bigfoot 
You never know what gems you can find while curb shopping/scrapping/buying and reselling.
I only just started scrapping a month or so ago but still have lucked out on some pretty interesting finds.
My recommendation while getting your hands on something new, is to DO YOUR RESEARCH! You are already here on this forum trying to find answers for questions that have crossed your mind. If you find something and know nothing about it, google what it is you found.
For Example.
A gentleman posted up a ad in the Free section on craigslist in my area saying that he has some old yard art that the previous owner had left behind when he moved out. All the items were metal and one of them was an old car door.
I text him and told him I was able to pick it up that day and drove to meet him. I picked it all up and the guy even asked what I was going to do with the metal. I told him I would probably scrap most of it if I couldn't find a use for it. He said he had something else for me since I was going to scrap it. He gave me mountain bike that he said he gave up on and had no use for it. I was happy to accept it.
Later that night I went home and did some research on the old car door that I had been given, and was able to find out that it belonged to an old 1940's pickup truck.
Though it was a little rusted, it was still in pretty decent condition. So I took it to a little restoration shop that is down the street from my house and the guy offered me $20 bucks for it.
Pretty good for something that was given to me for free.
So my suggestion is to always do research on something you are not sure about scrapping. Always know what is in your inventory and find a way to cash it in. It's a scrappers must.
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