So what do you do with all the "stuff" you dig?

[smokeythecat]

Scrap unidentifiable iron and aluminum goes back in a trash receptacle. Non silver coins go in a quart mason jar, filled up one already this year. Silver junk coins go in a little mug, Jewelry goes in zippy bags, and eventually in a safe deposit box as well as anything else valuable, which occasionally happens. CW or other historic items in riker mounts by site. Good quality coins, in individual holders. I don't find much of those. Big iron CW by site in small plastic tubs. Lead sinkers I either give back to fishermen I walk by or go in a jug. Don't know what to do with them yet. Got about 10 pounds.

 

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[Slingshot]

Just a heads up for others who are melting those big sinkers for bullet casting - many contain zinc, which will ruin all the lead in your pot, corrode your molds, and cause your casts not to fill out...

 

[Underwonder]

Great question! So far (2 years) I am keeping a log book of locations and finds, take a dated photo and keep that in a binder. I have kept most finds except trash. Finds are organized in baggies: pennies, zincolns, nickels, dimes, quarters, old coins...each bagged separately with notes, foreign coins, tokens, musket balls, bullets, fishing weights/lures dog tags, jewelry, odd/unusual pieces, even a baggie of pull tabs as many are historical.....Some larger baggies have items from particular sites to keep them together....especially if it seems historical...for future donation. A box is getting full of various metal to hopefully recycle. I have a box of interesting iron pieces that could be made into interesting art ...someday . Much of it lives on my counter and hall and is in the way...Still figuring that out. Thanks to all for sharing.

 

[Xraywolf]

Stuff that really has no value but is too good to throw away [and that is a wide group of objects from keys to horseshoes to model cars to chucky cheese tokens and a whole lot more] I save in a big plastic bin that is literally overflowing as we speak.
When I croak it will probably be tossed out to the curb 1st garbage night.