Here’s some finds from a run a couple weeks ago in TMR. It’s a bit late now so this post won’t have as much detail as others, but I can definitely show you my most notable finds.
The recycling bin above contained a few interesting items that probably shouldn’t have been in a recycle bin. There were two large (maybe 2′ tall?) liquor bottles with stands. One once held Cutty Sark Whisky …
… while the other held J&B scotch. They’re kind of cool, and might sell for 5$ each at a yard sale.
I also found this cool old Royal slide-weight scale, which I’ll probably try to sell for 20$ …
… and a vintage “crush-a-cube” cast aluminum ice cube crusher. These seem to go for around 10$ on eBay.
I found this late 1960s “Instant Mind Power” (by magician Harry Lorayne) learning guide in the same bin a week prior. It seems to have more to do with improving memory rather than developing psychic powers, which is what I originally assumed it was meant to do.
The place that provided me the iPods and postage stamps put out a big pile that night. I’m guessing they finally moved (the house was sold) and that this was the last of their undesirables. I didn’t see anything out on the curb the week after.
There was definitely a lot of good reusable stuff to be saved, but I’ll show just the finds that stuck out. I saved a box of 90s-era hockey cards;
… a framed image of Mary, which I think is from the Eastern Orthodox tradition;
… a 14k gold pin (made for Bechtel, the largest construction / engineering company in the United States);
… and two pairs of basically new binoculars. Neither are super valuable, but they should fetch around 10$ each at a yard sale.
Otherwise, the spot that provided the lawn bowling balls and the Clubmaster Ray Ban sunglasses gave me a few more things, including …
… a nice tackle box,
… a totally functional Timex Expedition watch (even the battery was working!),
… and a working digital camera. This thing (a Pentax Optio with 7.1 megapixels) takes AA batteries, which is nice because I won’t have to get a charger for it. It’s only worth around 20$, but it’s handy to keep around in case my camera dies for whatever reason. It’s always good to have a backup!
I should have a similar post up soon featuring last week’s TMR finds. Check back soon!
Great finds. I really like the watch and camera.
I love the icon! So beautiful!
I saw a scale like that at the second hand store for $5 few weeks ago but someone beat me to it. We all stood around the cash trying to figure out what kind of stuff that it weighed. The best guess I had was that maybe it was used for weighing sliced meats at an old deli. Do you know what it was used for?
That could be it, no idea though. 5$ would have been a good deal.
I love the scale. It would be a treat to own.
Hi The Camera Can I buy it from you π
I’d like to keep it myself, it’s nice a have a back up camera in case mine breaks. Maybe I could see you the next one I find though, ha ha
Especially since it uses regular batteries.
I found a nice 5mp camera, particularly small and with a 1gig memory card, but it uses a special battery. Little sense spending money on the battery if the camera doesn’t work, but not so easy to test the camera without a battery.
But I’ve found a number of older digital cameras in the garbage, presumably because they have low pixel count, though those are still good if only displaying photos on a computer. And they are always worth, even if the camera isn’t so great, it might have a memory card inside. For that matter, I once found a portable CD player, and it had two rechargeable AAs inside, more useful than a third CD player.
They are also common at garage sales, low pixel count and cheap. On the other hand, last month I bought a 5mp camera for $20, the key point being the 12x zoom.
So something’s bound to turn up.
Michael
Those liquor bottles may have been liquor store novelty display bottles or someone’s purchases from a duty free shop in an airport.
I believe they are 4.5 liter display bottles. (I can’t read the fine print on the labels). If you are willing to ship them. They sell pretty well on Ebay.
I subscribed to you I am to a Garbage picker I find all sorts I love seeing what you find its great because I know the good feeling you have when finding things π
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Marco Arts wrote:
> Hi The Camera Can I buy it from you π > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Things I find in the garbage <
Glad you like the blog! Keep picking, there’s a lot of great stuff out there
More interesting finds. There seems to be no end to the scavenging riches in Montreal. π
Hello Martin!
Iβd like to buy the scale from you if you can hold it for me until the 9th of Juneβ¦ Tell me if that works for you.
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Sure, just send me an email to let me know you haven’t forgotten about it.
Can’t believe what people throw out ! Glad you are able to make a living out of their foolishness.
Who throws the Mother Mary in the trash!!!!