Finding Lead (Sources) All Over

[@nycreloader]

As a scuba diver I find lead underwater all the time. From lead sinkers to other divers losing their weight belts. I also cut out the lead from sail boat keels that are sunken. It’s an endless supply of the stuff for me here on the east coast. The dive boat captains hate it when I bring up a couple hundred pounds of lead up but I make sure to make it worth their while.

[@JohnSmith-kg5dv]

We used to melt lead from our tooth paste tubes to make fishing sinkers. I know I am dating myself but a lot of people do not know about the lead tooth paste tubes. I have made it to 76 and still kicking..

[@elvisammo]

That's a good one John! Lead toothpaste tubes! We are still alive...! I really think I've used those myself... Didn't think of it as a resource back then! : )

[@johnwunder3521]

remember Kent cigs with the micronite filters? asbestos

[@michaelpriest6242]

The thin sheets of lead used in toothpaste tubes also worked well as a wrap-around sinker. No melting required!

[@michaelpriest6242]

@@johnwunder3521 I didn't know about it being asbestos, but I can hear the jingle in my memory's ear. "Kent filters best!" SMH!

[@jameskrivitsky9715]

I retired from the phone company which used to have cables that had an outer sheath made of lead. The splices were wrapped with a lead sleeve that ranged from 20 inch diameter down to 1 inch tubes. It was customarily found in manholes as well as cable splices in older building and near the telephone poles . So some cable and construction yards will still have a LEAD scrap bin next to the copper recycle bins. J K

[@danieldavis1460]

Old cast nets used to catch bait for fishing have lead weights around the bottom of them.

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

I had to laugh..."It don't matter what you tell 'em, just get their lead" Yup. That's how you do it! You can also tell them that you make fishing jigs or lures with it.

[@FortuneCookie45LC]

EA - You've got it all covered except for radiation shielding and containers for radioisotopes (those would be dangerous if there was any left over radioisotopes on the lead though). Just think - we used lead in our water pipes all the way into the 60s, and we can still find lead water pipes in scrap yards today...plumbers used to keep melted lead going all the time in their shops. Lead was everywhere - in water pipes, gasoline, roofs, printing industry, paint, glass, cosmetics, pewter, electronics, solder. Amazing that people weren't dropping dead everywhere, plus the following generations all adversely affected to include us today. And we used asbestos in our kitchens, ceilings, insulation, even firefighter suits, welding. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to ya, FC Steve

[@elvisammo]

Hey Mr Fortune Cookie! What all that tells me is HUMANS ARE TOUGH! : ) Mad Hatters..... Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful Family! : )

[@alexsurma108]

I love this guys intro. Such a happy sounding “hey, hey guys”

[@drsanchez93]

“It don’t matter what you tell em, just get some Lead” 😂😂🤙🏽

[@stephensexton5572]

Let's not forget other sources, Lead foil in dental X-rays, radiological sample containers, X-ray equipment, old TV crt tubes, shielding from the walls of an x-ray room in a hospital, terminal posts on lead-acid car batteries( yes yes I know there's some inside the battery too but it's an awful lot of hassle) also don't forget semi trucks have some very large wheel weights. Also Babbitt bearings and old lead hammers, printers linotype, and even shooting range scrap

[@archersfriend]

When I was a child in the late 40's and early 50's, I think the tooth paste tubes were lead.

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

Nope, they were tin. Tin is worth 15 times as much as lead.

[@jungleno.]

Hey Elvis, pewter is between 85 to 99% tin with maybe 2% copper. I use it as tin and add about 2 percent pewter(couple of ounces by eye) to my 20lb melting pot when casting bullets to make the lead fill out the moulds better. It will only add about 1 BHN to your cast bullets. More than 2% tin is overkill. Genuine pewter must have the word "PEWTER" stamped on the bottom. I find pewter pieces at thrift shops and Goodwill stores. Happy casting. Keep your powder dry.

[@JohnSmith-kg5dv]

Jun Glenook

[@jreg0028]

Coming from jersey, I stick with the fishing sinker excuse.

[@elvisammo]

Gottcha.. Attaboy jreg0028! : )

[@boyman6661]

@@elvisammo Thanks for the help bro

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

I just say bullets I like people to know

[@fishkilll4750]

So if your near the coast, go down to jetties, revetments with rocks, boat ramps, you will find an old torn up cast net. lots of lead there.

