Junk you've found on a job....

[oldbeer]

Hey guys-

Figured it was time for my quarterly "chime in" to see if any of you have come across ancient soda/beer cans or bottles.Since the old work crews had a habit of dropping them where the boss wouldn't find them,I've put some nice ones on my shelves because of you.

Anyhow-have you ever stumbled across a pile of old tin or bottles?

If so..."I'm your huckleberry"

[acmanko]

I've got some old Kroger Coffe cans

[spotts]

My best find was a 1/2 dozen old Budweisers. Still in great shape. Heres a picture.
http://www.gono.com/beermagazineads/anheuser%20busch/b1.jpg

[oldbeer]

Those were made during prohibition,when they couldn't have alcohol.Too cool!

[Pascone10]

i have a glass pepsi bottle form a little while ago and found a 6 pack of bud bottles empty but left them there like an idiot:(

[oldbeer]

Spotts-I'm assuming you sold them then? Thats a cool thing to find

[spotts]

Those were made during prohibition,when they couldn't have alcohol.Too cool!


The lable is funny, lemme see if I can find one here at work. Naw, but from memory it says stuff like "Unsurps the convalescent" "Great for nursing mothers!"
"Aids Digestion" Pretty cool thing. When I was looking here at the shop I found a deviled ham can with a soldered on lid, and a scary assed devil on it. Also a pork and beans can from like the 1920's.

http://www.adclassix.com/images/20underwoodham.jpg

[skibme]

i have three fire grenades with the carbon tet. still inside. i also have 2 beer cans that resemble the old brake fluid bottles. numerous other cans and bottles.

[hvac248]

A barrel of Rum found in a hidden sub-basement I discovered during a renovation in an old house in Detroits Indian Village. Homeowner thru a Proabition rum runners theme completion party and tapped it.

Joist liner that was ment to be Stroh's bottol cap blanks.

[cehs]

I have an old 6oz Coke-a-cola bottle that has "Des Moines, IA" molded in the glass on the bottom.

[ar_hvac_man]

I got a 1964 Shlitz can i found in pretty good condition.

[oldbeer]

Skibme-I'd pay you fairly for the brake fluid cans.What brands are they?

[Senior Tech]

I'd pay 3 bucks for a new Miller Lite bottle ice cold and full...:D

[skibme]

fitzgeralds lager beer 12 oz can

[MB1211]

I found 3 full budweiser bottles in a ditch once while repairing a water service. Boss stopped by and laughed. He had buried them there years ago when he installed the service and his boss showed up unexpectedly.

[BURL-REF]

I found some old Algebra books in an attic. They were copywrited in 1893.

Another job I found 4 old Walt Disney kids books. The are about 4 x 3 inches and 2 inches thick, dated in the 1930's.

[gruntly]

One job I found a couple of old men's mystery magazines. One had an article and pics of Tina Louise pre-Gilligan's Isle. Too funny. Still have them around here someplace.

[vmc1161]

One job I found a couple of old men's mystery magazines. One had an article and pics of Tina Louise pre-Gilligan's Isle. Too funny. Still have them around here someplace.


Look under your pillow ...:D ;)


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[oldbeer]

Skibme

Depending on condition (they are a white can with blue oval label?) they are 30-40 bucks each.If you'd rather have some beer MONEY than beer cans,I'll give them a "loving home"

[spotts]

Now thats another collection, all of the brass fire extinguishers, pressure gauges, thermostats [I have a working [not hooked up] "Honeywells first programmable" with a 7 jewel wind up clock on the wall below my Pristige HD touchscreen.

http://www.prothermostats.com/images/gui/timeline4.gif http://www.forwardthinking.honeywell.com/related_links/wireless/prestige/promote/prestige_large_lores.jpg

Oh, and yea, a boatload of those Red Comet carbon tet fire grenades.

[spotts]

I found some old Algebra books in an attic. They were copywrited in 1893.

Another job I found 4 old Walt Disney kids books. The are about 4 x 3 inches and 2 inches thick, dated in the 1930's.



