In article , Andy
Dingley writes
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:45:13 GMT, fred wrote:

Need prices for 10s of kgs for lead, block tin & cast iron

Lead all depends on what it is. Roofing lead (low alloy) is worth money,
clean linotype is worth even more to shooters. Wheel weights, plumbing
or dirty lead are barely worth the transport costs and batteries you
can't give away.

I know few scrappies who I'd trust to give me a fair price for tin (it's
obscure) . However anyone doing castings (that includes me) will give
you a much better price (if you're anywhere near Bristol or South Wales,
drop me a line).

Cast iron depends on the grade and the volume, but for domestic scrap
it's again sqrt (bugger all)

In the end my scrappy didn't have anything close to the sizes of sash
weights I needed but he did have a 4m length of 50mm round steel bar
(70kg) so it'll be true diy making them up.

The lead was dirty (pipe stuff) and we traded 7quid for my 20kg (~30p/kg)
against 12quid for the bar.

They swore blind the block tin was lead so I kept it, very funny as a bloke
who saw me unloading the car looked from 20 feet and said, "ah, old BT,
don't see that much any more", he had been a gas fitter of old.

Thanks for all the replies.
--
fred