this was 10 years or so ago and I totally forgot that I had stashed it behind my shed. There looks like there’s thousands of them in a watery soup. Pail lid failed. I’m gonna dump them on a tarp to dry them, question. Can I melt them down keeping the temp lower then when zinc would melt so I can fish them out? Turkey fryer ,cast iron pot and a noe thermometer is my setup. I can’t imagine touching everyone of them to hopefully be right by nip checking them. Good idea or can u suggest a better solution. Thanks