OK, get this, I have on my desk now an old trade mag.
"The Plumbers and Heating Contractors Trade Journal" dated July 15, 1930 addressed to Harry F. Spotts. I was working in an old home and found a bunch of these in an attic. Great Grandad had used um to insulate the attic. Dont know why I only took one.

[oldbeer]

[QUOTE=spotts;2402632]Now thats another collection, all of the brass fire extinguishers, pressure gauges, thermostats [I have a working [not hooked up] "Honeywells first programmable" with a 7 jewel wind up clock on the wall below my Pristige HD touchscreen.

Those are pretty cool looking units-made right here in tropical Minneapolis

[spotts]

I used to wind it up so I could watch it "Set back" but the mechanism would scare the **** outa my secretary when it went off. LOL!

[heatkits]

While replacing a FHA furnace in Ipswich, MA with a ultra modern gas unit a few years back, we found a book on the top of the plenum.

It's the "Fuel Oil Manual" by Paul Schmidt, copyright 1951 and looked like it had been there since then too... Under the title it reads: "For the oil user who wants to know about fuel oil selection, properties, handling, burning, troubles and remedies, together with working data for building heating, power generation and industrial processes".

I dusted it off, thumbed through it and left on the new furnace as a found treasure. A few weeks later it came in the mail with a note saying we left our installation manual there. I still have it as a desk reference, although I don't see myself working on any 1950 equipment or oil for that matter.

Perhaps Dan Holohan or some one else would like it for the archives... I fond a copy on Amazon for $31+, surely mine must be worth more since it has Ralph H. Wetmore, Ipswich, Ma written in it... Just kidding... it's free to a good home.

[actoken]

ive fond a pallet of empty coca cola bottles from the old quincy plant here.
took it to flea market and got 200 bucks for 20 empty bottles!
my buddy said i could have gotten 500.its like gold around here!

now all our guys are tring to find these bottles!

ive also seen a pair of old granny panties used as a hanging strap for a drain line!i wish i had a picture for that!when in a pinch right?:D

[oldbeer]

If any of your fellas want appraisals or dates on cans or bottles-email a pic to oldbeer at gmail.com.I'll tell you what I know!

[iron]

If any of your fellas want appraisals or dates on cans or bottles-email a pic to oldbeer at gmail.com.I'll tell you what I know!

What about old shot glasses, can you appraise them?

[Green Mountain]

I'd pay 3 bucks for a new Miller Lite bottle ice cold and full...:D



Well never go to a professional sporting event because you would die of thirst.:rolleyes:

[oldbeer]

Generally,the shot glasses would need to be from the era where the bar/tavern name was etched into the thin glass.Most of them were pre-prohibition.If they are painted logo glasses,etc from after that period,they are in the 3-10.00 range I'd imagine...

[Twilly]

Twilli used to love to go to the old gravity jobs when Twilli was a kid, Twilli would find all kinds of things in those old gravity furnaces, your post sure brings back some memories for Twilli.

Twilli misses his Dad.

[fcs]

Found Ladies panties and on a roof when working on a RTU. :D
Also lost her name tag.:eek:

[drewsk404]

I found a miller high life can from probably the 60's in the wall of my family's house when we were replacing a tub/shower. i assume it's from then b/c that's when the house was built, and the tub was original.

[oldbeer]

If any of you fellas would rather have cash than the cans,shoot me an email and we'll provide them with a loving home up here in MN!


oldbeer at gmail.com

[madhat]

A Mercury Space Capsule, on the east coast of Florida. Was doing paid Hurricane relief, trying to get Cell sites back on line. We could only be out ten hours, so we helped seniors when we were off. When I saw it in garage full of junk, thought it was a mock-up. Nope the real thing, a monkey went up in it. All the electronics had been stripped out of it.

Edited to from Gemini to Mercury, don't know what I was thinking, it was a Mercury Capsule

[oldbeer]

Now that...takes the cake.I would bet that it still had value,without any electronics.A monkey capsule...too funny.

