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While everyone else was sleeping off the effects of last night I was up and out the door early.
Started out nicely with large chunks of steel from a broken leaf spring!

11 lb 12 oz steel
11 oz pop cans
7 oz tire weights
1 oz copper wire

3 pennies

Good luck to all you scavengers, scrappers, and hunters this year!

Best wishes in 2014 Tom. I look forward to following your finds this year.

Weekend house maintenance left me with one ride. In Arizona we paint the house
in January. In the summer the paint dries on the brush.

12 oz pop cans
4 lb 8 oz steel (another one of those foundation form spikes)
13 oz aluminum
1 oz tire weights
1 lb 9 oz copper wire


2014 totals

16 lb 4 oz steel
1 lb 7 oz pop cans
8 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
13 oz aluminum

.3 cash

A little is better than none.

12 oz pop cans
14 oz steel. Found a 1/4" drive articulating socket extension, going in the tool box.
5 oz tire weights

2 dimes
4 pennies



2014 totals

17 lb 2 oz steel
2 lb 3 oz pop cans
13 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
13 oz aluminum

.27 cash

A typical weekend haul.

15 oz pop cans
6 lb 7 oz steel (two short pieces of rebar and a bonus 13mm socket)
9 oz tire weights
1 oz aluminum

4 pennies
1 dime


2014 totals

25 lb 9 oz steel
3 lb 2 oz pop cans
1 lb 6 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
14 oz aluminum

.41 cash

I still enjoy reading this thread. .. just wanted to let you know. Keep up the good work!

Thanks Pam! I do think of my readers whenever I ride and I do try to make sure
I get some miles in no matter what.

This weekend I generated some of my own scrap doing house repairs, but it don't count!
Sunday was Old Faithful....

3 lb 9 oz steel
6 oz pop cans
1 oz tire weight

1 penny


2014 totals

29 lb 9 oz steel
3 lb 8 oz pop cans
1 lb 7 oz tire weights
1 lb 10 oz copper wire
14 oz aluminum

.42 cash

Rather than sit around watching endless Super Bowl pregame baloney
I went out after the prize of free metal.

2 lb 1 oz steel (got a nice 1/4 drive socket extension, now safe in the tool kit)
10 oz pop cans
13 oz tire weights
1 oz copper (a smashed pipe 90 elbow)

6 pennies
2 quarters
2 nickels
1 dime

2014 totals

31 lb 10 oz steel
4 lb 2 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz tire weights
1 lb 11 oz copper
14 oz aluminum

$1.18 cash

As a rock hound also I love leaf spring ends as they work better than chisels You can buy as they hold a tip better can't remember if you are in AZ or not. I'm in Quartzsite AZ now but will return to Junction City, Oregon end of Feb. Would do a flat rate box deal if they would fit 3 or 4 pieces. Only need 5 to 10 inch chunks if they are the tapered ends, far better than scrap price

Rosco wrote:As a rock hound also I love leaf spring ends as they work better than chisels You can buy as they hold a tip better can't remember if you are in AZ or not. I'm in Quartzsite AZ now but will return to Junction City, Oregon end of Feb. Would do a flat rate box deal if they would fit 3 or 4 pieces. Only need 5 to 10 inch chunks if they are the tapered ends, far better than scrap price

Very sorry to report that I scrapped them before your message!

However, any more I find shall be yours!

Was out of town most of the weekend. Even so, I grabbed a bolt from the street
where I was visiting, but it don't count. Sunday always come through...

15 oz pop cans
5 lb 4 oz steel
1 oz copper wire
2 oz aluminum

1 quarter


2014 totals

36 lb 14 oz steel
5 lb 1 oz pop cans
2 lb 4 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

$1.43 cash

A little is better than none....

1 lb 8 oz steel
12 oz pop cans
2 oz tire weights

3 pennies
1 nickel

1 golf ball



2014 totals

38 lb 6 oz steel
5 lb 13 oz pop cans
2 lb 6 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.51 cash

So I guess you answered my question in a previous post... but I will just ask anyway,.

How often do you go to the scrap yard?

OtusLotus wrote:So I guess you answered my question in a previous post... but I will just ask anyway,.

How often do you go to the scrap yard?

I went this morning, but the majority is stuff from work.
My road scraps are like free gas money to get there.

My yearly average of scrap is around $1000

Just Sunday Old Faithful......

13 oz pop cans
2 lb 12 oz steel
5 oz tire weights

1 quarter
1 nickel
2 pennies



2014 totals

41 lb 2 oz steel
6 lb 10 oz pop cans
2 lb 11 oz tire weights
1 lb 12 oz copper
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.83 cash

A very wet weekend here in Arizona....

10 oz pop cans
4 lb steel ( a nice 1/2" socket, 3/8" drive )
1 oz brass
3 oz tire weights



2014 totals

45 lb 2 oz steel
7 lb 4 oz pop cans
2 lb 14 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$1.83 cash

This morning I spotted a dollar bill tightly rolled up like a straw. The center had residue of God-knows-what
and it looked like something was snorted through it.

Additionally, I continue to find dozens of the little N2O steel cartridges. They are used by brainless morons in their
cars to get high.

America, what a country.................


3 lb 1 oz steel
11 oz pop cans
7 oz tire weights

1 dollar
8 pennies
2 dimes




2014 totals

48 lb 3 oz steel
7 lb 15 oz pop cans
3 lb 5 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

1 golf ball

$3.11 cash

Tom, it looks like you will be able to start selling socket sets. I can't believe you have found 4 pieces so far this year. Keep up the search. BTW, I found a handful of wheel weights myself this week!

Around this time of year, everyone is throwing everything out? Do you search these piles and add them to your list?

OtusLotus wrote:Around this time of year, everyone is throwing everything out? Do you search these piles and add them to your list?

In Arizona its a bit different. Since the winter weather really isn't winter, there isn't much spring cleaning.

However, I do keep a lookout for large items and will go back later in the truck if it is worth it.

A weekend that's more like it!

1 lb 6 oz cans
3 lb 15 oz steel (and a 14mm socket)
4 oz wheel weights

2 golf balls

1 dime
2 nickels
12 pennies


2014 totals

52 lb 2 oz steel
9 lb 5 oz pop cans
3 lb 9 oz tire weights
1 lb 13 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum

3 golf balls

$3.43 cash

I was walking in a parking lot, looked down, and saw a wheel weight!

I was like whoa! Where's Tom!

OtusLotus wrote:I was walking in a parking lot, looked down, and saw a wheel weight!

I was like whoa! Where's Tom!

The one that got away!

A nice warm weekend in Arizona. In my steel count I found 36 of those
steel N2O cartridges (and noticed two empty cardboard boxes they came in.) Jerks!
Also got a 3/8" short ratchet extension and an 8MM socket (going in the tool box).

12 oz pop cans
7 lb 8 oz steel
3 oz tire weights
2 oz copper/brass

6 pennies
1 quarter
1 nickel

1 smashed cell phone

1 golf ball



2014 totals

59 lb 10 oz steel
10 lb 1 oz pop cans
3 lb 12 oz tire weights
1 lb 15 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum
1 cell phone

4 golf balls

$3.79 cash

Had to work overtime Saturday ( managed to grab some cans from the trash, but they don't count!)
Sunday brought

11 lb steel (a tossed out For Sale sign). Got a Kobalt 7/16 socket
8 oz pop cans
5 oz wheel weights

3 pennies
1 dime


2014 totals

70 lb 10 oz steel
10 lb 9 oz pop cans
4 lb 1 oz tire weights
1 lb 15 oz copper/brass
1 lb aluminum
1 cell phone

4 golf balls

$3.92 cash