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Thread: Weirdest thing you've found in bucket of WW or scrap lead?

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    Weirdest thing you've found in bucket of WW or scrap lead?

    For me it was a glass cinnamon jar filled with dried out minnows. Second prize goes to about 4 sinkers on a string (I didn't melt them, they went in my tackle box).

    How about you all?

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    A 2 dollar coin & half a 7/16" spanner

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    2 rolls of 95-5 solder, a bar of 50-50 and a couple blocks of pure lead. I think they tried to pull the wool over my eyes by hidding this stuff. I bought the bucket as scrap lead for .25/lb they sure seen me comming and i keep comming back
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    8 lbs. of 95 / 5. They didn't know what they had!

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    Razor blades, one of them I found the hard way.

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    WW removal tool, don't know what they are called, the plier type.
    Now I visit WWourld parking lot on a regular basis!!!
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    +1 on razor blade the hard way. DALE

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    I found these while "mining lead" in our pistol ranges dirt berm. I do not want to shoot the handgun these came out of!!!

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    I would venture to guess that they are 12 or 10 gauge shotgun slugs.
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    3 Master locks all hooked together with the keys.

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    A 1 1/8" socket. Lots of razor blades; so far none of them the hard way!

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    A (still) living snake, with it's lower body trapped by scrap lead tossed into a 55 gallon drum, at the scrap yard.
    The reptile had also recently swallowed a mouse (or something). Too injured to survive release, I killed it.
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    I like finding those big shotgun slugs on the berm. Someone is nice enough to shoot lots of them at our range.

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    A broken 9/16 deep well socket....so far...

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    1960s: Stubby plastic milk bottle w/ nipple for an infant. I can understand that.
    Timex watch that worked. OK

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    Half a box of shotgun primers rudely discovered during fluxing. I got even later.

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    Found a Trojan with what appeared to be a human tooth in it. Don't ask!
    Too weird as both of these were from the same location, so I avoided further pick-up from these .... gentlemen.

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    Razor blades, 95-5, a couple sockets. BA is w-a-a-a-a-y ahead in the condiment section—I've only gotten the Trojan wrappers. Maybe somebody thought they were wrapped in lead foil....

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    broken craftsmen wrenches that turned themselves into non broken wrenches the next trip to the sears store. A super ball which is still sitting on my desk. And a good size handful of ball bearings.
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    Dang, All I've found so far is a dozen or so new valve stems plus the usual trash. I just add them to my tire fixin box.
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    Best find was a beat up buffalo nickle, dated about 38 or 39 I think. A dead mouse, numerous tire valve stems, lizards and black widows. Fortunately I haven't found any black widows the hard way.

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    A nice flashlight, assorted open end wrenches, pens, Burgers, chewing baccy (blech). A small transistor radio (worked but not very well). Hose clamps, two screwdrivers some loose change.
    There is no problem too big that more time and more money can't solve.

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