A Pound of Metal per Mile 2024

[CrazyTom]

At it again for another year. Just can't help myself from the metal mania.

Got a Milwaukee extended driver for 1/4" self tapping screws, for the tool box.

11 oz cans
2 oz steel
3 oz brass

3 quarters
8 dimes
2 nickels
22 pennies
($1.87)

15 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Inclement weather and overtime in the way again, but what is Super about today is getting out on the road.

7 oz cans
1 oz tire weight

3 quarters
6 dimes
4 nickels
20 pennies

21 golf balls



2024 totals

1 lb 2 oz cans
2 oz steel
3 oz brass
1 oz tire weights

$3.62 cash

36 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Cashed in a batch of golf balls and got a check for $53. And discovered that "ProV" balls are worth 25 cents instead of the standard 10 cents.

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

1 quarter
2 dimes
7 pennies

6 golf balls



2024 totals

2 lb 0 oz cans
1 lb 14 oz steel
6 oz copper/brass
3 oz tire weights

$4.14 cash

42 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a 1956D wheat penny.

11 oz steel
2 oz tire weights
4 oz cans

2 quarters
4 dimes
16 pennies

8 golf balls



2024 totals

2 lb 4 oz cans
2 lb 9 oz steel
6 oz copper/brass
5 oz tire weights

$5.20 cash

50 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got another ProV ball. They go in a separate bag.....

1 lb 1 oz cans
1 lb 5 oz steel

1 quarter
5 dimes
13 pennies

10 golf balls


2024 totals

3 lb 5 oz cans
3 lb 14 oz steel
6 oz copper/brass
5 oz tire weights

$6.08 cash

60 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got four $1 FRNs crumpled up in a ball.
Got a 5/16" nut driver and an 11 MM deep socket for the tool box.

And my daughter and son-in-law got me a golf ball grabber on a 10 ft telescoping pole. Awesome!

11 oz steel
8 oz cans
3 oz tire weights
1 oz copper/brass

$4.00
2 dimes
1 penny

18 golf balls



2024 totals

3 lb 13 oz cans
4 lb 9 oz steel
7 oz copper/brass
8 oz tire weights

$10.29 cash

78 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

The golf balls are trying to mount a comeback on the coins

6 oz cans
4 lb 9 oz steel
3 oz copper

1 quarter
7 dimes
3 nickels
29 pennies

18 golf balls


2024 totals

4 lb 3 oz cans
9 lb 4 oz steel
10 oz copper/brass
8 oz tire weights

$11.68 cash

96 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a nice 8" crescent adjustable wrench for the tool box.
And an Easter egg color golf ball is always fun on Easter weekend. Unfortunately, six of the balls are "range" balls
that don't pay anything. But I can still give them away.

7 oz cans
11 oz steel

1 quarter
2 dimes
2 nickels
9 pennies

16 golf balls




2024 totals

4 lb 10 oz cans
9 lb 15 oz steel
10 oz copper/brass
8 oz tire weights

$12.32 cash

112 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

The coins and the golf balls running neck and neck...

7 oz cans
1 oz tire weights

4 quarters
10 dimes
1 nickel
43 pennies

24 golf balls



2024 totals

5 lb 1 oz cans
9 lb 15 oz steel
10 oz copper/brass
9 oz tire weights

$14.80 cash

136 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got a $1 FRN in a Filiberto's drivethru (I call it Filthyberto's, I'll never eat there).

And driving to the store with the wife I spied a golf ball on the side of the road.
I started to pull over and asked her to jump out and get it since there were no other cars around.
The resounding answer was NO!. Of course, going back this morning on the bike to check and...it was gone.
Such are my frustrations.

And the battle royale between the cash and the golf balls rages on.

1 lb 1 oz cans
1 lb 4 oz steel

$1 FRN
7 quarters
2 dimes
1 nickel
13 pennies

30 golf balls




2024 totals

6 lb 2 oz cans
11 lb 3 oz steel
10 oz copper/brass
9 oz tire weights

$17.93 cash

166 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

Love the running commentary. Your wife sounds like mine...I call her my silent ninja assassin of death. And she is, with a mere look I am slayed.

I have a neighbor name Filiberto. Never been in his house, but his yard is immaculate.

