Know what it's worth before you buy, haul, or strip

Pick a cable type (or enter a custom recovery %), add weight and your local prices — get the copper value stripped vs sold insulated.

Pick an aluminum cable type (or a custom recovery %), add weight — or gauge/mm² and length — and your local prices; see the aluminum value stripped vs sold insulated.

Compares stripped vs insulated payout including your time and labor — tells you when stripping actually pays.

Weigh a lot, estimate its composition, enter the asking price — get estimated value, margin, and your break-even price.

Estimate copper content and scrap value of electric motors by weight and size class.

Water heater, washer, AC, microwave and more — what each appliance pays broken down or whole.

Circuit board grades and component lots (CPUs, RAM, gold fingers) priced per pound — conservative defaults.

Weight, karat, and today's spot price — melt value plus what a refiner, gold buyer, or pawn shop will realistically pay.

Sterling and European silver by weight and purity — or count pre-1965 US coins — with melt value and realistic payout.

Ballpark scrap value of a catalytic converter by type and PGM market — with a serial-number-quote reality check.

lb ↔ kg, $/lb ↔ $/tonne, and quick price tables for the yard.