[pjh008]

I found a box full of old beer cans in a crawl space while working on a floor furnace. All look like new, and a few needed a can opener. If I remember, one is called Peoples beer, Drewery's beer, Budweiser with directions on how to open the tab top and others. I'll take a look at them tonite and let you know what all I got.

[oldbeer]

Bingo-any of the cans that took an opener to drink from,like a juice can.I just made a guys day near Boston last week.He is in the building demolition business.3 cans-two were in the 30-40 dollar range,but when I gave him 500 for a quart can,his jaw dropped.

[wrbranscum]

I found a antique Indian head radiator cap I think it's for a 1929
Pontiac. It was under a old house being tore down. I was
pulling the floor furnace and hit it with my knee. It's in bad condition
but put on my shelf. Just could recognize what it was.
Fuzzy

[busterdouglas]

A Mercury Space Capsule, on the east coast of Florida. Was doing paid Hurricane relief, trying to get Cell sites back on line. We could only be out ten hours, so we helped seniors when we were off. When I saw it in garage full of junk, thought it was a mock-up. Nope the real thing, a monkey went up in it. All the electronics had been stripped out of it.

Edited to from Gemini to Mercury, don't know what I was thinking, it was a Mercury Capsule

That is hilarious...monkey capsule... definitely the most bizarre!

[oldbeer]

Hey pjhoo8....

any progress on your cans?

[pjh008]

Yea, I looked through them. I'd have to send you pics. I'll send em to your website when I do. I got one can I cant find anything about. Its called Black Pride and was brewed in Westbend WI.Any ideas?

[T-MAN]

I once found the "Money Bag" on the roof of a Pizza Hut, the store was "held
up" the night before. Gave it back to store manager and he called the police.
Got a free pizza for lunch that day.

[oldbeer]

Black Pride (a beer thats as proud as its people) was made for the afro-american market in a last ditch effort (but they made a LOT of cans,so it isn't rare) to gain market share for the West Bend brewery before they folded.Its a buck or two at best...

[seatonheating]

This isn't beer related but..

I once found an old hefty bag full of spoons and needles in a crawlspace, lucky I wasn't stuck with any of them huh??

Just happened this was the house of Jimi Hendrix's aunt. Wonder how many of those needles and or spoons were affiliated with Jimi himself. This house was in the old Montlake neighborhood of Seattle.

I talked to the general contractor and he had actually talked to one of Jimi's relatives who was handling the estate. Never got a clear answer on who that was, but he said this person stated that Jimi and his buddies grew up partying at this house.....pretty cool I think.

Beer-related, I have found some miscellaneous older bottles and stuff but never took them as they were usually broken.

[fcs]

Found a "Old Crown" once gave it to a Buddy from Ft Wayne IN

[mdharris68]

I used to keep a gallon jar on the dresser that housed all of my gravity furnace tear out finds. Marbles, metal army men, metal cars, trinkets and few indian head pennies. I usally gave the money to the homeowner though. Sold a couple marbles for 20.00 and gave the rest to the kids. Still have a marble on my dash that is about 1.5" diameter and made of blue and white marble stone. Haven't had it appraised by the local marble collector though.

[oldbeer]

Wow...cool stories.Hypodermic needles??...wow,I suppose you could have paid for the DNA test and put them in a rock and roll auction.Who knows,on ebay they could have gone to an obscure collector in Japan that completes his collection.

"Yeah,I have Cobain,Scott Weiland,etc and just needed the Hendrix!";)

[oldbeer]

pjh008

any progress on documenting your beer cans? Just checking in...:)

[chesehd]

I just found a Pepsi can from 1976 in a field near the yard.

Just walking around, letting some PB Blaster soak in an old, iron railing. Went out in the field for a bit and saw an old can with a pull-top sitting under some trees. I was curious and grabbed (as I had the time).

No joke, it had an eagle on there and 200 Years of Freedom! on the side.