[CrazyTom]

More tools! Got a 3/8 short socket extension drive and a 5/16 socket 1/4 drive for the tool box.

1 lb cans
5 oz steel
3 oz tire weights

2 quarters
5 dimes
2 nickels
19 pennies

57 golf balls




2024 totals

7 lb 2 oz cans
11 lb 8 oz steel
10 oz copper/brass
12 oz tire weights

$19.32 cash

223 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

57 golf balls?!?! Seems like a lot, but then I recall that I used to lose twice that many in one round of golf. Glad I gave up that sport for gentlemen. Fore!!!

[CrazyTom]

I noted that the golf course had hole pins with an American flag on top this Memorial Day.....

1 lb 3 oz cans
2 oz copper
1 oz tire weight

2 quarters
4 dimes
12 pennies

51 golf balls





2024 totals

8 lb 5 oz cans
11 lb 8 oz steel
12 oz copper/brass
13 oz tire weights

$20.34 cash

274 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

A big overtime weekend cut into the scavenging, but I got a DeWalt 11mm deep socket for the tool box.

14 oz cans
1 oz brass/copper
4 oz steel
1 oz tire weight

4 quarters
3 dimes
7 pennies

53 golf balls




2024 totals

9 lb 3 oz cans
11 lb 12 oz steel
13 oz copper/brass
14 oz tire weights

$21.71 cash

327 golf balls

[Dr. Cadmium]

Nice work Tom! I'm curious how you found your golf ball buyer - are they a local business? I see businesses advertising online but they require lots of several thousand balls to fill an order. At your impressive rate it will still take several years to have enough!

[CrazyTom]

Nice work Tom! I'm curious how you found your golf ball buyer - are they a local business? I see businesses advertising online but they require lots of several thousand balls to fill an order. At your impressive rate it will still take several years to have enough!

Well good Dr., my golf ball recycler is just down the road. You can search them as Sunshine Golf Ball recycler Mesa Az.
I now have a large separate collection of "ProV" balls that fetch 25 cents each. I wait until I have at least 500 balls or so
and they buy them.

[CrazyTom]

Got a 3/16 allen wrench for the tool box.

And the golf ball value is taking a commanding lead.

8 oz cans
1 lb 4 oz steel
3 oz tire weights

4 quarters
4 dimes
1 nickel
12 pennies

48 golf balls



2024 totals

9 lb 11 oz cans
13 lb steel
13 oz copper/brass
1 lb 1 oz tire weights

$23.28 cash

375 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Nothing worse than finding a golf ball that is split open....

10 oz cans
3 oz tire weights
13 oz steel

2 quarters
8 dimes
3 nickels
15 pennies

53 golf balls



2024 totals

10 lb 5 oz cans
13 lb 13 oz steel
13 oz copper/brass
1 lb 4 oz tire weights

$24.88 cash

428 golf balls

[CrazyTom]

Got two 13mm sockets, 1/4 and 3/8 drive.

10 oz cans
12 oz steel
3 oz brass

2 quarters
4 dimes
13 pennies

47 golf balls



2024 totals

10 lb 15 oz cans
14 lb 9 oz steel
1 lb copper/brass
1 lb 4 oz tire weights

$25.91 cash

475 golf balls

[shinnosuke]

Double 13?! Sounds like really bad luck...but that seems to be countered by the power of 47 (golf balls), the atomic number of Ag. Keep searching!

[Robarons]

Keep it up. Love to see the totals keep going up.

[Dr. Cadmium]

Tom, I'm impressed with the number of tools you find in your travels, especially sockets! Do you think they bounce out of the back of pickup trucks?

[CrazyTom]

Tom, I'm impressed with the number of tools you find in your travels, especially sockets! Do you think they bounce out of the back of pickup trucks?

I have a feeling they are dropped inside motor enclosures and they shake loose later on the road.

[CrazyTom]

Sold a batch of balls and got a check for $52.55, then had to drop $162 on a rear wheel, 7-gear assembly, and new chain.

11 oz cans
2 oz tire weights

$1.00 FRN
2 quarters
1 dime
8 pennies

38 golf balls


2024 totals

11 lb 10 oz cans
14 lb 9 oz steel
1 lb copper/brass
1 lb 6 oz tire weights

$27.59 cash

513 golf balls