thank you for that information. there is no telling how much money i have just thrown away not knowing these things, and scrapping everything in together as sheet steel, instead of taking the goodies off of things! Thank you and thank you again!!!
Liked, and subbed. Just for this video alone!! It does help me out as a newbie to metal detecting and digging every beep! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I knew all but didn't think about how easy aluminium is to scratch to identify. Most stuff I have a hard time identifying is usually stainless steel and aluminium. Keep up the good work mate! Btw, E-Waste Ben sent me here :) Greetings from Sweden.
You're the only english derived accent person doing this stuff that i can handle n dont think yeah well cone take a look at this n they'd be baffled by my life scrapping on my free tine
Thanks mate very good video and lots of information could make some videos on identifying and extracting metals from small machine eg: microwave , phone computers etc
I'm not a scrapper but this video helped me improve quality of life. I have a better understanding of how the metals in products i buy should affect prize and quality. Thanks!
@@brookekennel744 I was being sarcastic, lead is poisonous just to the touch, anyone handing metal should wear gloves and definitely should never put them in their mouth to test them. If your unsure, any reputable metal yard will tell you what type of metal you have.
I have the biggest problem with telling diff in Tin and Aluminum, was hoping you would show that, there is a big difference in price and most scrap I find is after big storms digging it out of the woods and I have worked hard only to find out later it was tin and not aluminum. Thanks for the scratch test tho that helps me rule out whether it is aluminum or not at least and that is what I really wanted
Pure tin is heavier than aluminum and noticeably darker in color. The situation you described makes sense -- Aluminum will corrode if damp, in salty type soils, or alkali (concrete). Tin is resistant in those same conditions.
What do you find hardware for cabinet knobs and handles is usually made from? I think mostly bronze, but I might have some aluminum. The steel is simple to figure out. It’s just sooo many small pieces I need a fast way to sort them.
just found you a week ago on utube ben very well explained veidos do a bit of scrapping my self but learning a lot from your veidos keep up the good work what part of london do you work out off i live in southend essex cheers ben
Um.... Pencils have graphite dude. Not lead. That aside, I have a block. About as big as a brick, weighs 15 to 20 lb, is non-magnetic, and is extremely dense and hard. When I grind it white Sparks come off. Any idea what it is? cuz I'm at a total loss.
So is lead magnetic much? because you missed that part. Right now i have a powder that is red when you add water to it. It is a food and i'm trying to see if it contains led as i was told it most certainly did. Although i didn't know that radio antenna's were brass i thought they were always aluminum in america at least.
Lead is known as a weak metal like gold, aluminium and copper for example you wouldn't build skyscrapers metal frames from them but they are a heavy element metal, hence their value and multiple uses
Jordan surely everyone has gone to put a pencil in their mouth but the sharp end goes in by accident and i said lead probably tastes like pencil lead i dont have a lead addiction and go around chewing on lead flashing in my spare time lol
Ben Houghton pencil "lead" hasn't been made with lead since the 70s, there for unless your 50-60 years old or older (excluding most everybody on youtube) you probably have never chewed on a pencil with lead in it. Its graphite now, that's why im so surprised you didn't know that.
I use it in tops as a free spinning tip with a long screw and the surfaces touching the floor are really shiny, what really lead me to this video was when I saw a golden shine on the dirt, right where the washer was.
May actually keep some if not all the ingots i cast of al u mini um zinc die cast then my nronze n brass of diff types because it comes from.shit that can be brokem imto pieces that when all separate seem lighter than they actually are so as one ingot all the weight on one point
It's not worth it if you're only taking in small loads of copper as there's not much difference in price if you have a ton of copper then yes definitely seperate could be 100/200 difference in price but i find having one bin for copper works for me
Copper is very soft brass is heavier Brass tends to have a gold colour to it once scratched Copper has a orange colour once scratched Brass is nearly always found in plumbing Copper is more for conducting electricity and heat but obviously used as pipe in plumbing Brass can be silver too for eg taps thats white brass scratch it and it'll be gold underneath
What about tin I need it for This is the experiment that I'm wanting to try and that I'm prepping for right now. I just need 5gr 99.9% pure tin metal I'm having a hard time finding some around my place anyways Using modern science and fusion to fuse tin and copper into gold isotope 104 I need to stabilize the isotope with 14 neutrons because fusing copper and gold gives you 79 electrons 79 protons only a 104 neutrons which means stabilizing it with 14 neutrons should give us a nice stable 118 isotope if I'm successful with this experiment this could be extremely important for the technological production industry as expensive gold is used in many of their processes for making solid state chips ultimately lowering the cost for future technology in theory this should work with tungsten and Boron and stabilizing it with an extra 13 neutrons
Dalton Neumann ahhh sorry to hear that bro I wish you luck wit all of that. Don’t give up on the experiment tho friend it sounds very interesting. Make sure to update us if you ever get around to it I’m sure the results will be dope either way👍
thank you for that information. there is no telling how much money i have just thrown away not knowing these things, and scrapping everything in together as sheet steel, instead of taking the goodies off of things! Thank you and thank you again!!!
