Proper Disbursement of Finds. What Do You Do?

[MadPixelPusher]

I imagine the professional hunters here must acquire large quantities of various trinkets during the course of the year. First year out and already I’m starting to amass quite the collection myself. So, this raises the question “What do you do with it?” For example:

Bottle caps – Easy, bottle cap artists (know 2 of them requesting caps)
Costume (junk) Jewelry - This has to be worth something to somebody right?
Fishing Weights - Go to? Scrap yard? Fishermen?
Functioning Cigarette lighters - These don’t help when you are trying to quit!
Modern clad - Deposited of course.
Tent stakes - Go to? Scrap yard? Are they even worth anything?
Tokens - Is it worth the time to sell to collectors? Donate?
Toy matchbox cars - Is it worth the time to sell to collectors? Donate?

Not to mention eyeglasses, spoons, knives, forks, pens, keys, ear buds, and Allen wrenches thus far. I presume the pro keeps their favorite hunting grounds clear of the trash mask so they can punch through and recover those fast sinking rings and things. So just what to do with it all?

 

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[bigscoop]

If it's not gold or silver or unique in some other way then it either gets given away or trashed. Heck, when I had women around the house, including the boy's girlfriends, even the gold and silver jewelry had a tendency go that way.

 

[beckleeson]

I see costume jewelry buyers on the Craigslist Wanted section all the time! I scrap all the other trash! Leads .50 lb but I keep any good ones because I fish!