yup, me and a buddy came up on a garage full of of mixed items, we each got a 26" ride cymbal for a drum kit out of the deal.... pure brass... he scrapped his for a couple bucks, i sold mine on ebay - even though it was cracked - for $120

another time someone was throwing out two portable AC's... cleaned the filters, and everything else i could clean, and sold them on craigslist for 50$ each