My luck was in :)

northeast1

northeast1

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Well today i set off on the search for lead,first stopped at a local scrap yard and was told with out a cert they would not sell me any so off to the next one. Got there and they said yer no problem at all how much did i want?

I said about 8 stone and could it be clean as it was for fishing, "fishing?" he said your lucks in mate a lad has just been in and dumped 3 bags of boat leads.

I even smiled when i opened the bag, 122 10oz leads all new, 57 8oz leads and 24 1lb leads along with a bag of off cuts and failed moulds.

I will take it :)

Cost me £75 for just over 12 stone of lead so not cheap but to be honest i now dont need to make any new leads until at least my 5th trip :)

I think its about 90p per 10oz lead so with the 10oz alone i have saved a load on fuel and price from the shop.

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Nice one Richy!

We had a load of 10oz sinkers nicked when the cabin was done over. I knew they'd turn up sooner or later. :D

I see you've mastered posting pics as well. :thumbup:
 
you can tell they are not normans as they dont have is name on them LOL

i think you may be taking the **** tho rich when you smiled opening the bag - that must have been wind.
 
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lol Jason, yeah your right, you`d spend a week filing the slinky kate off of mine first :) :)

First good catch of the season Rich :thumbup:


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northeast1 said:
I even smiled when i opened the bag, 122 10oz leads all new, 57 8oz leads and 24 1lb leads along with a bag of off cuts and failed moulds.

I will take it :)

Cost me £75 for just over 12 stone of lead so not cheap but to be honest i now dont need to make any new leads until at least my 5th trip :)
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I ‘phoned a few scrappies last week to find one selling lead. One of them said I was in luck as they had just had a load of fishing weights dropped off, so I can guess which one you visited. Unfortunately, I went to the one a little closer to home, selling shiny off-cuts. A longer journey could have saved a lot of work by the looks of it and for the same price.
Yours work out at £1 / kg or about 3p per ounce, bargain compared to shop bought leads.
 
so you didn't have a risk assessment filled out, your toxic waste handling certificate, and you didn't have your space suit on when you went to get it. He was just thinking about your health.
 
They are right and i know how silly it has gone at work with health and safety so i can understand why they refuse.

The world has gone mad and am sure someone down the line will try a claim for the scrap yard selling them a toxic metal and claim they never knew it was toxic or some balls like that.

Anyway i have a bout 2 maybe more years worth of leads or lead to melt down.

I also have 100+ 10-12oz fish shaped pirks i dont use anymore to melt down or sell.
 
Could the good luck be anything to do with the toe rags that have been visiting the boats south shore? :mad2:
 
Maybe but they must have been strong as 12 stone was alot to lift and run away with.
I hope it was not anyones stollen leads but i payed £75 for them so they mine now :)

The way the price of lead is going up i can see the old days returning of people removing it from the roof's
 

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