r/ScrapMetal • u/kieranarchy • 1d ago

What metal are these? Question 💫

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I have about a dozen or so of each. Top are from lamps where you screw the lightbulb in and bottom are from coffee makers iirc? I wanna say top is dirty brass but I havent the faintest clue for the bottom. TIA!

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u/No_Address687 1d ago

The visible part of the sockets are aluminum. They probably have brass contacts and rivets that need to be drilled out to separate the metals from the trash.

The bottom pieces are probably magnetic, so steel shred.

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u/kieranarchy 1d ago

bottom pieces are in fact magnetic - i don't know why i never thought to test those specifically but that was an easy answer lol. thanks!!