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The reason I ask is because my Dad worked in a scrap yard when he was younger and they would find all kinds of stuff he found a bunch of old coin collections from china a dagger and some other stuff others had found the same and guns. Just wondering what you have found.
Sorry if this has been posted before.
Tools, amazing amount of tools. Spanners, panelbeating dolly, coins etc, nothing to write home about though.
Someone in NZ had a car accident & a bag of gold coins fell out of the dash, not my luck though.
That would be cool more then cool jaw dropping lolQuote:
Originally Posted by eesakiwi
a working x-box (before 360's came out), an expensive performance sterio system, an amazing amount of tools, bag of weed, one of those bars that extend out that you use to beat people with, 3 rolls of dimes. That's all I can think of.
^^^ You are talking about an extending baton. Those things are awesome!
That is cool the dime rolls I'd check to see if any are silver.Quote:
Originally Posted by justjunkin
12 or 13 years ago I found a rolex under the back seat of a mercedes I bought for scrap sold the watch for 5g. Best $25 bucks i believe I ever spent.
I'd say that was a good investment lolQuote:
Originally Posted by joebob49
VERY good investment. Just wish like heck I could find 3 today lol. but most I find now is tools and now and then a decent pocket knife. and pool table change lol
found a psp one time but mostly find loose change and lighters. Had a friend that said he found $2800 roll up under the back seat when he use to work at a junkyard.
No dead bodies?
;-)
No dead bodies yet. But bought a mustang convertible off craigslist one time CHEAP. shoulda opened the doors befor i bought it. Her husband had died in it. Now im not scared of gohsts or anything. But they didnt find him for 3 weeks. After 2 professional cleanings she desided to sell the car. I stripped what i could get with oput opening the doors
Gag Myth Busters did a show on that same thing some one did buy it and parted it out lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by joebob49
lol never seen that show I will google it and watch it tho ty
why is everyback seak ripped out at the junk yard? There must be a few good stories.
It's an awesome show the 2 guys are nuts lol. They did get shut down for a while though because they accidently put a cannon ball through a house or 2 and a minivan Oops wasn't part of the plan. They wanted to test the velocity of it in a pool lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by joebob49
My uncle found a .22 or a 9mil, can't remember which, with the serial scratched off. Turned it into the cops, never heard about it again.
Porn. Lots of porn. Seems a lot of people junk cars without checking the trunks.
The yard I go to also has a 6' long belt of live .308 blanks for a machine gun. Somebody had tossed them in with the rest of their brass. Now they are hanging above the door to their little scale booth in the non ferrous building!
Lol cool on the 308 beltQuote:
Originally Posted by G_P
Yeah I've found porn also actually a guy left about 10 or 15 porn movies in a tahoe plus lots of other movies.
I suppose they don't want the ol'lady or the kids to find it so stash in an old car or truck and no one's the wiser.
Scrapping, not... Scraping.
I guess I will be the first, over the years working on and and lately scrapping I have found 2 bags of weed. Before you comment I dont smoke weed and didnt sell it I tossed both in trash. Like others have said tools, tools, tools, new car parts, change, change, change (some 80's cars had change holders built into center console that woud drop change into center console to lost for ever),tapes. CDs, cameras, keys, keys and lastly lots of trash.
I know it's an old thread but...
I have found lots of tools like others, one car a couple weeks ago had a $300 set scattered in the truck (was a roll over), a number of complete stereo systems (decks, speakers, subs and amps), camping equipment, fish tanks and equipment, fishing stuff (some just yesturday), always find change (cpl hundred $ a yr worth), and once found a bag with a bunch of needles and empty viles in it, needless to say that stayed in the trunk
thats because there is always change under the back seat and sometimes other stuff slips down thereQuote:
Originally Posted by wavecrazed
ive found tools, BRAND NEW full size spare tires (made a set of them for my car), sunglasses, lots of change, toys, new parts, my car yielded a pair of sony diskmans and some old cassette tapes when i cleaned it out. all kinds of garbage lol. all kinds of random stereo components. i wrecked a Cadillac STS and i kept the fancy looking pop lighters from all the ash trays..... also got an electronic shifter cable from that car not sure for what but ill find it a purpose some day lol the last couple cars i bought were not very interesting they were well cleaned inside before i purchased them. the hunt is always fun but sometimes you shove your hand in some nasty shiz trying to dig for treasures lol
Canadian Tire money!!! Lots of it!
Bulova Accutron Spaceview.
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yeeeeeaaaa we got that tire money.... lol i never seem to save up enough of it to get anything more then a few bucks off a jug of oilQuote:
Originally Posted by jord0690