Posted 11 years ago
MattyG
(197 items)
This is the Eagle from the large green-sand casting lot I purchased at auction. I have seen similar eagles over the years, and possibly this exact one since this is probably the most familiar plate in the lot. This plate is a lot larger and measures 30" x 14" and weighs 23 pounds. The guided are stamped "Hines", the same name is also on a few of the casting forms or boxes.
The lot included around a dozen of the eagles already cast and in old cardboard boxes. Some were gold, some were silver in color, and one was made from lead but sold it to another bidder in the crowd for $5, so actually paid $25 net for the lot.
Wow! Another cool piece....very nice!
Thank you Lee xoxo
Don't know what the other pieces were made of, but do you know the current price of lead?
Thanks blunderbuss, I have a slip from the scrap yard last month and .19c/lb was what I received. I still have a bunch of lead pipes to remove/replace though. The family of the estate told me he melted down transmission cases to make these items in the molds. His house was on 40 acres of junkyard and repair shop, the same place I won the Fram and Gulflex signs
Sure wish I could get lead @ 19c/lb here! I would cast more bullets & shoot a lot more. Just kidding, but I can't touch that price here. Friends hide their weight belts when I'm around.
B'buss, there must be a few car batteries laying around, or wheel balance weights sitting in parking lots!
I have a friend who goes to the dump & picks up old plumbing parts to get the brass so he can cast parts for model stationary engines.
Walks, have you ever attacked a battery with the intention of recovering the lead? I didn't think so. I have & you don't want to go there. The "Rock" I live on only has a few straight-aways so no real need for wheel weights so don't see any.
Not personally, there use to be a local scrap dealer who paid day laborers to bust up batteries with a sledge. I don't think anyone stayed longer than a day. :-)