value of a clothes dryer

Originally Posted by wayne1956

This may sound trivial, but when scrapping a dryer I have found that it can be worth the effort to remove the back and see if anything has fallen to the bottom. I got a dryer recently that had a bunch of change caught in the fan that sucks the air through the rear vent. When it was all said and done, I had retrieved just short of $19 in change and also a broken heavy 20" sterling silver chain. I have heard of folks finding small gold rings, but I have yet to find any gold myself. I will shake a dryer, and if I hear anything loose in the bottom I will see what it is. Also, do not forget to remove the wiring harness, as the insulated copper is worth a lot more than what you are getting for the steel price. I have about 50# of insulated copper hoarded right now waiting for prices to go up.

Excellent! Never thought of a dryer as holding hidden treasure.....now I know! Thanks!

I opened up my 1st one last week and was surprised to find $1.40. Now after reading this thread I'll be opening them all.