There is some offer on there that expired on 9/30/1976! (still legible)

This thing must have been there for over 30 years! Not faded due to the shade from the bushes.

I'll try to post a pic tomorrow.

[ZoneRite]

I found an intact Duffy Malt Whisky bottle with a date of August 26th, 1886 on the bottom in a foundation of a condo project in the Sunset district of San Francisco, boxes of screws & nails, a couple of tubes of Silver solder (the good old-school stuff) a hand gun (broken thankfully), a load of spent and unspent 38 special ammo, and a true to life 8” stiletto which I kept in my tool pouch for many years as a duct knife/conversation piece…it now resides in an attic somewhere in Southern California waiting to be rediscovered sometime in the future!

[shaygetz]

Crispy Crinkle...you guys find all the cool stuff. Me? I find the skeletal remains of ill fated mammals and the occasional angry serpentine reptilian occupant and/or its many arachnoid bunkmates.

[esdd]

I found a case of absinthe from when it was still legal in the basement attic (crawl space) above a board celing. Only one bottle had been opened, kept the open bottle and one other, sold the other 10 to a specialty liquor store. I also found two rifles, one of which was a Sharps, (like in the movie Quigley) and a couple of unidentifiable pistols in the floorboards of a church rectory. The church sold these and made enough to pay for extensive renovations.

[smittyii]

found two perfectly preserved (and completely dried out) oranges and a pepsi can with a pull top in an access panel of a hi rise office building. the building was built in 1973. i guess it was somebodies lunch during construction. the best thing i ever found was an american standard cap on top of an air handler in an attic. i left it there accidently 6 years before. 140 degree attic during the summer, i wasn't interested in going back for it at the time!:o

[oldbeer]

Zonerite-what did you do with the booze bottle? Still have it? I'd love to see a picture!

[oldbeer]

Thats the same story that put all the old cans in vents and walls-too funny;)

[dec]

Pound of pot in an old paper bag.

Should have seen the kids red face and sweating when he came down into the basement to see us working in the basement.

I think he thought the mouse trap at the access was going to scare his granma from going into the crawl space.

She must not of told him about us coming to replace the furnace.

should have turned him into his granma but I thought him having to clean his shorts out from having us laugh at him was enough to scare the craaaa..... well you know :D

[gruntly]

Pound of pot in an old paper bag.

Should have seen the kids red face and sweating when he came down into the basement to see us working in the basement.

I think he thought the mouse trap at the access was going to scare his granma from going into the crawl space.

She must not of told him about us coming to replace the furnace.

should have turned him into his granma but I thought him having to clean his shorts out from having us laugh at him was enough to scare the craaaa..... well you know :D

Did you... er.. confiscate it and tell him to quit or you'd tell his granny, like any other responsible adult would, then ask for the rolling paper just for good measure? :rolleyes::p:D

[Ammonianite]

During a preventive maintenance visit, I found an old rubber enema bag next to an RTU. What the heck? Don't know why it was there, how it got there. But I stayed away from the nasty thing. Gross and very weird.

[db7803]

pjh008

any progress on documenting your beer cans? Just checking in...:)

found a total of 8 Bud cans in the cieling of the old wing of the hosp. Pull tab steel cans I believe there from the 60's and a coke can with a dimond pattern on a steel can.

[Mario7]

Found a 6 foot long bong above the drop ceiling of a rental.

[iron]

Found a 6 foot long bong above the drop ceiling of a rental.

that makes 15
time to go pro

[Edwin73]

My helper and I were doing an inside changeout in an apartment complex near a local college. He found a bong behind the air handler. I gave it to a police department to put on display with all of the peraphenalia they confiscated off of people.

[oldbeer]

Hey-if any of you guys would rather have some beer money (rather than the dusty cans/bottles,etc) drop me an email.

[Ammonianite]

Was the six foot bong purple with a huge bowl on it?

