A Pound of Metal per Mile 2022

[CrazyTom]

Been taking small stabs at it this January of 2022.

6 oz cans
6 oz steel
2 oz tire weights

4 quarters
8 dimes
1 nickel
17 pennies

22 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

What do you do with a day off? Go get some road treasure! Got my first tool of the year, a 10mm combination wrench for the tool box.
Also got a hefty aluminum yoke that looks like a tie down point for a boat or large truck.
Hit some roads I haven't been on for a while and cleaned up considerable tire weights along with smashed copper pipe.

1 oz cans
12 oz tire weights
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass
2 lb 2 oz steel

1 penny

7 golf balls


2022 totals

7 oz cans
14 oz tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$1.98 cash

29 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

What do you do with a day off? Go get some road treasure! Got my first tool of the year, a 10mm combination wrench for the tool box.
Also got a hefty aluminum yoke that looks like a tie down point for a boat or large truck.
Hit some roads I haven't been on for a while and cleaned up considerable tire weights along with smashed copper pipe.

1 oz cans
12 oz tire weights
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass
2 lb 2 oz steel

1 penny

7 golf balls


2022 totals

7 oz cans
14 oz tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$1.98 cash

29 golf balls

Looks like time well spent. On a bicycle today? And are you still packing in the fanny pack when you go out?

[CrazyTom]

What do you do with a day off? Go get some road treasure! Got my first tool of the year, a 10mm combination wrench for the tool box.
Also got a hefty aluminum yoke that looks like a tie down point for a boat or large truck.
Hit some roads I haven't been on for a while and cleaned up considerable tire weights along with smashed copper pipe.

1 oz cans
12 oz tire weights
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass
2 lb 2 oz steel

1 penny

7 golf balls


2022 totals

7 oz cans
14 oz tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$1.98 cash

29 golf balls

Looks like time well spent. On a bicycle today? And are you still packing in the fanny pack when you go out?

Always on the bike. Always packing.

[CrazyTom]

Sometimes the chill of morning dampens the ardor.

3 oz cans

7 dimes
1 nickel
10 pennies


2022 totals

10 oz cans
14 oz tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$2.83 cash

29 golf balls

[fasteddy]

4.5 lbs of misc steel....including a 1"x 8" bolt weighed 1.3 lbs I am glad I found it on my way back and not early in the walk.

[CrazyTom]

Keep the roads clean fasteddy.

I got a 1943 D 35% silver war nickel from a Burger King drive thru, now in the safe.

3 oz cans

2 quarters
11 dimes
3 nickels
15 pennies

5 golf balls



2022 totals

13 oz cans
14 oz tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$4.73 cash

34 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Took a path through some nearby industrial park construction and found two full bags of empty Natural Ice beer cans.
Makes you wonder about the quality of workmanship.....

1 lb 9 oz cans
2 oz tire weights

4 quarters
7 dimes
1 nickel
9 pennies

4 golf balls


2022 totals

2 lb 6 oz cans
1 lb tire weights
2 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
11 oz copper/brass

$6.57 cash

38 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Sometimes it's just too cold to get out early, no matter how many coins I miss.

Got a 13 mm heavy duty socket.

2 lb 5 oz steel
7 oz cans
1 oz copper

2 pennies

3 golf balls



2022 totals

2 lb 13 oz cans
1 lb tire weights
4 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
12 oz copper/brass

$6.59 cash

41 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

9 oz cans
1 oz brass

1 nickel
9 pennies
1 quarter
2 dimes

7 golf balls


2022 totals

3 lb 6 oz cans
1 lb tire weights
4 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
13 oz copper/brass

$7.18 cash

48 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

At 4:30 this morning I was up and getting ready for the hunt. Looking out the front window I saw what looked like two teen girls going from car to car
on the street looking in windows. I was only in shorts so I threw open the door and yelled GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!
They took off like scared rabbits. When I got out on the bike I saw that they must have dropped a full box of gum and a quarter.
So, keep your vehicles locked....

6 oz cans
5 oz tire weights
4 oz steel
1 oz brass

1 quarter, thanks to our would be teen burglars
1 nickel
6 dimes
9 pennies

9 golf balls

2022 totals

3 lb 12 oz cans
1 lb 5 oz tire weights
5 lb 1 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
14 oz copper/brass

$8.17 cash

57 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

I was only in shorts so I threw open the door and yelled GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!

Is this the place where I insert the obligatory remark of: "Pictures, or it didn't happen."?

Tom, you're my hero.

[CrazyTom]

I was only in shorts so I threw open the door and yelled GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!

Is this the place where I insert the obligatory remark of: "Pictures, or it didn't happen."?

