BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
I made my yearly recycling run and FOUND a nice rebate!
Bid a fond farewell to the junk bin, after looking through it for one final time:
I had saved some of the lead I dug during the year, but probably only half of it. At 40 cents a pound, that was still ten bucks.
I want to underscore several things.
First off, recycling pays.
Second, I have seen diggers who immediately toss everything that isn't immediately recognizable as a keeper. Bad practice! Keeping a junk bin around for a year helps us to at least have a chance at recovering something valuable---and more importantly, it forces us to clean up all the junk and investigate it! My oldest coin--1722!!--came from brass destined for the junk bin. Of course, in the process of cleaning it up and investigating I found it.
Third, even the small items add up in weight. Think pack rivets are inconsequential? I am assuming they are brass, though they sure read high I haven't scraped one yet to see if it is copper. I have been saving them for two years now, and I probably have 6-8 pounds! GIANT peanut butter jar, filled to the brim. So from now on, even the little lead scraps that arent flint wrappers or musketballs are going in the lead bin.
So...what did I do with the cash? Spent it on MDing gear, of course.
Brand new handmade MDing hat, mesh top and wide brim (sorry CRUSADER. Getting ready to retire the floppy hat. 
). Also got a new pair of MDing sunglasses to replace my broken pair and a new pair of muck boots (my last muck boots were bought in the mid 1990s, and they are shot! 
).
Happy Hunting to All,
Buck
I made my yearly recycling run and FOUND a nice rebate!
Bid a fond farewell to the junk bin, after looking through it for one final time:
I had saved some of the lead I dug during the year, but probably only half of it. At 40 cents a pound, that was still ten bucks.
I want to underscore several things.
First off, recycling pays.
Second, I have seen diggers who immediately toss everything that isn't immediately recognizable as a keeper. Bad practice! Keeping a junk bin around for a year helps us to at least have a chance at recovering something valuable---and more importantly, it forces us to clean up all the junk and investigate it! My oldest coin--1722!!--came from brass destined for the junk bin. Of course, in the process of cleaning it up and investigating I found it.
Third, even the small items add up in weight. Think pack rivets are inconsequential? I am assuming they are brass, though they sure read high I haven't scraped one yet to see if it is copper. I have been saving them for two years now, and I probably have 6-8 pounds! GIANT peanut butter jar, filled to the brim. So from now on, even the little lead scraps that arent flint wrappers or musketballs are going in the lead bin.
So...what did I do with the cash? Spent it on MDing gear, of course.
Brand new handmade MDing hat, mesh top and wide brim (sorry CRUSADER. Getting ready to retire the floppy hat. ). Also got a new pair of MDing sunglasses to replace my broken pair and a new pair of muck boots (my last muck boots were bought in the mid 1990s, and they are shot! ). Happy Hunting to All,
Buck
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