some labour hire guys were brought in to clean out an old storeroom/boneyard & were told to throw everything into the jumbo bin. While walking past I spied among a stack of old shafts (2 1/2" dia x 6' long) 2 that was discoloured & different from the others, closer look, yup, dirty surface covering solid bronze. Told the guys to put it to one side as its worth quite a bit, got the answer "nope, we've been told everything must go into the bin". So I went to the site forman & told him he'd better check what the contractors were binning but got told "nah, no probs, if you want anything just chuck it in your car, I'll sign off the removal request for security" I guesstimate Ive ended up with 80-100kgs of bronze, 50-60 kgs Ali & 20-30 kgs of copper. all legit & not bad for 10 minutes lift & carry
fordkiwi27,
Feb 14, 5:21pm
score!
lookoutas,
Feb 14, 5:21pm
Hey - that was my Gt Grandfathers Bro.
taipan4,
Feb 14, 6:13pm
yup big money in scrap and peoplebin it
trogedon,
Feb 14, 7:16pm
Agreed although the only steel a Fish needs is in it??
kevin_the_kiwi,
Feb 14, 11:31pm
Nice work! I found a crate of waikatos' in a skip just after new years.
whqqsh,
Feb 15, 3:47am
yeah, just because theyre not quick enough, clever enough or tinny enough to get it themselves so they have to grizzle, seen plenty of the for sure
mrfxit,
Feb 15, 7:05am
Or simply to LAZY to get it out
mrfxit,
Apr 19, 9:04pm
Good on ya. Had some pretty cool wins like that in the past Been there done that a lot in the past but it's getting really hard these days with paronoid owners/boss's that you might uncover some state secrets or super dirty company stuff. Then theres the buggers that padlock the bins
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