Tom, you're my hero.

Next time I'll remember the grab the cellphone......

[CrazyTom]

Been having the weekend OT blues.

5 oz cans
8 oz steel
2 oz tire weights

3 quarters
23 pennies
7 dimes
4 nickels

10 golf balls


2022 totals

4 lb 1 oz cans
1 lb 7 oz tire weights
5 lb 9 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
14 oz copper/brass

$10.05 cash

67 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a 1955D wheat penny in a Taco Hell drive through.

11 oz cans
4 oz steel
2 oz tire weights

31 pennies
2 quarters
3 nickels
5 dimes

4 golf balls


2022 totals

4 lb 12 oz cans
1 lb 9 oz tire weights
5 lb 13 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
14 oz copper/brass

$11.51 cash

71 golf balls

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

Got a 1955D wheat penny in a Taco Hell drive through.

Taco Hell - I agree with you on that one. I much prefer DeltaCo.

[CrazyTom]

Got a nice mini stereo extension jack coiled up and wrapped with a tie.

6 oz cans
9 oz steel
4 oz tire weights

3 quarters
8 dimes
1 nickel
17 pennies

17 golf balls


2022 totals

5 lb 4 oz cans
1 lb 13 oz tire weights
6 lb 6 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
14 oz copper/brass

$13.28 cash

88 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a 1955D wheat penny in a Taco Hell drive through.

Taco Hell - I agree with you on that one. I much prefer DeltaCo.

You know, there does seem to be a difference in the amount of change dropped in different chains.

Arby's tends to be the worst. The window is close enough to the cars to help prevent drops. But I still check!

[CrazyTom]

Took in 156 golf balls to Sunshine Golf ball recycle and got a check for $15.60

8 oz cans
8 oz steel
1 oz tire weight

6 quarters
4 nickels
4 dimes
18 pennies

17 golf balls



2022 totals

5 lb 12 oz cans
1 lb 14 oz tire weights
6 lb 14 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
14 oz copper/brass

$15.56 cash

105 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Some holiday time got me back to a few freeway ramps I haven't been to in a while.

Got three sockets, 7/16, 9/16, 14mm

12 oz cans
6 lb 10 oz steel
4 oz copper/brass
14 oz tire weights

2 quarters
6 dimes
1 nickel
28 pennies

18 golf balls


2022 totals

6 lb 8 oz cans
2 lb 12 oz tire weights
13 lb 8 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
1 lb 12 oz copper/brass

$16.99 cash

123 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a 7/8" Pittsburgh combination wrench. Ebay value averages 10 dollars.

6 oz cans
8 lbs 4 oz steel

3 quarters
1 nickel
11 pennies

9 golf balls


2022 totals

6 lb 14 oz cans
2 lb 12 oz tire weights
21 lb 12 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
1 lb 12 oz copper/brass

$17.90 cash

132 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a ripped $1 bill, more than 50%. At some point I'll take it to a bank to see if I can get a whole one. Until then, I won't count it.
Also got a small Allen wrench.

3 quarters
1 dime
1 nickel
17 pennies

7 oz cans
5 oz steel
1 oz tire weight

15 golf balls



2022 totals

7 lb 5 oz cans
2 lb 13 oz tire weights
22 lb 1 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
1 lb 12 oz copper/brass

$18.97 cash

147 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a nice Dewalt deep 1/2 socket 3/8 drive, a long 1" wood drill bit for getting through walls, and a 1/2 steel drill bit.

9 oz cans
1 lb 14 oz steel
4 oz tire weights

4 quarters
8 dimes
3 nickels
24 pennies

36 golf balls

2022 totals

7 lb 14 oz cans
3 lb 1 oz tire weights
23 lb 15 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
1 lb 12 oz copper/brass

$21.16 cash

183 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Had my biggest loose change haul ever. Got a pocket full of dimes, nickels, and pennies along a 1/2 mile stretch of road.
They were sprinkled along both gutters and down the center. Most of the coins had road rash. My guess is that they may have started
off in a pile and tire strikes began to spread them. Traffic was light in the early hours and I got most of them. Some old gal on her
morning walk saw what I was doing and she decided to get some for herself!!!

Also got a deep 11mm socket and a 1/4 drive short extension.

3 oz cans
4 lb 7 oz steel
5 oz brass

16 nickels
37 dimes
73 pennies

28 golf balls


2022 totals

8 lb 1 oz cans
3 lb 1 oz tire weights
28 lb 6 oz steel
1 lb aluminum
2 lb 1 oz copper/brass

$26.39 cash

211 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

Some kid got angry and busted his piggy bank in the street?