Ingot of Something, Perhaps????

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Hey guys! I found this on a good md'ing day with my buddy Mike. He found his first mercury with his current rig and we collectively found over 100 coins.

I found this ingot? It registered in the silver range, but I have no clue what it is? It has the number "40" listed twice and a figure in the middle. The bottom of the"ingot" looks to be cut/trimmed/whatever. Any ideas?

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I think its lead.
The National Lead Co. manufactured more than just lead for the plumbing and roofing/tinning (most old-time plumbers were tinners) industry. The company also produced a line of lead paints using the finest white lead process known as the Dutch method and in 1906 it was hoping to come up with a symbol.

Artist Rudolph Yook came up with the Dutch boy theme in a series of sketches that were refined by portrait artist Lawrence Earle in 1907. Earle was passing through his neighborhood in New Jersey when he spied Michael Brady, a young Irish lad, playing in a yard and knew immediately that his search for a model was over!

Arrangements were made: wooden shoes, blue coveralls and the cap were purchased, and Michael was asked to wear them for a few days so they'd look natural on him. His playmates had great

fun at his expense until they discovered he was being paid the princely sum of $2 per day, which in 1907 bought great gobs of candy and soda pop for him and his friends. He consumed so much himself that, by the third day, he became ill and the family doctor was summoned to diagnose a mysterious stomach ailment!

The National Lead Co.'s offices were located at 111 Broadway in New York.
Michael E. Brady was so awestruck by the experience that he grew up to become a famous political cartoonist who was published in the Brooklyn Eagle. And that's how a young Irish lad became the Little Dutch Boy we saw stamped on our bar solder and that you'll still find on Dutch Boy products.
 

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Old lead and solder is worth money. I believe its worth as much as silver.
 

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No joke. Someone on an earlier post a month or two ago, said that old lead is valuable to the electronics industry. It has less radiation or something. I will try to find it. Search lead sheathing. It has to be at least 60 yrs. old.
 

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bigcypresshunter said:
No joke. Someone on an earlier post a month or two ago, said that old lead is valuable to the electronics industry. It has less radiation or something. I will try to find it. Search lead sheathing. It has to be at least 60 yrs. old.
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Yes please find it...because if thats true, The Seeker in New York is also going to be very rich off all those lead spoons he find! ;)
 

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I've been told that lead mined pre 1945, sells for around $13 per oz. It's called low-alpha lead, and is used in electronic soldering. Google "low-alpha lead" for more info. Here's one interesting link.

http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/879.html




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Here's another link that quotes prices. If you scroll down to Table 4, it shows the price per lb. depending on alpha emission rates.

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...f++"low+alpha+lead"&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=20
 

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The first link came up for me. It is interesting.
The second(last) did not. That sometimes happens when its old, I guess. Remember, I just learned the computer, actually still learning. :D
 

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You could do like me and cast all the lead bits and wheel wieghts you find into bars. I have about 150 pounds of cast lead bars and about 100 pounds of aluminum bars. They're not worth much but they look neat and are fun to show to people.
 

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cedarratt said:
You could do like me and cast all the lead bits and wheel wieghts you find into bars. I have about 150 pounds of cast lead bars and about 100 pounds of aluminum bars. They're not worth much but they look neat and are fun to show to people.
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Separate any known old lead. (low-alpha lead)
 

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cedarratt said:
You could do like me and cast all the lead bits and wheel wieghts you find into bars. I have about 150 pounds of cast lead bars and about 100 pounds of aluminum bars. They're not worth much but they look neat and are fun to show to people.
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I'm working on a process I discovered in an old book by Fulcanelli to turn my lead bars into gold. ;D
 

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I have a huge amount of lead from old diving weights. My local scrap buyer pays only $0.10 a pound. Not worth loading into the truck.
I do however have about 100lbs of old lead solder I removed from computers. This lead has silver mixed in.
The QUESTION is how to tell the difference between old lead and new lead?
Peg Leg
 

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I find this quite interesting.
I do building and remodeling and quite often tear out old cast iron drain and waste pipes. They are well over 60 years old. The joints were sealed together with lead.
Would it be a hazard to dig or melt this lead out of the joints?
I also know some old timers who were plumbers and tinners. It is possible they may have some of this old lead tucked away in their barn or shop
If a bar is 40% tin does it have to be melted and separated some way?
Would a $13.00 per ounce mean for only the pure lead content?
There are old small abandoned lead mines in my area, would it be a good idea to check these out and find out about mining on a small scale?
I'm looking for anymore information or advice about this subject.
Thanks to a great and knowledgeable bunch of people in this forum. I enjoy reading it all the time. Clayton
 

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