Ok, thank you all so much for answering my question(s) both the asked and implied. All of your answers I find helpful. I wasn't really sure what people were doing with their finds, especially when so many posts spoke of melt value. The terminology and abbreviations used on this and other forums tend to be a bit confusing almost like speaking another language.
That being said, I still have some questions about coins, I've been seing people talk about coins that have certain percentages of silver, so obviously you're not melting the stuff down, do you sort it into categories to get a higher pay out when you sell it to someone who does melt it the way I have to sort my scrap metal for the scrap yard? Or do you just call it all silver and let them sort it out? Sor instance if I turn in sat copper flashing, but it's full of iron or aluminum nails, the yard calls it #2 copper and pays me a lower price, where as if it's "clean" it's #1 copper and I get paid more. Or am I all bass ackwards in my understanding of this?