[thump_rrr]

$20,000 in 20's in the rafters of a restaurant basement.
When I finished the job I told the owner that he should change his hiding place because I didn't want to get blamed for it if it disappeared.
He told me that if he didn't trust me I wouldn't have been working for him.

[mike robinson]

You guys have all the luck,all I have ever found was a claw hammer and two empty boone farms wine bottles.

[brucenecho]

Pulled out an old furnace and between it and the wall was this stack of twentys. It had a layer of dust on topand I was a bit dumb founded to say the least. Looked the money over only to realize that the serial numbers were all the same. So I put it back and finished the job. When it came time to collect the home owner asked if a check was okay, I said that would be prefered and that I was concerned that you were going to try and pay me with twentys. He says what do you mean? So I refered to the stack of money that I had found and he went as white as a sheet. [ And he was philipino] He said that he had bought the money years ago but was to scared to spend any of it. He then tried to burn it with a match but it was a slow go, so I got out my B tank and that did the job.

[oldbeer]

Thought I'd give a bumperino to refresh this? Anyone uncover any old goodies lately? Paid a guy 200 for a quart can with the funnel type top two weeks ago-he was in the building demolition trade.

[AtticAce]

I found box with $50,000 in $100 bills, a key to safety deposit box, and a 25 caliber pistol in a secret compartment in a mafia guys house in South Philly. I made sure he knew I found it just in case some other sub found it and decided to walk off with it. The secret compartment was inside an old expansion tank above the boiler we replaced.

The guy had an extension welded on the tank, it was just a sleeve open on the end which was about 8 inches from the wall. I was being a nice guy in removing the old tank, even though he said it was no big deal to leave it up there.

Another time I found a lighter from inscribed Vienna 1943, a loaded clip from an M1 grand, and what I later determined to be 14 hour time delay fuses used by the OSS in WW2. I still have all of the above in my interesting junk collection, along with ancient beer bottles, whiskey bottles, keys, Model A head lights, etc.

My home shop is so stuffed with crap, I have made it just about impossible to move around in. I did sell a bunch of stuff on Ebay a few years back including a Budweiser gold beer can opened from the bottom for $100. Oh yes, some guy bought a old D cell battery I can't remember what kind it was for $30.

Btw, this is just the tip of the mess, those cabinets are mostly filled with more junk, in one is a stack of Farmers Home Journals from the 1800's to early 1900's most in perfect condition.
Many still include the Sambo jokes that were so popular back then.
Oh, and tobacco tins, the old timers smoked and drank their whiskey on the job that is for sure.

[db7803]

Was demoing some old duct work when I heard something fall in the duct I stepped out of the way just in time. An old tin knocker hammer fell out. Not the kind used on duct work. it was for fine auto body work. The duct work was put up in the mid 50's. It now hangs on the wall in my office.

[vmc1161]

I found box with $50,000 in $100 bills, a key to safety deposit box, and a 25 caliber pistol in a secret compartment in a mafia guys house in South Philly. I made sure he knew I found it just in case some other sub found it and decided to walk off with it. The secret compartment was inside an old expansion tank above the boiler we replaced.

The guy had an extension welded on the tank, it was just a sleeve open on the end which was about 8 inches from the wall. I was being a nice guy in removing the old tank, even though he said it was no big deal to leave it up there.

Another time I found a lighter from inscribed Vienna 1943, a loaded clip from an M1 grand, and what I later determined to be 14 hour time delay fuses used by the OSS in WW2. I still have all of the above in my interesting junk collection, along with ancient beer bottles, whiskey bottles, keys, Model A head lights, etc.

My home shop is so stuffed with crap, I have made it just about impossible to move around in. I did sell a bunch of stuff on Ebay a few years back including a Budweiser gold beer can opened from the bottom for $100. Oh yes, some guy bought a old D cell battery I can't remember what kind it was for $30.

Btw, this is just the tip of the mess, those cabinets are mostly filled with more junk, in one is a stack of Farmers Home Journals from the 1800's to early 1900's most in perfect condition.
Many still include the Sambo jokes that were so popular back then.
Oh, and tobacco tins, the old timers smoked and drank their whiskey on the job that is for sure.