[@JAM4MORE]

Im headed to pickup 300lbs of roofing lead. Wheel weights are hard to come by around here. Thanks for the tip Elvis.

[@peteralexben]

if you bent tin, it wil make a cracking sound, you can make with tin and pure lead fine bullets 1 tin 10 lead

[@e.fifield9034]

the long pieces that crackles when you bend it is pure tin for sure

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Or zinc, it does that too.

[@jackthesixth9895]

One source I came across today and that I haven't seen anyone talk about is windows! If you ever see a silvery metal in between panes of glass in windows, chances are it's pure lead. Just like in stained glass windows! Keep your eyes open!

[@deandeann1541]

The counterweights in old fashioned sliding windows are sometimes lead too, several pounds per window, one in each side attached to a cord.

[@jefferyboring4410]

Lead glass window are valuable even partial windows I own a antique shop trust me only a :!$’ would melt a lead glass window for scrap!!!

[@michaelpriest6242]

Many years ago, powder manufacturers packed the powder in lead containers. How convenient!

[@EVILDR235]

For many years Chrysler made cars that had tilt steering wheels had a lead weight weighing several pounds under the horn button so the steering wheel would drop easier. Also Ford Crown Victoria's amd simular Mercurys had a tin can on the tailshaft of the transmissions full of lead shot. I worked in a wrecking yard for 32 years and saved several hundred pounds of lead over the years.

[@bravoactual5307]

A box of beer goes a long way for some scrap lead

[@ZERO_42069]

I got 200 lbs of that roofing lead from my days of doing roofing in high school, im glad i didnt let my dad throw it away lol

[@showproja]

Can't beat it for slugs! The "top hats" on vent pipes are my favorite.

[@m1anm]

PURE TIN- WHEN YOU BEND IT, IT WILL MAKE SNAP AND CRACKEL NOISES.

[@thomassutherland9975]

Being a pool man on the left coast, I get some from pool vacuum heads. There’s zinc in there too.

[@e.fifield9034]

roofers usually deal with lead when putting on a new ,like the lead flashing around chimneys and its most pure lead as is can be rolled up its so soft

[@charleswilliams2113]

From looking on the internet those Shawmut fuse links are die cut zinc.

[@elvisammo]

thanks for that.. I didn't even find that charles... that's interesting!

[@jimbasler1054]

Those are TIN anodes...... Used for the process of plating,electrical parts.

[@deandeann1541]

Kaiser ace ,- barging in on someone elses conversation to sell a dishonest product.

[@johnsmith-sp6yl]

​@@deandeann1541 99% sure it's a spam bot, i've seen em' in a bunch of videos. you get filtered for talking guns and ammo but not for shilling malware. thanks youtube.

[@terrywisham9228]

All fuse clips are made of high conductivity tin-plated copper. Is info I got off of web hope this helps 😉

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

Tin is easy to test. It melts at 450 degrees. You can hold a butane lighter under it and it will melt pretty quick. Tin is also a little less bendy. It cracks easier when you bend it.

[@jasonfife2751]

Your videos helped me get into casting. Another source would be indoor shooting ranges. Those traps fill up and the range generally has to pay to have it removed. If you can talk them into it, you can get a lot of lead and possibly save them money.

[@elvisammo]

Yes for sure ... Range scrap is a huge supply of lead ! Happy casting to ya Brother! : )

[@kytrapping5829]

I’m not sure if they can legally give it away now unless it’s an outdoor range you can get into after hours just work with the owners on that

[@misfitsailor]

Tin makes a creaking sound when bent. It melts 170 degrees F before lead, and only weighs 1/4th what lead weighs.

[@lestergillis8171]

They are "fusible links". They fit inside of the cartridge style fuses. Instead of discarding the whole fuse, one would only need to replace the blown link with one of the same rating.

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

I did some research on those "renewable fuse links". It seems that they can be made from several types of metal. I did not see lead or tin listed in any of the types of metal. The closest thing I found was Zinc. Copper and silver plated copper are fairly common materials for them also. I would test the melting points of them to see what you have there.