Just remember its not worth taking everything apart if it takes an hour to remove 20 screws to earn an extra $1 its not worth the hassle
New to scrapping myself. Found this really informative.
Glad it helped
NOOOOOO I've always tossed my antennas in with aluminum... ty so much
You won't believe how easy it is to identify mercury or caesium
Stainless steel is very lightly magnetic. To check it put a small magnet on a string and Swatch it pool slightly
Another good video.
It would have been valuable if you showed how to distinguish between aluminum and zinc/pot metals. The rest is obvious.
Liked, and subbed. Just for this video alone!! It does help me out as a newbie to metal detecting and digging every beep! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I knew all the info but still very informative.
thx man i think stainless is what newer scrappers get stuck with
By seeing after this video easily to differentiate metals
I knew all but didn't think about how easy aluminium is to scratch to identify. Most stuff I have a hard time identifying is usually stainless steel and aluminium.
Keep up the good work mate! Btw, E-Waste Ben sent me here :) Greetings from Sweden.
Thx for watching yes the easiest way is to scratch aluminium to identify it also the sound is a good way if you tap it like a bell
If you have a grinder stainless steel sparks aluminum don’t.
@@TapeDeSpencer I was going to say that lol
You're the only english derived accent person doing this stuff that i can handle n dont think yeah well cone take a look at this n they'd be baffled by my life scrapping on my free tine
FYI: pencils use graphite even though it’s called lead.
This is a good video. It is well made and the information is very helpful. Thumbs up. :-)
Thanks mate very good video and lots of information could make some videos on identifying and extracting metals from small machine eg: microwave , phone computers etc
I'm not a scrapper but this video helped me improve quality of life. I have a better understanding of how the metals in products i buy should affect prize and quality. Thanks!
I've been tasting lead pipe and my mom took me to the doctor, he says I got lead poisoning.
Any updates?
@@brookekennel744 I was being sarcastic, lead is poisonous just to the touch, anyone handing metal should wear gloves and definitely should never put them in their mouth to test them. If your unsure, any reputable metal yard will tell you what type of metal you have.
@@mickey7660 oh ok
I have the biggest problem with telling diff in Tin and Aluminum, was hoping you would show that, there is a big difference in price and most scrap I find is after big storms digging it out of the woods and I have worked hard only to find out later it was tin and not aluminum. Thanks for the scratch test tho that helps me rule out whether it is aluminum or not at least and that is what I really wanted
Pure tin is heavier than aluminum and noticeably darker in color. The situation you described makes sense -- Aluminum will corrode if damp, in salty type soils, or alkali (concrete). Tin is resistant in those same conditions.
I think you did damn good Ben. Keep it up.
Its actually graphite that pencil leads are made out of, basically carbon
I didnt see tin which is what i was looking for.
That cast iron this is from a cobbler's I think it might be worth something.
I had about 10 of them but couldn't sell them
Are the heat sinks worth more money than sheet aluminum.
Hell yea its extruded ali
cheers another good video thanks m8
What do you find hardware for cabinet knobs and handles is usually made from? I think mostly bronze, but I might have some aluminum. The steel is simple to figure out. It’s just sooo many small pieces I need a fast way to sort them.
just found you a week ago on utube ben very well explained veidos do a bit of scrapping my self but learning a lot from your veidos keep up the good work what part of london do you work out off i live in southend essex cheers ben
As an American I understand what you say. But also I’m very lost.
How about identifying nickel or tin?
How do you Identify Zinc?
You forgot nickel carbite invar and electrum .
This ain't codys lab lol
What would you call the first tool b4 you went to the cast iron/steel? Sheet iron???
The tool was a pointing trowel to finish off joints in between brickwork and if i was scrapping it I'd chuck it in mixed iron or shred iron
Um.... Pencils have graphite dude. Not lead. That aside, I have a block. About as big as a brick, weighs 15 to 20 lb, is non-magnetic, and is extremely dense and hard. When I grind it white Sparks come off. Any idea what it is? cuz I'm at a total loss.
