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    Passed 2 dumpsters while walking the dogs last night with my mom, first one was full of concrete, 2nd was random office and household type junk, right away found a nice metal ruler(rusted but could probably be cleaned) and a laundry bucket and small box full of random metals, grabbed those and figured Id check more tomorrow since it was late and people around here are happy to call the cops for anything. Ended up with half the bucket full of yellow brass, and couple thick red brass fittings and spigots, tiny bit of copper fittings, some door knobs(goes as dirty aluminum by me) a roll of lead free solder, the rest was steel.

    Checked the dumpster again today and got more brass(the buckets almost full now) bunch of aluminum pans and rods, some stainless, a motor, bunch of electronics all with wires, and best yet, a big metal cabinet that contained a whole bunch more heavy red brass spigots and fittings! The box I found last night is now filled with those, and feels pretty heavy. Im sure theres more stuff in there Ill check again tomorrow, had to leave cause some nasty lady started yelling at me out the window and I didnt want any problems.


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    Nice score sounds like somebody don't mind throwing money in the dumpster I'd start checking that on a regular basis.

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    some of my best finds come from apt dumpsters.

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    Forgot to mention I also found a small bag of foreign coins, some are from the 60's, maybe they have some value, maybe not, but still a cool find. Im gonna check it again today.
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