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    gooberville new jersey is in the house

    ive been following the threads here for a couple of few weeks and finally got around to joining up.

    back in the 1900's i can remember pushing a shopping cart overflowing with newspapers and magazines to a place called bruno & delias that paid out a few coins for the effort.next was the deposit bottles and cans that always could be found in the empty lots and railroad right of ways.

    started filling a 55 gallon cardboard barrel in my basement with #2 copper found while dumpster diving & the wire from ballasts that i cracked open.the mess was getting near the top when the price hit a buck a pound and then i had to figure out how to get the 500 pound barrel up a flight of rickety wooden steps......yup....hadda scoop it out and carry it up by the bucket load.

    scrappin on the side keeps the tacklebox filled with lures and the cold ones in the fridge.


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    Welcome to the forum. I hope you will share some of your best/interesting finds from dumpster diving, Mike.
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldtoothlessbassmaster View Post
    a place called bruno & delias that paid out a few coins for the .
    Is that in Bergen Cty?
    Hackettstown here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPete View Post
    Is that in Bergen Cty?
    Hackettstown here.
    yup , hackensack nj side street off of green street
    hadda be back in the late 60's when i was "cartin" newspapers & magazines there for pocket change

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldtoothlessbassmaster View Post
    yup , hackensack nj side street off of green street
    hadda be back in the late 60's when i was "cartin" newspapers & magazines there for pocket change
    I once lived in Ridgefield Park. Hell, I once lived in a lot of NJ towns! That place brings back memories. All that area has changed along the river. I think there are strip malls where swamps used to be along the river.


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