That's some cool stuff ... :D
http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=37572&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1246936963

And your girl friend is hot ... is she a model ... :D



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[oldbeer]

Wow...thanks a lot for posting those pics! Check the Schlitz can for the wording "Withdrawn free of Internal Revenue tax for Exportation" Those are military issue and that wording doubles the value.I bet your Bud can had "opening instructions" on the back.It showed people that were used to drinking from the bottle how to open their can.

[vstech]

in my own house, I found an old pre schrade pocket knife, and a hanging fire alarm... the kind built like a boat horn or sports event horn... with a fusable link discharge... really cool.
also found an old soda bottle... not sure of the brand... golden cola or something... still have the bottle... found it between floors of a mortuary...

[2becontinued]

snake skin and mouse traps

[EugeneTheJeep]

Alot of the equipment were service on the job is junk. Does that count :D

[shaygetz]

2 kittens...a couple days old, rolled out of the end of a line of old flex I was replacing, still had their eyes closed. Found their siblings a few feet away, they didn't make it. Took them home and fed them with a syringe. Little boogers lived to be 16.

[hybridhvac]

I found a Micheal Jordan rookie card in a return duct when we where ripping out a old octopus warm air system. But the home owner was standing right there and claimed that it was his.....

[oldbeer]

Cool finds-and the kittens? Wow...that would have scared the :eek: outta' me.

[mattm]

I've got a few beer cans I will post up soon. I know one is a Strohs but the word is in print not cursive and some novelty type ones. Couple have fat women on them like they are in a beauty contest, Billy Beer, etc...

[windtunnel]

several hundred beer cans ,some date stamped on the bottom 1935. pacific ,tacoma,buffalo,bullseye,acme,happy hops,old age,etc. some cone tops mostly flats.some very rare some not. 6,7,8,12,16,32 ounce. fields beer metal sign from minnesota, aged in sand rock caves. got $500 for a coke serving tray i found in a wall. got $200 for a pocket mirror good for $1 in trade at a brothel:D. finding stuff is fun and profitable.

[oldbeer]

Any recent finds,guys? Anyone want to part with those old soda/beer cans?

[oldbeer]

Just figured I'd dredge this up to see if anything new was found.If any of you fellas need more info on these beverage items,shoot me an email.Especially any cans that took an OPENER (called a churchkey) to drink from.I'll give them a good home and pay too much!

[cg-vet]

Came across an empty pack of Chesterfield cigarettes in a R/A pipe yesterday. Probably from when the house was built in the late 40's. Nothing great, but interesting.

[oldbeer]

Figured I'd give this a bump and see what you guys may have turned up!

[meBNme]

funny, I just found an old "pabst Blue ribbon" can very similar to the yellow can in your avatar this past tuesday.

I suspect its pretty daggum old. It was under a house built in the thirties.

small, with the pierced top like the yellow can.

[hvacker]

On a oil heat problem I went to dip stick the tank outside. I couldn't get the dip stick down the pipe as something was in the way. I fished around with a wire and came out with the front fore leg of a deer. No clue how it got there but the oil preserved it.

[Diceman]

I found a bag of weed. it was right there, in the back of the ladies underwear drawer, under a bra, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom in the closet in the new addition on the 3rd floor.:eek2:

[oldbeer]

Sounds like we are assembling quite the party here....:eek2:

[meBNme]

I found a bag of weed. it was right there, in the back of the ladies underwear drawer, under a bra, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom in the closet in the new addition on the 3rd floor.:eek2:

WOW!! isn't it amazing what you just happen to stumble accross on an innocent days work!!??

you were ah....... trying to find a screw that fell out of your meter when you were checking the delta T from the supply vent in the closet right???

Dang, where DID that thing go anyways? ooohhh!! ....lacy...silky!

found it!

[vmc1161]

WOW!! isn't it amazing what you just happen to stumble accross on an innocent days work!!??

you were ah....... trying to find a screw that fell out of your meter when you were checking the delta T from the supply vent in the closet right???

