Taking my first trip to the yard. Going to asked lots of questions and ask him everything I did wrong with what I brought. I'm sure this will be a learning experience. And I would add a picture but I don't think I can yet. I will update with how awful I did.
Edit: The update.
I realize I might have a bit of a luxury with 2 yards within about 10 min of me (about 1 mile from each other!). I went to the first yard and sold everything but my low grade boards since they only treat those as tin/light iron. I sold what #2 copper I had and was surprised to find out the stainless steel dishwasher I took apart was not considered stainless steel, neither were the handful of items that literally said "stainless steel" on them. They just said if it's magnetic then it's not stainless. Thought I read it could be both but whatever. I got rid of some insulated wire. Some aluminum that I was explained could be extruded or cast. Overall it felt rushed and I picked up what I could but I got like 28 bucks. I went to the other yard with my low grade boards to see what all they had to say and the experience there left me wanting to return to them. They took the time to talk to me about different questions, showed me examples of everything. It was just overall very informative and easy.
So that was my first trip and I really enjoyed it. I am looking to find a somewhat consistent source of scrapping items now.
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