[@jennbruns8053]

I'm looking for lead to melt into scuba weights! Lol

[@galaxyincubus101]

same

[@gregbetts8057]

I worked for Bell Canada an I got all my lead off old cable sheaths during scraping runs ..

[@Shoota45acp]

I think those straps are labeled 1" denoting the depth of the hardware hole or some other feature of the strap that would be 1 inch.

[@elvisammo]

Ha Ha Ha ... : ) ... That's what Todd Newsome Was trying to say! I'm laughing at my self cause it never occurred to me that it said 1 in. ... goodgollie

[@biggerbehindthetrigger2814]

Sir you are a true scrouger. I have the guy at the range convinced that I make fishing lures and sinkers. I even use a old business card from back in the day when I used to make them. Most ranges won't sell it to you in f they know you are casting bullets. They want you to buy thier ammunition.

[@elvisammo]

Bigger behind the trigger Atkinson ...Yes sir I AM. . thank you very much! ! I got some scrounging skills for sure..... ; )

[@30roundclipazine79]

Elvis. Modern Pewter is about 94% tin with a trace of copper and the rest antimony. I melt my foodware separate from my candle holders since the foodware in the last 100 years doesn't contain lead. (In case I want to sell lead free pewter to offset my costs).

[@elvisammo]

I like dem 30 round clipazines!! : ) ... Nice bit of info there on the foodware and candle holder difference ... That tin is very expensive!

[@30roundclipazine79]

elvis ammo I like em too brother! Thank God we live in free states where any clipazine is ok. Tin sure is pricey! I do my casting with ww like you but hunting for pewter is a fun thing to do! God bless.

[@Thorsaxe777]

Elvis, all good info buddy, another good source, if they will sell it to you is Ship Yards that are in the ship breaking business. ships use hundreds of pounds or tons of Lead for ballast all cut into blocks at about 25-50-100-150 pounds apiece. depending on the HasMat control in the state regulations they may be able to sell it to privet individuals. It's worth looking into. Valeo California was the Home of Mar Island Submarine Base, It closed back in the early 90's, anyway a privet contractor is using the facility now as a breaking yard. Dave.

[@elvisammo]

Yes sir great sources of lead out there just waiting to be discovered! Until i can get this zinc project rolling! : ) thanks thosaxe777!

[@randyslabey1421]

Elvis Did you go to Hatboro Horsham high school?

[@ainokea8916]

Ya as i have scrounge for lead for making salmon cannon ball sinkers ive ran into alot of that tin/lead stuff which can be a pain to melt sometimes and is always dirty

[@jamesgenovese1652]

Excellent. Book Marked this to share with my FB BP Pards. One more thing to add, as you are doing I presume. Do not mix the differeni kinds of lead you find or you will end up with a hodge podge of some allow and have to spend a lot of of time figuring out how hard it is. Bullets for a modern gun like an alloy that is so and so Lee hard. A front stuffer want that pure lead . Solder joints are 50% tin. The "tin" bars may be some part of a heating coil and are tin. The fuses may be zinc. Isotope shields for medical use are safe as the isotopes are short lived but they are scrap lead and very hard. That plumbers trap is also a harder lead so don't mix it with the pipes, less and solder joints. Once everything is cleaned once, test each one separately and grade them as far as hardness. I use my hands and ears to do this. Hard lead bar ingots ring if they are hard and "thud" when dropped on a concrete floor. The higher the tone you hear, the harder the alloy. Soft ingots are easy to bend. Oh! And lead shot is pure lead. Gun clubs will sell reclaimed mixed shot if you ask them to sell it to you. The rifle range will yield ~ Lee #2 lead.

[@deandeann1541]

The better shot now is hard. Its high antimony. Salvsged shot may be soft if its cheap stuff. Probably it ought to be tested for hardness at each club though.

[@johnndavis7647]

OK Elvis Heres the deal on pewter. Used to be that pewter was 92% tin 6-7 %lead The rest was copper or antimony. Then people figured out that lead wasn't good for you so the manufacturers found a way to make lead free pewter. It is now required by law for making pewter eating and drinking utensils. You can tell by looking at it if it has lead in it. The old stuff looks blue. The new lead free stuff has that silver look too it. The new pewter is 98% tin the other 2% may be silver. Dont know for sure. Secret formula i suppose. Makes good bullets though. I buy pewter mugs at the Goodwill store on half price day. Mugs weigh about 8 ounces. I get them for about one too two dollars each. I usually add one mug to ten pounds of wheel weights. John Davis jax fl

[@edwardporter5905]

Good to know John Davis Im in Jax myself. Finding wheel weights is hard enough

[@eliasnejel5193]

The fuses are zinc more or less you can be lucky to find silver fuses.

