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Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:31 pm
by plus1hdcp
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:59 pm
by CrazyTom
They are beautiful and I'm quite honored.
Are you sure they're not silver?
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Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:39 pm
by MUTiger
They look awesome and I have been finding a few wheel weights. Unfortunately, as time goes by the percentage of Zn and Fe wheel weights is increasing like it is in the Zn pennies.
mutiger
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:10 pm
by CrazyTom
A good holiday weekend for riding as I was able to get to some spots I haven't been to in a while.
Got a number of heavy pieces of steel and by the looks of them they put up a fight with the car that ran them over.
And my N2O huffing morons are back in town. Found 22 of the little steel cartridges.
15 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 1 oz wheel weights (a magnet shows a few as steel, weighed here then tossed in the steel bucket)
9 oz copper/brass (found a number of keys strewed down one road)
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
1 oz aluminum (a motorcycle license plate)
1 quarter
3 dimes
7 pennies (again!)
1 golf ball
2013 running total
79 lb 5 steel
12 lb 3 oz pop cans
13 lb 1 oz wheel weights
5 lb 14 oz copper/brass
9 oz aluminum
$2.70 cash
3 golf balls
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Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:34 pm
by CrazyTom
Not as many miles this weekend but a nice find of a Federal Reserve note $1 fluttering in the gutter.
8 oz pop cans
5 lb 4 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz wheel weights
3 oz copper/brass
1 dollar bill
5 pennies
2013 running total
84 lb 9 steel
12 lb 11 oz pop cans
14 lb 7 oz wheel weights
6 lb 1 oz copper/brass
9 oz aluminum
$3.75 cash
3 golf balls
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013
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Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:23 pm
by CrazyTom
A vacation day ride brought the numbers up.
13 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
1 lb 5 oz wheel weights
6 oz brass/copper
3 oz aluminum
1 quarter
3 nickles
2 dimes
8 pennies
1 golf ball
2013 running total
98 lb 6 steel
14 lb 2 oz pop cans
15 lb 12 oz wheel weights
6 lb 7 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.33 cash
4 golf balls
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Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:37 pm
by CrazyTom
Fun find this weekend was a ninja throwing knife.
8 lb 3 oz steel
15 oz pop cans
1 oz copper/brass
1 lb 8 oz tire weights
2 dimes
4 pennies
1 golf ball
2013 running total
106 lb 9 steel
15 lb 1 oz pop cans
17 lb 4 oz wheel weights
6 lb 8 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.57 cash
5 golf balls
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Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:12 pm
by CrazyTom
Work got in the way again of getting long miles.
14 oz pop cans
2 lb 9 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz wheel weights
1 penny
1 nickel
2013 running total
109 lb 2 oz steel
15 lb 15 oz pop cans
18 lb 10 oz wheel weights
6 lb 8 oz copper/brass
12 oz aluminum
$4.63 cash
5 golf balls
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013
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Sun Apr 28, 2013 5:48 pm
by frugalcanuck
a ninja throwing knife is a pretty cool find.
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Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:54 pm
by CrazyTom
frugalcanuck wrote:a ninja throwing knife is a pretty cool find.
Thanks canuck, it has some road wear scratches and had it got into a tire it would have done some serious damage.
I don't know how much I'm saving drivers in my town!
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Sun May 05, 2013 4:36 pm
by CrazyTom
Friday and Saturday rides;
11 oz pop cans
5 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 1 oz aluminum (pieces of a broken cast wheel)
8 oz tire weights
1 lb 4 oz copper/brass (some big hose parts)
1 quarter
1 nickel
5 pennies
1 golf ball
2013 running total
114 lb 15 oz steel
16 lb 10 oz pop cans
19 lb 2 oz wheel weights
7 lb 12 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$4.98 cash
6 golf balls
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Sun May 12, 2013 8:34 pm
by CrazyTom
A good week for miles and metal. Nice find was a 4 foot section of copper pipe and a ball hitch!
1 lb 2 oz pop cans
10 lb 1 oz steel
2 lb 4 oz copper
2 lb 3 oz wheel weights
1 nickel
9 pennies
1 dime
2013 running total
125 lb steel
17 lb 12 oz pop cans
21 lb 5 oz wheel weights
10 lb copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.22 cash
6 golf balls
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Sun May 19, 2013 5:42 pm
by CrazyTom
Work got in the way again. But a week doesn't go by without some free metal.
12 oz pop cans
3 lb 9 oz steel
14 oz wheel weights
1 oz brass/copper
1 nickel
3 dimes
5 pennies
2013 running total
128 lb 9 oz steel
18 lb 8 oz pop cans
22 lb 3 oz wheel weights
10 lb 1 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.62 cash
6 golf balls
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Mon May 27, 2013 1:54 pm
by CrazyTom
A good Memorial Day weekend run.
