I am also new to scrapping and excited about finding this board and all the info.
On my first scrap yard trip I took a submersible water pump. It weighed 30lbs and I was paid .20 lb = 6.00. It was listed on my receipt as motors/trans.
I didn't know if that was good, bad , normal payout......I was just glad to get it out of my garage.
I also had 11lbs of copper tubing from under the house and got 2.80 a lb for that.
I'm thinking now maybe that huge pump would be worth more but I don't know. Maybe it can be torn down into parts for a better payout ?