Dang, where DID that thing go anyways? ooohhh!! ....lacy...silky!

found it!


He can look in his own drawer for that stuff ... :eek2:


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[hvacker]

I found a bag of weed. it was right there, in the back of the ladies underwear drawer, under a bra, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom in the closet in the new addition on the 3rd floor.:eek2:

I'd like to see you running in circles wearing one of her space helmets.

[acmanko]

I found a bag of weed. it was right there, in the back of the ladies underwear drawer, under a bra, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom in the closet in the new addition on the 3rd floor.:eek2:

what did you do with it?

[baub]

I found a bag of weed. it was right there, in the back of the ladies underwear drawer, under a bra, in the chest of drawers in the back bedroom in the closet in the new addition on the 3rd floor.:eek2:

So did you smoke the weed, or try on the bra? http://kebawe.com/smellies/smellie_fear.gif

[openclasspro]

under a boiler 14" round by 4" tin with brand new silver nickels ,dimes quarters in mint condition from 1900-1920

[cg-vet]

So did you smoke the weed, or try on the bra? http://kebawe.com/smellies/smellie_fear.gif

Now why would you go and limit him to only one thing. Most of us pride ourselves on multi-tasking.:D

[Byrdalak]

This doesn't have anything to do with HVAC but with my old job we got a contract to help rebuild old trams and metro locos on the Moscow Metro. We'd spend time in Moscow at the Ismailovo yards. One day when there wasn't anything to do I was going through some old trams way back in the yards that had been sitting there for god knows how long. Some of the stock had the city name Smolensk on the sides and even had bullet holes in them. Anyway I was poking around in a motor box and found a 1933 1 ruble coin with Lenins head on one side, hammer and sickle on the other. In almost mint condition. I also found hand made wrenches and pump pliers. The guys there told us that in the Glorious Soviet Union back then you had to make a lot of your tools from scrap. While it isn't necessary today a lot of the guys there do just for fun.

[oldbeer]

Although it took about 3 weeks,I traded a guy in Italy who's into war stuff,a paratroopers helmet that was refurbished for an olive drab beer can that was made for the troops and sent overseas.He was amazed to learn his can was worth 250.00,and this helmet he wanted was on ebay.Trouble was...the seller would NOT ship overseas.I bought it,reshipped it and got a new can for my shelf.

I think he was expecting ten or twenty bucks for it.

One man's trash...my treasure!

[Diceman]

WOW!! isn't it amazing what you just happen to stumble accross on an innocent days work!!??

you were ah....... trying to find a screw that fell out of your meter when you were checking the delta T from the supply vent in the closet right???

Dang, where DID that thing go anyways? ooohhh!! ....lacy...silky!

found it!
Yeah, it was there by the screw.

[oldbeer]

Thanks to Jerry out in Maine-he got 100 bucks for an old Dawson's beer can and I have a new example in my man cave!

[oldbeer]

Figured we could use a "Summer bump" to see if anyone has unearthed any old cans...

[spotts]

just an old Shlitz steel can with church key openings in it, with it was a very old pork n beans and a deviled ham so old the devil was a scary dude! Ill try to google it.

this one...


http://www.adclassix.com/images/20underwoodham.jpg

[heavymetaldad]

found a can of 'HEET' in a boiler room. Still sealed, but not full. No rust, minor dent.
Similar to the can on the right.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3364489722_7a068130bb.jpg

[Diceman]

So did you smoke the weed, or try on the bra? http://kebawe.com/smellies/smellie_fear.gif

Yes,

[Diceman]

what did you do with it?
Since I am certified by the EPA to dispose of dangerous chemicals, I did just that..........then I bought a bag of Chips Ahoy.

[supertek65]

oldbeer

i have a goldmine of old beer stuff

do you only collect cans and bottles???????????????????

