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  1. 10-31-2011, 05:34 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by wayne1956 View Post
    Basically what I do with mine right now is I put the #1 and #2 into two separate identical 5 gallon buckets. I will put the #1 bucket inside the #2 bucket and leave it there for a while to compress the #2. It is amazing how solid a block it will compress to.

    I do the same thing. I have a big pot at the bottom then buckets stacked on top,(3 or 4 high) as the buckets fill up it compresses the bottom bucket pretty well. I can fit 40 pounds of mixed copper into a five gallon bucket.

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