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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 1791029, member: 88&quot;]Kudos to you [USER=22]@daveydempsey[/USER] for taking the time to sort &amp; recycle all of that metal!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of people who wouldn&#039;t take the time to do that because you don&#039;t get much for a couple of things here &amp; there. However if you just have a spot where you can put it until you get a good amount together you can get some real cash &amp; keep it from ending up in the landfills. </p><p><br /></p><p>I use to go to this one shop that had tables set up outside of the building. The owner would put things he had gotten at a local auction that he didn&#039;t think were worth bothering with on top of the tables. If you found it before the weather got to it or somebody chipped it all up you could find some real deals. Best thing I ever found were 2 Williamsburg/Royal Leerdam Baluster wine goblets that I sold for $135.50. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He would also put out metal that would be virtually worthless after the first rain. Then every once in a while he would go through throwing it all in the dumpster. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I would load all the ruined steel, copper, silver plate etc. into boxes &amp; haul it off for him. This of course was back when all of the metals, even steel, was bringing good money. I would usually get enough to pay for a tank of gas &amp; pay for my lunch that day, sometimes more if I lucked into lots of brass &amp; copper. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately he closed up about 8 years ago. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So now when I get a little pile I drop it off the same recycling center I went to back then &amp; tell the guys to just hold it for the next person who needs the money more than I do right now. I drive right past it going to the auction so it is not out of my way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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