While at my local Fishing shop I noticed a pail near the back room door with some Solder bars protruding. Learned from the "old guy" that the pail had come in as trade against a bunch of Jig "lead heads" that his son casts/ sells out of the shop. Short conversation with said son resulted in straight 1:1 trade by weight (11 pounds!) of the 50:50 solder bars for my clean recovered range lead ingots...
These fishermen just don't understand the value of their lead, it's much better in your hands.
I love ugly guns and ugly bullets.
One bar was Very shiny silver and 'crackled' as I bent it... '100% tin'?!
Hmm it's definitely possible, I know when I pour tin into ingot form when it's a little too hot it crystallizes and can get that crackly nature.
I love ugly guns and ugly bullets.
That was a good trade. It pays a fellow to keep his eyes open.
The keen eyed hunter rounds the corner and spots his natural prey...... casting alloys! Putting on his most charming smile he prepares to pounce on the unsuspecting tin alloy. A brief conversation later the circle of life is in harmony as he leaves with his bucket of tin.
Good score and we all know it will be put to better use in your hands.
Scrap.... because all the really pithy and emphatic four letter words were taken and we had to describe this source of casting material somehow so we added an "S" to what non casters and wives call what we collect.
Kind of hard to claim to love America while one is hating half the Americans that disagree with you. One nation indivisible requires work.
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Such poetry! Almost brings a tear to my eye. Almost.Originally Posted by RogerDat
"Is all this REALLY necessary?"
used to mine the dump where I worked. Splicers would always dump all the lead and solder bars out there. Lead went for sinkers and the solder for bullets. Frank
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