On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:52:59 GMT, in (e) wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, in (e) wrote:
would you believe some dumbass troll try to deride me for
making money on bullion to get my new care for cheap?
dumb.....

Do you save copper bullion? :-)

yes. my fave source is pc cpu heatsinks. many pc shops will
"allow" me to haul amy their excess or obsolete cpu coolers.
all the fins are aluminum and the best have either round or
square copper cores. i seperate the two, take of the fans
which i melt down for the copper windings so that i have
clean copper and clean aluminum.
i watch spot and when either is highest i call to see who's
paying most. then it's of to the recycler.
much copper=much silver=much collector coins or a cult car
like a supra.

I have a slot one heat sink that doesn't need a fan,
it must weigh a full pound, but I never even thought
about scrapping it.

You are performing a valuable service, the more
people willing and knowledgable enough, the lower
metal prices stay.

I don't know what it means, but I was told the
local scrap yards have dropped the price for clean
heavy copper to $2, and other prices are down as
well.
I checked copper spot last night, and it seemed
to still be over $3, so I am guessing all the scrap dealers
pick a time to sell all, and start paying what they think
it will be next time they sell.
And I just saw on the news that a big copper
mine union has reduced the pay raise they were seeking
in order to negotiate the end to a 10 day strike date.

It could be something else, like they all sell
to the same guy, and he is running out of funds.

One guy has a bunch of motor contactor
contacts, they are supposed to be pure silver,
but I think they are silver soldered to a steel
mounting strip.

I don't have many non-premium copper
cents, so I am going to spend them to buy gas.

I really enjoy searching coins, but to have
a way to avoid the same coins, I should open an
account at another bank that has a few branches.
I found a few clips in 5000 coin bags, but
most have no date.
The last box of halves I got had no reeding
hardly at all, apparently the casino had used them
in machines till they looked bad, then sent them
back to the coin service, which sent them to my
bank when I ordered them.

It is good to get the really good errors and
rare specimens to save them from being circulated
till they are junk.

Joe Fischer