First thing you ever foud scrapping

First thing, cant remember, used to pick up cans with my grandfather when I was a little kid.
Nastiest, had to be a microwave/range hood combo, those things can get disgusting.
Best thing, to many to list, but this time I will go with 7 rolls of silver dimes and 2 $50 bills in old suitcases.

I was 7-8 years old picking up cans on my road, setting right in the middle of the road was a folding Allen Pak. I had no idea what it was but when I gave it to my dad it sure made him happy

Lol I was told to scrap but knew nothing. I said I charge for that! They said I would get paid to toss it (a fridge or other from a business) I was a parts driver or medical driver or other driver jobs using a pick up truck . I was like no $ no haul . Even stuff I disassemble today lol. I always think ......i used to pass this up. No more . Gimme more. I'm down now.

Well, I just found what's probably the coolest thing I ever found scrappin':

A cell phone in the street.

Big deal? Well, there's more. I was loading my truck with a couple prom dresses my wife wanted me to take to the thrift store I get scrap from every day. So I set my phone down on the truck's bedrail ""for just a sec"" while I opened the door with one hand, holding the box with the other hand. So I set the box in the truck and rearranged a couple things and the box fell and I had to pick it up and yaddayaddayadda... so I got in the truck & took off.

Now, like yall, I always keep my eyes peeled when driving, so I'm almost back home, and right by the turn-in for my alley, I spotted something in the road. ....Hmmmmmm.... looks like a cellphone..... Hmmmmmmm..... looks like..... HOLY $#!+ it IS my cellphone!!!!



Whew!

It's fine. Couple scratches on the tuff-cover thingy, but all-in-all good shape.

The first thing that I officially scrapped was my old BBQ pit, the one with the brass burners. (I have a thread about that. ) Hmmmmm the nastiest thing I've ever found was probably that BBQ full of rats from a few weeks back or the computers I get from one of my contacts. Every single one of them is full of this dirt that sticks to EVERYTHING and is impossible to clean up all the way. I've been lucky so far, I haven't had to deal with a stinky fridge full of food yet. Dealing with nasty stuff is just another day on the job, I'm not too scared about that stuff.

First haul: Old radiator and some copper pipes, when I was 16.
Nastiest haul: I've hauled lots of nasty stuff; fridges can get pretty putrid/covered in mold and rotten food particles.
Best non ferrous haul: Copper buss bars- that got me into scrapping seriously about 10 years ago. Netted 300 lbs of copper and 100 lbs of aluminum. Only needed about 5 buckets (wish I took picts)
Bulkiest haul: almost 30 large appliances at once
Heaviest ferrous haul: 7860 pound of steel shelving and rotating libraries over 8 ft tall (showed in my pict)

Not the first but in the beginning of posting adds on Craigslist I got a call for a dishwasher and almost passed but figured it was better then waiting for the next call. Before I got there they called back to see what else I could take...anything metal, anything that plugs in.

When I got there they had a pile with car batteries, wire, dishwasher(stainless tub!) and small kitchen appliances including this. (Set the hook in the wife's mouth for good)

young, 7 or 8 my sister and I used to find old dump sites in the woods and bring dad home oilcans, butter churns, electric knobs and other metal doodads, mom got the glass jars, some are worth money now.
The nastiest had to be the fryer oil furnace, every inch coated in grease, all the copper lines were full of old grease and the catch pan had a sorta biology experiment look too it.
I threw the copper line into the sun to get the old grease out.. When i went to pick them up later the smell from 15 ft away was making me gag something fierce.
My stomach is turning just typing about it.