Quote Originally Posted by BiggerHammer View Post
YEAH! Second time that has happened to us. I purchased an old GE Brass Search Light (With broken Glass) from a ship dated back to early 1900's purchased for less then $30 - It was pretty heavy. I sold it for $405 to someone in Australia. On top of the $405 they also paid $105 for shipping! I have yet to really lose out in buying items from the yard. Thing is that really like to see the good items not go to waste/melted. The guy told me with the Trombone that he was just going to donate them to a music school! However, there are a few items they will not sell yet. Currently they have a 300 pound brass horse from an old carousel. LOL
lol that is crazy! I really love doing store cleanouts, and taking everything from steel, metal, copper, brass, and wire. I am not really into dumpster diving/trash nights, but that is mainly because I never have time for it.

However, that is how I got started, but back then, there was less than 20 scrappers, and now there is close to 200 if not more lol.

I haven't bought anything from ebay as of yet, but have bought lots from amazon.com.