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I remember the day when every dead end road or empty patch of woods had an old washing machine or bed frame dumped at the end of it.

Nowadays its hard to even find a few beer cans on the side of...

Wheel weights contain a lot of contaminates and are not intended to be used for bullets. I would stick to good clean lead if you are casting bullets for safety reasons.

Looks like its time to rent a construction dumpster and a small generator. That is going to be a lot of trips to the dump if you are trying to haul all the debris yourself, And the cost of gas and...

I think I would be more worried about someone coming out with a shotgun thinking you are a criminal rummaging through someone else's dumpster at night.

The trick to ebay is not bidding until the very last minute. Other bidders will think they have it won and put a low max bid on it, and bam you jump in at the last minute and steal it.

If you...

Its not the work Im scared of, This thing would of taken all day to break open. It was rusted so much it would have to be torched down the middle and pried apart. Im sure I would of made a few...

1984 Dodge Ram... just sitting pretty low with all that weight haha.

I probably could have done better on the batteries, Only got $22 and some change for 2 normal size and 2 small ones. But most...

I ended up scrapping the entire motor whole. It just seemed like to much work to get that beast apart. It actually weighed in at 397 lbs and brought in just over $103.

Cant be happier with the...

Ended up taking the load in this morning. Was a very good haul and was more than happy with the totals.

Shred - 1,840 lbs @ 11.50 per 100lb = $211.60
Aluminum - 87 lbs @ .42 = $36.54
Alum Cans...

There was a very lengthy documentary I watched on this subject a few months back. It said that at a very large refining plant that they would extract roughly 1 ounce of gold per ton of bulk computer...

Tantalum has a very high melt point of over 3000 degrees C. He said it became malleable with a pocket torch.

Here is some Galena ore or lead sulfide.

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Looks like some type of lead ore to me. Possibly Galena or a Cerussite based ore from the looks of it. Payed way too much attention in geology class.

Silver will melt at a much higher temp.

Found the model by googling the model # on the sticker. It is a discontinued model made by hotpoint.

Hotpoint HTH16BBXRWW 15.5 cu. ft. Top-Freezer Refrigerator with 2 Adjustable Wire Shelves,...

Welcome to the forums... What part of NC are you from? Just joined the forums, I live in Martin county.

I never really worry about what other people think. Never been turned down because we showed up in a loud rusty truck.

I live in a pretty poor part of the country, And there are plenty of vehicles...

LOL We did use a few fence post pipes for the exhaust, and scrapped the cats months ago! Nothing like showing up to someones house in a rust bucket with straight pipes on it.

Got a great lead on craigslist yesterday afternoon from a lady who needed a house cleaned up. She said it was a small truck load of metal and I could take it for free, She even gave me $40 for gas...

I noticed a few others with veterans badges and thought I would post. Served in the US Army as 11b for just over 3 years, Stationed at Ft Drum NY as part of the 2-14 light infantry bn. 10th mountain!

New to the forum just wanted to check in and say hello. I am from the outer banks region of north carolina. Been scrapping for awhile but wanted to check out the forum! Ive been lurking around...

Thanks for the replys guys! I have been lurking around the site for a few months now and decided to finally make an account and join in on the action! I will be sure to introduce myself and read...

New to the scrapping forums here thought I would post a few questions about a big industrial type electric motor I aqcuired while scrapping.

This thing weighs at least 150-200lbs and is about 30"...