I think it was a joke Mechanic688, haha

Ok I took some pictures, here are some of the types of copper I have been saving; there are 6 examples of wire type, some hydraulic line and plumbing. Normally I just throw everything in a 5gal bucket and bring it in like that

The wire on the far left is very red in color, the next one to the right seems to have an extremely thin coating of plastic or clear coating, 3rd to the right still has a little red in the color. The 4th 5th and 6th on the right are a lighter color in various sizes, I make sure there is no solder on the plumbing so that's #1 copper right?



Here is some of my aluminum, which I think can be sorted? I assume the painted gutter/siding is not worth as much as the ski poles, heat sinks and iMac G5 computer casing?





It's all clean aluminum so is it #1 aluminum and the gutter/siding is #2 aluminum?



I also have 5gal buckets full of aluminum that is either painted, greasy, or very dull looking is this all considered #2 aluminum?



Now for my steel/iron prep confusion...for example I have these motor end caps on the left, motor cores stripped of the copper in the middle, and center spindle drums on the right. I assume the end caps are considered "prepped steel" and the pile on the right would be what light iron?? They consist of a mix between aluminum and steel/iron and are way too much work to separate...



The stripped motor cores I am unsure on, I think the outer housings are steel but the one on the left is a cast...and the centers the wire is wrapped through are always sandwiched plates of I think steel?