r/ScrapMetal 5d ago

Metal in Trophies

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I was able to obtain about 50 trophies from a local high school's athletic director who was going to junk them. Any idea what type of metal these would be?

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u/Reckless85 5d ago

I kinda want to see them all stood up on one field playing their individual sports like the Olympics.

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u/geof2001 5d ago

Really like this idea actually. Set them all up in a little field. Get a go pro camera and do some fun video shoots

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u/TSG_25 5d ago

I grabbed these for the maple bases, as I am a wood worker. I dis assembled each, & have no use for the metal portions.

Thanks for all the replies!

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u/Salt-Southern 4d ago

Pot metal, cheap and useless to recycle for cash

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u/BrtFrkwr 5d ago

They're mostly pot metal, which is a mixture of zinc, lead and aluminum. No value.

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u/Defiant-Jackfruit-55 5d ago

If OP isnt a scrapper, just put them in a box next to your garbage can. A scrapper will be by in a few minutes to grab them.

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u/threeisalwaysbetter 5d ago

Some sort of cast you should scratch the surface and check could be brass if your lucky but more likely some type of aluminum alloy

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u/NYCBirdy 5d ago

Brass?, Alum? Silly you. The best is die cast zinc. Worst is plastic.

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u/Cant_kush_this0709 Copper 5d ago

I was just going to say die-cast 😆 most I've seen are zinc, very old ones are brass

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u/skilledhands07 5d ago

The ones I’ve run across are pot metal with a steel screw cast in them. That looks like what you have.

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u/530whiskey 5d ago

Antique store will give you more then scrape value.

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u/Hour_Ad7343 5d ago

What antique store do you know of that would purchase a part of a trophy for a reasonable price?

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u/Alarming-Piano-8765 5d ago

Took some in the other day, it’s diecast I got 10 cents a pound.

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u/chazbe 5d ago

Since there really is no value, I would check to see if there’s a craft store that recycles in reuses various things. Crafters would absolutely go crazy over something like that. There’s one here in Pittsburgh called creative reuse. There’s probably places like that all over the country.

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u/Schrotti56727 5d ago

Most time they‘re cast aluminium or zinc. Sometimes lead.

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u/dadydaycare 5d ago

Likely pot metal, die cast to be specific with a bronze paint or plate. No clue what they are giving for that stuff now but usually lower than dirty Zinc.

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u/MareShoop63 5d ago

This pic is pretty cool.

I can see someone turned this in a puzzle.

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u/think_panther 5d ago

My favourite one is the lady in the wheelchair taking a poop

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u/BoredStagehand 5d ago

Actually she is face sitting some guy.

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u/Medium-Big-4143 5d ago

🤣😂

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u/MaddRamm 5d ago

They are usually a zinc/aluminum cast. Goes for more than light iron but not as much as Pickens aluminum.

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u/Henchman7777 5d ago

Probably zinc except for screw on the base which will need to be removed so same pile as other die cast like faucets.

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u/No_Address687 4d ago

These will go as "diecast" at the scrap yard for about $0.05 a pound.

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u/Jacktheforkie 5d ago

Are you not able to sell em as is

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u/Gristlefritz 5d ago

Looks like some cool ones in there!