A Pound of Metal per Mile 2016

[CrazyTom]

No work this weekend and back on the road!

11 oz cans

2 dimes
7 pennies

2 golf balls


2016 totals

14 lb 6 oz cans
41 lb 10 oz steel
1 lb 3 oz tire weights
2 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
23 golf balls
$3.74 cash

[CrazyTom]

Its obvious I live in a better part of town based on the can count.

9 oz cans
1 oz tire weights

1 quarter
3 dimes
1 nickel
4 pennies



2016 totals

14 lb 15 oz cans
41 lb 10 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
23 golf balls
$4.38 cash

[hobo finds]

Its obvious I live in a better part of town based on the can count.

9 oz cans
1 oz tire weights

1 quarter
3 dimes
1 nickel
4 pennies



2016 totals

14 lb 15 oz cans
41 lb 10 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
23 golf balls
$4.38 cash

And better golfers as well! LOL

[CrazyTom]

I had a wisdom tooth pulled on Friday morning. Saturday morning I was back at it! How's that for
free metal dedication.

1 lb 9 oz cans

5 dimes
9 pennies


2016 totals

16 lb 8 oz cans
41 lb 10 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
23 golf balls
$4.97 cash

[Rosco]

No report of found Silver yet

[CrazyTom]

No report of found Silver yet

No road silver.

[CrazyTom]

Just some drive thru change, but I wanted to report it!

2 quarters
2 dimes
2 nickels


2016 totals

16 lb 8 oz cans
41 lb 10 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 3 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
23 golf balls
$5.77 cash

[plus1hdcp]

It is a shame people treat a cell phone as a disposable commodity. I have to assume they were tossed out the window but I guess they could have been left on the bumper or something. Is there any value in the cell phones which I would think are broken?

[Dr. Cadmium]

Tom, you do save your wire, right? I find a lot of insulated wire on the side of the road, particularly parts of wiring harness, phone chargers and headphones.

Is there any value in the cell phones which I would think are broken?

Yes, they are a scrap item, and so are the batteries. For most people it takes a lot of time and work to accumulate a decent amount.

[CrazyTom]

It is a shame people treat a cell phone as a disposable commodity. I have to assume they were tossed out the window but I guess they could have been left on the bumper or something. Is there any value in the cell phones which I would think are broken?

Some yards treat them as electronic scrap.

[CrazyTom]

Tom, you do save your wire, right? I find a lot of insulated wire on the side of the road, particularly parts of wiring harness, phone chargers and headphones.

Is there any value in the cell phones which I would think are broken?

Yes, they are a scrap item, and so are the batteries. For most people it takes a lot of time and work to accumulate a decent amount.

I save every scrap of wire and I have found the harnesses you see.

[CrazyTom]

More time on the road means more metal!

1 lb 4 oz cans
6 lb 9 oz steel
2 oz thermostat copper wire

1 dime

1 golf ball



2016 totals

17 lb 12 oz cans
48 lb 3 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 5 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
2 cell phones
24 golf balls
$5.87 cash

[CrazyTom]

Time to give thanks for a little more metal!

13 oz cans
1 lb 12 oz steel
8 oz wire

3 dimes
2 pennies

1 broken cell phone

1 golf ball


2016 totals

18 lb 9 oz cans
49 lb 15 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
3 cell phones
25 golf balls
$6.19 cash

[CrazyTom]

I must be the only bum in the area. When I cover some old ground the can count goes up.
Nobody else is getting them!

1 lb 14 oz cans
13 oz steel

1 dime


2016 totals

20 lb 7 oz cans
50 lb 12 oz steel
1 lb 4 oz tire weights
2 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 oz aluminum
3 cell phones
25 golf balls
$6.29 cash

[Sanford02]

Are you going to start a 2017 thread?