[@w00dsta]

I have unlimited access to my pistol range backstop. a few minutes digging and I have a kilo that I borrow, re-cast and then throw back into the backstop.

[@ammoadam6902]

It dont matter what you tell them, just take their lead! 🤣🤣

[@cameronpogue556]

Back in the day there were lead shower pans

[@pink_love_cat4928]

Yea i got some of those a long time ago good stuff

[@eithtonbryan1946]

How much would you sell the roofing lead need it for fishing net

[@JohnDoeEagle1]

The days of the old FUDD type bullet casters is pretty much over. Beggars can't be choosy these days and you use whatever you can find at the time for a reasonable price making it work. Nowadays with powder coating the actual lead alloy and BHN are less important than they were in the past. You can shoot stuff now after powder coating that would have been unusable in the past because it was too soft or not "chemistry correct" PERFECT Lyman #2, Hardball, 50/50 Linotype etc etc etc. In fact you can use range scrap straight up with powder coating most of the time for a great number of handgun calibers as long as you water quench. Prices are up and through the roof in Fall 2022. Hunt down and buy what you can get when you can get it. The days of the local tire shops GIVING you a 5 gallon bucket of good usable lead wheel weights for free or for trading a case of beer, pack of smokes, box of doughnuts is also VERY OVER! If you are lucky they will SELL them to you for about $1 per pound...if you aren't lucky they will sell them for $2+ per pound or not at all. With that in mind make friends with your local scrapyard. I've personally known my guys for over 20 years and they always tip me off when good stuff comes in. I make a phone call to ask what they have that is lead at that given time. These guys are also gun guys so they know what I am using it for and no "Anti-2A Politics" come into play ever.

[@lanecoffey1310]

Old typewriter keys are a good source of antimony

[@moushunter]

Wheel weights are now made from steel or zinc. Finding lead wheel weights is getting difficult. I was given a 4 foot by 8 foot door off of an x-ray room. No worries. It is safe. There was 1000lbs of lead in the door. The x-ray room was remodeled with new sheetrock and paint. The guy I got the door from said the shielding in the walls were 4 inch by 6 inch blocks 3 inches thick stacked up floor to ceiling.

[@ejbalmes7140]

Love your videos man! You are the reason I started casting! No idea on the shawmut fuse maybe lead/tin. The Monarch ones are probably an aluminum alloy but cant be 100% sure without putting hands on it. Appreciate ya man keep up the great work!

[@elvisammo]

Thanks for taking the time to comment EJ .... Glad I could get ya hooked on casting... Bet ya can't believe how much money you save... : ) Yeah that one looked kinda like aluminum .. They are a little hard to make out ... thanks

[@ejbalmes7140]

I came up with a creative way to get free lead around here. I worked out a deal with 3 tire shops and a scrap yard. They give me 100lbs of wheel weights or lead and I cast 1/3 of it into fishing weights. They get the weights and I get the rest!

[@lestergillis8171]

@@elvisammo It could very well be tin. It is used as an alloy in lead & possibly a few other non ferrous metals. Plumbing solder is normally 50/50 tin & lead.

[@PraetzelProjects]

Tin pr zinc is my guess on the fuses. High pitch sound rules out lead.

[@OzarkSpirit]

Tin is usually marked SN They, those bars, look like anodes that are used in zinc plating. They cake up with salts and must be replaced from time to time.

[@elvisammo]

could be.... Ozark Spirit.. Someone mentioned that the TIN = 1"IN one inch .. haha didn't see that one. that sounds right

[@l.a.3887]

The metal on the inside of a fuse is zinc Cooper aluminum all of this kind of alloys

[@williebulletman5217]

Yes people in California will role over in there graves thing there was lead on there bottles Very interesting video keep them up sir keep them up

[@ivancrews4361]

Jim is correct... Round ones used to be used in cathodic protection for pipelines by passing a small electrical current through 2 of these... 2 from tin and the grong connected to a pipeline... Tin will rust and lead will turn white in the weather...