Sounds like titanium
Nice guide thank you ! subbed and liked
So is lead magnetic much? because you missed that part. Right now i have a powder that is red when you add water to it. It is a food and i'm trying to see if it contains led as i was told it most certainly did. Although i didn't know that radio antenna's were brass i thought they were always aluminum in america at least.
Lead is known as a weak metal like gold, aluminium and copper for example you wouldn't build skyscrapers metal frames from them but they are a heavy element metal, hence their value and multiple uses
Lead is not magnetic at all unless is has steel or iron added to it for strength which is rare
I watched this whole thing to learn about bronze lol. Still helpfull.
And nickel and carbite
dont know how he actually thinks lead would taste like pencil lead
Jordan surely everyone has gone to put a pencil in their mouth but the sharp end goes in by accident and i said lead probably tastes like pencil lead i dont have a lead addiction and go around chewing on lead flashing in my spare time lol
Ben Houghton pencil "lead" hasn't been made with lead since the 70s, there for unless your 50-60 years old or older (excluding most everybody on youtube) you probably have never chewed on a pencil with lead in it. Its graphite now, that's why im so surprised you didn't know that.
Ben Houghton I should also add that the solder you had isn't pure lead, maybe 60% lead and 40% tin so that is much more flexible than ordinary lead.
Jordan thats good at least i wasn't chewing lead the point about solder is they'll take it with lead
Zinc is not even close to being like aluminum except that it is a white metal and nonferrous. Perhaps you meant magnesium?
I meant its very similar looking cast alu and zinc
more veidos ben where are ur we miss your scrapping
Got a cheap looking compass from a supermarket and I'm using this to see if it's poisonous because I'm paranoid (sorry if I'm stupid)
Already threw away the rest of the compass, and the washer looks like brass
I use it in tops as a free spinning tip with a long screw and the surfaces touching the floor are really shiny, what really lead me to this video was when I saw a golden shine on the dirt, right where the washer was.
Also pretty heavy for something so small, when i went to look back at the washer the texture went from a vinyl record to a smooth surface
May actually keep some if not all the ingots i cast of al u mini um zinc die cast then my nronze n brass of diff types because it comes from.shit that can be brokem imto pieces that when all separate seem lighter than they actually are so as one ingot all the weight on one point
cheers m8 very helpfull
do you keep no 1 and no 2 copper separate when taking it in to the scrap yard?
It's not worth it if you're only taking in small loads of copper as there's not much difference in price if you have a ton of copper then yes definitely seperate could be 100/200 difference in price but i find having one bin for copper works for me
How to tell brass from copper? Looks the same to me.
Copper is very soft
brass is heavier
Brass tends to have a gold colour to it once scratched
Copper has a orange colour once scratched
Brass is nearly always found in plumbing
Copper is more for conducting electricity and heat but obviously used as pipe in plumbing
Brass can be silver too for eg taps thats white brass scratch it and it'll be gold underneath
Both are used in antiques
To me it is still a challenge to distinguish brass from bronze.
What about irony alloy?
I have an old sign from maybe the 1940s to the 1960s and it folds and it shines when cut. Is it silver?
what about tin though!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is aliminum???
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Thanks
zinc?
kenning west alta
You missed out ZINC!
2:18 zinc got a mention but i usually chuck zinc in cast ali as i dont come across much
How bout Zinc
Im making brass n bronze
What about tin I need it for This is the experiment that I'm wanting to try and that I'm prepping for right now. I just need 5gr 99.9% pure tin metal I'm having a hard time finding some around my place anyways Using modern science and fusion to fuse tin and copper into gold isotope 104 I need to stabilize the isotope with 14 neutrons because fusing copper and gold gives you 79 electrons 79 protons only a 104 neutrons which means stabilizing it with 14 neutrons should give us a nice stable 118 isotope if I'm successful with this experiment this could be extremely important for the technological production industry as expensive gold is used in many of their processes for making solid state chips ultimately lowering the cost for future technology in theory this should work with tungsten and Boron and stabilizing it with an extra 13 neutrons
Update us
@@itsvibes7241 sorry no update currently going through divorce and job change so I haven't had any time to run experiments
Dalton Neumann ahhh sorry to hear that bro I wish you luck wit all of that. Don’t give up on the experiment tho friend it sounds very interesting. Make sure to update us if you ever get around to it I’m sure the results will be dope either way👍
There's no such thing as white brass it's yellow brass with a chrome plating... A lot of missed information in here also a lot of misinformation
Nice
Hi xD you have the same name as me
Well sir you have a great name