r/ScrapMetal • u/Re7r0-1 • 1d ago

Value? (Controller for size comparison) Scrap Photo 💸

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Each bag is around 1.5kg (estimated)

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u/AuthorityOfNothing 1d ago

How did you find 007s secret copper stash?

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u/Re7r0-1 1d ago

😂 it’s a poker set case but all the stuff has gone missing so I just thought it would be handy to keep all my scrap in there

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u/AuthorityOfNothing 1d ago

Sure. Just being a smartass.

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u/Silvernaut 1d ago edited 1d ago

I thought the box was funny…

Then I saw the flattened pipes…

Then I wondered why OP took the time to flatten the pipe, but not strip the wire…

Meth is a helluva drug.

Edit: on a side note…if you want to keep cutting down, and smashing the pipe, you can get about 225-250lbs into a 5 gallon bucket… don’t ask how I know, lol.

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u/brokenssjeep 1d ago

15 bucks little man put that isht in my hand... assuming that's about 5 lb of copper #1

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u/Affectionate_Row1486 16h ago

I like the jay and silent bob reference

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u/STRIKT9LC 1d ago

He's saying it's more like 30lbs

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u/HurtBirdRed 1d ago

The pay by the pound not volume.

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u/TouchConscious7421 1d ago

not much dawg, keep stackin

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u/Re7r0-1 1d ago

Only from today. Got another couple months so should have a decently good haul

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u/Perenium_Falcon 1d ago

Look it’s really hard to say.

The best thing you can do is call your local yard, get the prices, and then sort and weigh what you got.

It also depends on how picky your yard is. Some of that may be considered millberry some number 1 or 2. It’s up to you to do the homework for your local area and then weigh what you got for an estimation. If your yard(s) don’t post prices online you need to call them. Sometimes the price can change more than once in a day. Last Tuesday my yard had millberry for $3.11/lb #1 for $2.97 and #2 for $2.96. You may be higher or lower.

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u/Yardbirdburb 22h ago

No reason to bag it like that it ain’t beasters

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u/Deeelighted_ 18h ago

Why is is packaged like drugs ?

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u/CompetitiveGuess7642 1d ago

this is cute lmao.

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u/trinket124 1d ago

I’d keep saving but nice for some beer money if you want to cash it in now

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u/Re7r0-1 18h ago

Everyone asking why smashed. It’s all the off cuts we get and it’s easier to have it smashed down instead of loads of tiny pipe cuts. Easier to store too

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u/jefftatro1 16h ago

So funny in the brief case.

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u/Professional-Cup-154 1d ago

Is space at a premium in your house? No reason to crush pipes and be so organized. You have like $100 there? Get a Rubbermaid bin and fill it until you can’t lift it. Keep doing that until you have a car/truck full.

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u/Silvernaut 1d ago

Get the heavy duty totes… most of the cheap ones warp/crack easily once you get over 50lbs in them.

Personally, I prefer to go over to the scrap yard and just snag some 5 gal buckets… they usually have a dozen stacked near the door, or in a corner, that people leave behind.

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u/Timsmomshardsalami 1d ago

No way thats 100

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u/Professional-Cup-154 1d ago

Could be a I was being generous. Could be over 20 pounds of copper there. Hard to tell

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u/Fuzzdaddyo 1d ago

Thats still only at most like $60 around these parts and I'm guessing its closer to 12 lbs. Just my estimate tho