[@bobbycrispy5459]

Sash and case Windows , usually big counter weights on them

[@tloller52]

I stopped at a scrap yard/recycling center about a block from me and asked them if they had any pure lead (for muzzleloaders), The guy said he had about 5000 pounds of it, but it was getting scarce.

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

I came here to find sources of lead for when SHTF so I can make fishing weights and jig heads 🤣 I don’t think casting bullets is legal in my area but I haven’t checked.

[@deandeann1541]

I really like roofing lead. The roofing lesd I have is the softest, purest lead I've found, its wonderful for slugs and cap and ball revolvers. I've prchased lead on ebay that promised bhn 5 that was way too hard for my revolvers but the roofing lead was the best I have enough for several years of blach powder shooting, and enough monotype for a few years. I think lead type is going to dry up in a few years, then wheel weights will, then tin will need to be purchased. In my state lead wheel weights are not to be had because the state outlawed them several years ago. The type is because newspapers don't use that sort of printing anymore for the most part; that kind of printing equipment is antique.

[@psykoklown874]

I sure do wish I'd kept the lead drain pipes that I ripped out of my house, but I didn't start casting until over 10 years later. I'm annealing that brass you sent me as I type this.

[@elvisammo]

cool beans psyko Klown.... Hope it all works out good for ya! : )

[@psykoklown874]

Unfortunate, I had no idea I would need it years later, so I tossed it. I still kick myself whenever I think about it. I'll be sending you some 77 grainers once that video's been made.

[@vitodelorto1796]

I think that said TIN, and that it indicates tin content, in the lead. That's good for bullets. Pure lead is fine for round powder balls. Cartridge, smokeless powder bullets need to have copper, aluminium, and tin content in order to not deform, when shot.

[@madmax4773]

you can know if it is lead by taking a screwdriver and pressing it on the metal and pulling it if it has left a dent and if it has passed easily it is lead

[@markbrennan1756]

The candle holder and cup might be pewter which is 95% tin, soft and melt like lead but worth tripe than copper. I melt pewter into small ingot and sell on eBay as pewter scrap. Do not mix.

[@jamespollard3066]

I had a source for that roofing lead . It was great for making slugs .

[@elvisammo]

yep or you can just order a little tin and antimony too.... Thanks James pollard

[@JOETERRANY]

The things you’re asking about around 5:50 mark appear to bridge anchor clips used to secure railroad ties to the structure

[@scottpelka1211]

I wouldnt want to be on a train with that strap holding down the track. Lol

[@vikp6115]

Any local recycling of steel will have lead for sale

[@flyingled3176]

I'm making splitshots for fishing , heavy, emphasis on shots

[@curtiswest4272]

I did not know about the lead wraps on wine bottles!

[@elvisammo]

Pretty cool stuff huh! : )

[@curtiswest4272]

Yessir!

[@trevorwall87]

The best excuse for needing lead is for casting fishing sinkers

[@wannabe4668]

Okay, endless supply of lead exist at your gun range. Anywhere anybody shoots into a berm you can extract the spent Bullets. There you go you are welcome. The coolest thing about it is the copper jacket that separates from the lead and that can be sold for copper prices. About an hour of digging and sifting can yield thirty pounds of lead. Just be sure to extract spent Bullets when nobody is shooting

[@RJ-sr5dv]

I've done this for years... In addition to the 2000 lbs of range lead, I bought from a foundry many years ago, 3000 lbs of pure lead and 300 lbs of pure tin. Sorry to say I'm down to about 1000 lbs of pure lead. At 70 I've only got about 30 years of casting left in me. Guess I better break out the sifter and shovel. Elvis, I've watched some of your videos on lead melting... thanks for your contributions Sorry dude but I think you may want to protect yourself a little better from the fumes.

[@hendonburgism]

The tin anode strip you have looks like the type used in the past to plate copper bus bars/wire etc with Sn. I have a lot of 99.99 Sn and, when bent, makes the same crystal twinning sound that yours did, ie deep crunches as opposed to the high pitched crackling that most pewter (less tin(Sn) makes. Its unlikely, but if you're browsing in a scrapyard: keep an eye out for indium. It has the same bright silver color of tin, crackles like it as well but is even softer than lead with an even lower melting temperature than either.

