Rupert Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Looking to learn about reclaiming shot from grounds, does anyone know who does it in the uk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) You can't do it very easily because once its in the ground it oxidises and is lost in a fairly short time. On a clay stand most of the shot lands in a very small area so we used to peg down an 18x18 tarp and collect quite a lot by the end of the day. Edited June 4, 2015 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Oxidise as in dissolve away to nothing? I have watched some you tube vids about the American process and remember Coniston had it done maybe 5 yrs ago. Cant remember who it was tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDon Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Brook bank did it about 2 years ago. Quite expensive apparently involving scraping off the to soil and , er, doing something to it. This is an American machine.. http://www.lead.org.au/lanv7n1/L71-10.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 If I remember correctly, the soil is crushed but the shot ends up as a flat disc which is not filtered through with the ground up 'particulate' and thus recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 You can get a good idea of how it is done here (at least one way). I'm not sure which country this is in Pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jega Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 My old club "Ancholme Valley" did a lead shot reclaim after closing ,i believe it was a condition of the lease to restore the ground to its original condition . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 You can get a good idea of how it is done here (at least one way). I'm not sure which country this is in Pretty amazing. That bloke with the hose nozzle has to have to worst job on Earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) I have seen the water screen method, very messy and you end up with a lot of toxic water. I have an idea for a machine/ number of machines. Firstly a powered screener bucket on a 360 to remove stones etc and break up the sod etc then a two or three deck screen to riddle out the soil leaving the shot al be it very dirty, Then pass it thru a washer process in something like an ready mix truck drum draining off the water leaving clean shot for max resale. edit, water can be reused then for next batch Edited June 5, 2015 by Rupert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) Lakenheath was cleared many years ago by a firm that had backing from Eley. The machine was towed by a large tractor and took power from the PTO. It took six inches off the top and passed it through a series of riddles, magnets and trays that left the lead in a hopper. The stones and soil were separated as was the ferrous stuff. Edited June 5, 2015 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinfireman Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 A Doncaster firm did it last year, they took 50 tons from a well-known clay ground...some they "restored" and some they sold dirty....I bought quite a lot of both types... easy to clean and re-graphite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 A Doncaster firm did it last year, they took 50 tons from a well-known clay ground...some they "restored" and some they sold dirty....I bought quite a lot of both types... easy to clean and re-graphite. Ah, so it is YOU that has all the lead and NOT China ! Now where is that number for Eley ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 26/04/2017 at 20:42, pinfireman said: A Doncaster firm did it last year, they took 50 tons from a well-known clay ground...some they "restored" and some they sold dirty....I bought quite a lot of both types... easy to clean and re-graphite. Hi Pinfirman what firm was this or which shooting ground so I can get in touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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