First time scrapper

After scrapping with a few buddies of mine at the late hours of the night for extra cash I have found a true passion of scraping. Of course the scraping that was being done wasn't very professional I wanted to changed that. Me and my dad went to the scrap yard for the first time together day. Only made 30 bucks but it was a learning experience. Had a little copper that I got out of 2 old TVs I asked if I could have, stainless still dad had got, and other metal. Just hoping for some tips. Before writing this I was waiting for a friend at his apt and found his dumpsters had some DVD players in them. Only took the cord and little copper on them. Anyways just Hoping for tips. Thank you all.

Make n intro n read some posts..thats all the tips u need..O N DO SOME READING N RESEARCH..gl

OK man thanks.

What is the difference between copper #1 and #2. When bringing in my copper today I had a ball of copper got from some wires., they were kinda thick.. the young Guy at the scrap yard said it was #1 but when weighing my copper it was all together as #2. I'm assuming #2 is thin copper wires out of TVs and such.. also had a bag of insulated wires (.60) they ask what kinda wires were in it? Anyway just wondering the differences

At my yard #2 is any small gauge wire, pipe with solder joints,and painted copper. number 1 is clean pipe, solid strand wire ,and larger multi strand wire. hope this helps you.

When scraping insulated wires does it matter if its copper or Alu?

I just started scraping. Myself. And love it a few tips are find those roll away dumpster and look for new construction and go out the night before trash day and always keep a magnetic

Well I've gotten bags of soda cans now. Is it OK to put other aluminum stuff in it, as in aluminum foil. Also my dad found some aluminum henges