[@dannytucker1394]

I recognize the counterweight it came out of a window a rope was attached to it it went up to the top of the window with a pulley on it hold your window open in a antique house

[@uralbob1]

Either that or a scale counterweight. The window weights I've seen are longer and narrower, but you may be right!

[@putteslaintxtbks5166]

I think the things with tin written on end of one, maybe straps to hold gas tanks on a car or truck.

[@chuckfinley3152]

Tire shops are getting super stingy around here

[@derekec]

Chuck Finley Same for me. Even at my range, gotta dig out lead piece by piece out of gravel , unlike utube videos of folks sifting by the pound in seconds. Takes me an hour to collect 1 lb. and have to wait about a month for it to collect.

[@WhatIsYourMalfunction]

same here

[@5roundsrapid263]

Chuck Finley I had one that sold me a bucket every month for years. One day, I walked in, and they asked what I was doing. They had new owners...

[@5roundsrapid263]

James Evans Nope. They wouldn’t sell. I have another source now. They have less lead, but it’s free!

[@michaelpriest6242]

Antimony hardens. Tin softens.

[@nathanielradtke7590]

Tin has a lower melting point than lead but it will make it harder to the best of my knowledge.

[@sokyoutdoors588]

Good thing for hardening pure soft lead is white babbit. Has all the goods we need for hard alloy and it goes a long way. 1 pound should do about 100 lbs of pure lead. Last I bought was about $7.00 a pound after tax.

[@anarchypython]

Where did you buy it?

[@fajile5109]

I found 3 pounds of lead pipe in the wall. Now thats a deal.

[@KINGAMONGMEN1978]

Good information

[@janitokleynhans5574]

Thanks Don Elvis!! Good info! Saludos

[@michaelpriest6242]

It should be fairly easy to distinguish between tin and lead by comparing the density. The specific gravity of tin is 7.2 to 7.5. Lead is almost twice as dense. Its specific gravity is 11.34. As you probably already know, a little dab of tin melted into your lead will soften it up significantly.

[@RJ-sr5dv]

Michael, Don't know if you will ever see this comment but I think you are confused. Tin will help the lead flow / fill up the molds better but it will HARDEN the alloy

[@michaelpriest6242]

@@RJ-sr5dv thank you for sharing. I am tired of this argument.

[@RJ-sr5dv]

@@michaelpriest6242 Michael, Argument... ? What did I miss.? Using the Brinell hardness scale (BHN) Pure Lead = 5 BHN----- 30:1= 9 BHN (30 Parts Lead 1 Part tin (30:1)= 9 BHN [97% Lead / 3% Tin] 20:1 = 10 BHN (95% : 5%) 10:1 = 11.5 BHN (91% : 9%) Respectfully, I think your confusing Specific Gravity (SG) with hardness Your SG numbers for lead and tin are correct, however Specific Gravity or weight of material per defined unit of measure, say in cubic centimeters, has nothing to do with hardness. Example: Lead SG 11.4 ................grams per cubic centimeter Copper SG 8.94.............grams per cubic centimeter Obviously copper is harder then lead. If I am wrong, please let me know where, thx EDIT--- > Michael, So I may be the one who is completely confused. I just found that the BHN of Tin is 2.5.. So if we mix that with pure lead at 5, we should get a lower number then the one I quoted above. Will research. Sorry if I provided erronious information.

[@deandeann1541]

Rj you are right. Nothing wrong with your numbers. Tin has hardened lead for as long as they havr been mixed. Antinomy is more effective at hardening and cheaper, so the primary use of tin is to aid in the filling out of the mold.

[@michaellemoncelli9865]

They are replacement fuses that go inside of a fuse yes they lead

[@catmandont100]

At 14:10 those are fuse elements...……….they slide in a ceramic cartridge with screw on ends.

[@frankmorris7701]

The piece you showed marked tin is a piece of tin and lead alloy mixed

[@elvisammo]

Frank Morris ... cool.. so your familiar with it.. I wonder how much tin is in it? and I wonder what it was? thank you

[@frankmorris7701]

elvis ammo: I'd say that piece of tin is equal parts of tin lead and antimony

[@uralbob1]

Elvis, I've got several buckets of hard lead medical radiology containers. Are those any good for casting? I don't know the brinell (BHN) value.

