you might have the best luck by cutting the outer insulation, then stripping that off to get to the lead sheathe. Use a cold chisel to break through the lead sheathe and peel the inner copper wire from inside of it.
the lead should be worth at least .50/#, and you can either sell the copper wire for around $1.00/#, or around 2.60/# as #2 if you pull the rest of the insulation apart.
How many feet do you have of it? I'm guessing it's about 50-60'? also guessing that about 15% of that weight is lead, 30-50% of that is insulation, and the remainder sweet sweet copper.... YMMV.
I'll let you do your own calculation and labor factor to see if it is worthwhile
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