Todays Odd find and questions!

Evening all! Todays finds and questions

Bought this for $15... 20 pounds of brass. Some incense burner... anyone know what religion?? or what in the WORLD that creature on the top is?!



For those who have been reading my last thread here is a followup on the sqaureD breakers I found. Well, I didn't pay attention! I actually have a variety of different ones! I have more research ahead on these. All seem to be worth more whole rather than B.F.H'd



These chunks of... aluminum? They are all over my pipes that I got a couple days ago. They connect two pieces of pipe together. What is the technical name for this stuff? I see it in a variety of different uses around electrical also.






Last, I have wondered this one for a while... is this stainless, or aluminum? or both? how do I tell?!



One more question!! If I bring a 100 pound bucket of random pieces/chunks/poles/scraps/screw that are all aluminum or non magnetic stainless... what will most yards do? I don't know how to tell the difference... Will they just give me the lowest price out of non magnetic stainless/any quality aluminum?

As always, thanks for reading and any help you can provide!!