Copper slug rings

[Doggler]

Anyone know where the best place to get these are? I've seen some on Ebay but at £20 plus £5 postage that seems a bit steep. What about copper wire, would that work any better?

[Jaxom]

Any copper would work. pipe, wire, or even coins minted before 1991. coins minted after that date have less copper in them.
A pre 1992 2p peice is now worth 3p as scrap due to the high copper in its make up.

[SueA]

Some people use unravelled copper wire pan scrubbers too but I'm not sure where you get them from, the only ones I see seem to be silver coloured or plastic.

[Lesley Jay]

If I used copper pipe around the allotment plots would I need to keep it clean and shiny or will mucky copper work just as well?

[nick the grief]

If we had it on or plot it would get nicked !!!

[lyndap]

My rings of copper pennies (POST 1992!) seem to be working around my brassicas.

[Doggler]

Would it work for snails too?

[Gryfon]

Should do, as they're basically slug with portable homes!

[SueA]

If anyone has a copy of 'Gardeners' World' magazine from June this year on page 159 there is a photo of a snail climbing up what definitely looks like a copper ring & leaning in to nibble a hosta leaf.That's totally ruined my faith in copper now as I would have thought snails are the same as slugs & the copper is supposed to react with the mucus they produce to give them a small shock.Perhaps the one in the photo is just a masochist!

[Mel]

I am having a real problem with snails in my garden at the moment. I've not tried the copper coins but am going to give this a go this weekend and hoping it works as well for snails as for slugs. I have a large collection of coppers in a jar so should be able to find plenty of pre-1991 coins.