[@squirrel_is_notamused4694]

I think you do. Check out FortuneCookie45LC vid about em. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaLCaoCDa7ijbNk

[@claireelliot6846]

Those things you were wondering about might be parts to a bench 6:00

[@WalkerOutdoors]

Excellent tips

[@elvisammo]

Thanks again Walker Outdoors!

[@johnndavis7647]

There are two kinds of pewter. The old pewter has a blue look to it. It has around 8% lead in it. That alloy is good for bullets. The new lead free pewter has a silver look to it. It is safe to eat off of or drink out of. I make toy soldiers out of it.

[@moushunter]

Pewter has about 8% antimony and a little bit of copper in addition to the tin. There are a lot of fake pewter pieces though. Real pewter will not spring back when you bend it. It will retain the bend. If you cannot bend a piece marked as pewter it is likely cast aluminum that is made to resemble pewter. Wilton, wiltonware, and a few other makers mark their cast aluminum pewter because they make it look like pewter. Commemorative plates and other decorative stuff.

[@johnndavis7647]

@@moushunter yes, that's a fact. You see lots of modern cast aluminium mugs and plates with spurious markings to make them appear to be more valuable than they are. Unless the things were from the time when aluminum was costly to manufacture and was rare and valuable. That was before the 1890s If you collect enough pewter it doesn't take long to figure out what is what.

[@psykoklown874]

The Romans would have laughed at the thought of "health nuts" freaking out over lead wrappers on wine bottles since they made their wine in lead vats.

[@sokyoutdoors588]

And ate off of lead plates and drank out of lead cups.

[@frankmorris7700]

Hey elvis: In the video showing all the places where someone can find lead for bullet casting. And you askes the question if the material in question that you were holding was tin. Upon further examination of the video. The material in question is tin. So the answer to your question is that piece of material is tin the answer is yes absolutely!!!

[@rdewitt007]

Fuse links are mostly made from Zinc, copper, Aluminum or silver.....

[@elvisammo]

Maybe i'll just reserve them for my zinc bullets! Thanks for your help!

[@RGD1982]

Fishing sinkers is my excuse

[@Whitebear329]

Typically fuses are made of NiChrome wire or sheeting.

[@howiehowdy]

The 250v 150a fuse looks like a locomotive fuse

[@johnmorgan2099]

I have a question for you brother what do you do with all the other metals once you've remove the lead ie. Copper, steel jackets

[@derekhuber3392]

Sell for scrap

[@PraetzelProjects]

Tin or indium Does it make that crackle sound when bent or stressed?

[@claytonmarsh6162]

That looks like it said 1 in to me not Tin and the rectangular width seems to be 1 in.

[@jonathanl2748]

Question: What is your method for cutting the large pieces of scrap lead into smaller pieces that are more easily melted in your Lee pot? Also, thanks for your contribution to educating folks like me. You’re hilarious and informative at the same time. Love it!

[@silvermediastudio]

Cold chisel

[@StreetMachine18]

Blow torch

[@adamwhite4378]

Don't melt scrap in your lee. Only put ingots in it. Clean up scrap lead in a separate pot or dutch oven.

[@jonathanl2748]

@@adamwhite4378 Thanks - I will only melt scrap in my Dutch oven. You’re right about only putting ingots in a smelting pot.

[@GeoFry3]

Might as well just make bullets out of silver with prices these days. You can pick up old silverware sets at scrap prices these days, and do the Lone Ranger bullet making. You can pick up used scuba weights for reasonable prices just look around for anyone selling old gear.

[@preachersdayoff]

12 volt and larger batteries have massive amounts of lead in them. Some fork lift batteries have a 100 lb or more in them.

[@jabberwookie1404]

It's a toxic soup to render them down.

[@elvisammo]

I guess if I was down to just batteries than i'd figure out a good way to get the lead... Say I lived in cali... : )

[@moncorp1]

@@jabberwookie1404 ~ it ain't like dealing with pure lead is healthy for ya

[@SilverScorpion]

Great video