Copper mining (57 miners and 80,600lbs)

[mtalbot_ca]

I would be interested to know how much copper pounds do the members of this fine mining community extract from circulation each year. I propose that through this thread we each indicate the following:

1. FV sorted by period (average an amount by week or month)
2. Indicate average % of CU
3. Machine or hand sorted

I'll compile the results as often as I can until no more members indicate their mining activities.

For me:

1. 25FV per week
2. 47%
3. Hand sorted

[SilverDragon72]

For me, my handsorting totals are about 100 pounds or a little more. I do manage to pick up small amounts of Canadian coppers and nickels from my LCS from time to time.

[mtalbot_ca]

So tonight's total:

2 members
404 lbs per year mined (average)

Let's have a good sample going. See you next week.

[doug]

1) 500/week
2)35%
3)Ryedale

[rsk1963]

I like this, great idea!

1. 500 /month
2. 30 %
3. Ryedale

[CardsNCoins]

$75 per week
30%
Ryedale

[mtalbot_ca]

All added so far. 5 hoarders for over 6,800lbs per year of copper.

[RichardPenny43]

$150/week
28%
Ryedale

[duane1966]

$100 per week
25 %
Ryedale

[mbailey1234]

$100 per week
28%
Ryedale

[Doctor Steuss]

$25/wk
10%
Handsort

[uthminsta]

It's hard to put a set amount on my sorting. But I do a MINIMUM of $100 per week. Some weeks it's much more; if a bank calls, I go. Know what I mean?

Let's say $150/week average.
I get about 23% copper, I guess.
And that's a Ryedale accomplishment, not just my own.

[mtalbot_ca]

10 miners and 11.000 lbs of copper per year.

[NHsorter]

$150+ per week. What uthminsta said.
Avg of about 28%
Ryedale

[68Camaro]

$125-ish per week, average.
22%
Ryedale

[Mr Paradise]

$50 a week
25%
Hand sorter

[pennyguy]

$1200 month
30 % copper
I have three Ryedales

[mtalbot_ca]

So far from 14 miners, we have over 14,700lbs of copper removed from circulation eah year. Keep it coming.....

[ScrapMetal]

$1500 per month on average
28%
Machine sorted

[jacer333]

$350 each week (I usually just sort whatever is needed to pull $100 of copper per week)
29%
Ryedale

[creshka46]

I'm averaging about $115/month
22%
Ryedale

[m83striker]

$300.00 per month
30% average
Ryedale

Of that 30% about 7% is Canadian, not that it matters, just something I keep track of separately.

[shinnosuke]

$1000/month
12% (Looks like San Antonio is not much better than Las Vegas.)
Ryedale

I'm flabbergasted by mtalbot's 47% ratio. JUST SORT MORE!

[natsb88]

I'm flabbergasted by mtalbot's 47% ratio. JUST SORT MORE!

Canada made coppers up through 1996, lots more copper in circulation up there.

[shinnosuke]

I'm flabbergasted by mtalbot's 47% ratio. JUST SORT MORE!

Canada made coppers up through 1996, lots more copper in circulation up there.

Then I'm definitely living on the wrong side of the continent.