10 lb 5 oz steel (one big catalytic converter shield, and a nice 1/4" socket extension in addition to the regular scrap)
1 lb 13 oz wheel weights
5 oz copper/brass
2 lb pop cans
1 nickel
2 dimes
8 pennies
1 car wash token
2013 running total
138 lb 14 oz steel
20 lb 8 oz pop cans
24 lb wheel weights
10 lb 6 oz copper/brass
1 lb 13 oz aluminum
$5.85 cash
6 golf balls
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Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:53 pm
by CrazyTom
Spent some time in the woods shooting. There was a shot up piece of steel there and I forgot to bring it home. I must be slipping.......
5 lb 1 oz steel
14 oz cans
2 oz aluminum
2 oz copper/brass
12 oz wheel weights
1 nickle
2 dimes
4 pennies
1 golf ball
2013 running total
143 lb 15 oz steel
21 lb 6 oz pop cans
24 lb 12 oz wheel weights
10 lb 8 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
$6.14 cash
7 golf balls
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Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:53 pm
by CrazyTom
Its now 110 degrees here. Did you think this might stop me from getting the free metal? NO!
But, the stuff is very hot to the touch.
8 lb 2 oz steel
13 oz pop cans
1 lb 3 oz wheel weights
1 quarter
1 dime
4 pennies
2013 running total
152 lb 1 oz steel
22 lb 3 oz pop cans
25 lb 15 oz wheel weights
10 lb 8 oz copper/brass
1 lb 15 oz aluminum
$6.53 cash
7 golf balls
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Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:29 am
by CrazyTom
Nothing better than free metal on Father's Day!
4 lb 15 oz steel
1 lb 6 oz cans
1 lb 5 oz wheel weights
7 oz brass/copper
3 oz aluminum
1 dime
6 pennies
1 smashed cell phone
1 Toyota electronic key fob
2013 running total
157 lb steel
23 lb 9 oz pop cans
27 lb 4 oz wheel weights
10 lb 15 oz copper/brass
2 lb 2 oz aluminum
$6.69 cash
7 golf balls
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:27 am
by CrazyTom
This was the weekend for golf balls.
15 oz pop cans
6 lb 6 oz steel
14 oz wheel weights
2 oz copper/brass
5 oz aluminum
3 nickels
1 dime
11 pennies
6 golf balls
2013 running total
163 lb 6 oz steel
24 lb 8 oz pop cans
28 lb 2 oz wheel weights
11 lb 1 oz copper/brass
2 lb 7 oz aluminum
$7.05 cash
13 golf balls
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:36 pm
by CrazyTom
It's 116 degrees here folks. No ride on Saturday due to work
but Old Faithful Sunday came through.
8 oz pop cans
2 lb 12 oz steel
1 lb 13 oz wheel weights
1 oz copper/brass
2 quarters
1 dime
1 nickel
5 pennies
2013 running total
166 lb 2 oz steel
25 lb pop cans
29 lb 15 oz wheel weights
11 lb 2 oz copper/brass
2 lb 7 oz aluminum
$7.75 cash
13 golf balls
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Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:19 pm
by AGgressive Metal
I finally found some lead wheel weights - you seem to find them all the time but for me its like hunting an endangered species for some reason, haha.
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Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:52 pm
by CrazyTom
Some holiday miles added to the weigh.
2 lb 14 oz cans
7 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb 13 oz tire weights
1 oz brass keys
2 oz aluminum
1 nickel
6 pennies
5 golf balls
1 live .223 round (not my first found live ammo)
2013 running total
173 lb 15 oz steel
27 lb 14 oz pop cans
31 lb 12 oz wheel weights
11 lb 3 oz copper/brass
2 lb 9 oz aluminum
$7.86 cash
18 golf balls
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Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:53 pm
by CrazyTom
AGgressive Metal wrote:I finally found some lead wheel weights - you seem to find them all the time but for me its like hunting an endangered species for some reason, haha.
It's all in the miles and the amount of traffic. I've been getting steel, zinc, and lead.
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Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:31 am
by Treetop
This thread is great crazytom!
Re: A Pound of Metal Per Mile 2013
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Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:08 pm
by CrazyTom
Thanks Treetop! It does have some kind of appeal to the scrounge in all of us!
Not too many miles again due to work. But, I found a working smart phone (the second working one in addition
to many smashed ones). I went through the call log and found "Mom". Called Mom with it and she was grateful.
Also found a nice Snapon 3/8 wrench (weighed but not junked!)
1 lb 9 oz pop cans
2 lb 8 oz steel
11 oz wheel weights
1 oz copper wire
1 nickel
1 dime
5 pennies
1 golf ball
2013 running total
175 lb 8 oz steel
29 lb 7 oz pop cans
32 lb 7 oz wheel weights
11 lb 4 oz copper/brass
2 lb 9 oz aluminum
$8.06 cash
19 golf balls
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Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:53 pm
by hobo finds
"Called Mom with it and she was grateful." I do the same in hopes that one day when I lose mine I get a call
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