[Roddy73]

I was changing a furnace in north Vancouver once and after I had jostled the duct around putting the new one in I noticed the corner of some pictures hanging over the edge.

We pulled them down and checked out some nasty 1950's homemade porn!

It was really hard to look that sweet little old lady serving us lemonade and cookies in the eyes after that! (but what a hottie she was at 25)

The old guy had his whole basement done in tiki bar style, really cool. We swore his spirit was in that laundry room with us, what a wildman!

[supertek65]

that is sick you are terrible sick!!!!!!!:deadhorse:






did you keep any pics
email them to me:censored:




I was changing a furnace in north Vancouver once and after I had jostled the duct around putting the new one in I noticed the corner of some pictures hanging over the edge.

We pulled them down and checked out some nasty 1950's homemade porn!

It was really hard to look that sweet little old lady serving us lemonade and cookies in the eyes after that! (but what a hottie she was at 25)

The old guy had his whole basement done in tiki bar style, really cool. We swore his spirit was in that laundry room with us, what a wildman!

[Roddy73]

Nah, I'm sick.....but not THAT sick.

[supertek65]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good story though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!











Nah, I'm sick.....but not THAT sick.

[oldbeer]

Nope,but I figured that you guys occasionally find bottles and cans while working.Plus,since I'm in the frozen tundra of Minnesnowda,they are easy to mail!

I have... (takes mental inventory and deep breath) bottles,bottlecaps (cork lined especially) wood cases,labels,signs,photos,uniforms,cartons,cards,l ighters,pens,paper,brochures,poker chips,glasses,foam scrapers (they look like big popsicle sticks) and other stuff.

If any of you need info on dates or values,I'm your guy.

I try to stick to pre 70's stuff,as my beer room/man cave is only so big.And my wifes tolerance so deep-har har.

[supertek65]

cool

since we have been in the bar busuness for 20 years

i have
bar signs, tin and whatever, neons,, anything falstaff!!!!!!!!!!!

old cans, bottles, ads, bottle openers, mugs, steins, glasses etc
lots of bud man steins old ones , bud man tin ads,
hamms bear stuff!!!!!!!!!! love the bear
more beer krap and liquor krap than a guy could ever look at it all!!!!!!!!!!!:eek2:



Nope,but I figured that you guys occasionally find bottles and cans while working.Plus,since I'm in the frozen tundra of Minnesnowda,they are easy to mail!

I have... (takes mental inventory and deep breath) bottles,bottlecaps (cork lined especially) wood cases,labels,signs,photos,uniforms,cartons,cards,l ighters,pens,paper,brochures,poker chips,glasses,foam scrapers (they look like big popsicle sticks) and other stuff.

If any of you need info on dates or values,I'm your guy.

I try to stick to pre 70's stuff,as my beer room/man cave is only so big.And my wifes tolerance so deep-har har.

[oldbeer]

Any new finds lately,fellas????

[spotts]

I found a nice tin of Shinola under a boiler the other day and quoted "The Jerk"

"That boy dont know **** from Shinola!" then handed it to the lady.....

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/shinola01061909.jpg

[eboireau]

found an old "Cott Cola" soda can in a utility closet. most likely left there by the monkey's that built the apartments where I work. its in my kitchen as a decoration.

[oldbeer]

Like a barge on the Mississippi,its time to dredge this thread from the depths of the board.Any new finds lately,fellas?

[billygoat22]

nope, saw some steins at an estate sale last weekend.

[shaygetz]

Couple years back, I had a tenant skip out, leaving one box in the middle of the living room floor that made my day...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/1shaygetz/whuddahaul.jpg

[oldbeer]

I do collect about EVERYTHING beer and brewery related.Figured I'd "try" to keep it HVAC related,or at least stuff you guys might trip over anyway. I've been at it so long it needs to be ANCIENT or in great shape for me to give it space in the designated "man cave"

And cans/bottles are a lot easier to slip in under the spousal radar.

What....THAT old thing? You never noticed that one? (laugh nervously)

[realcoolbreeze]

Well, I haven't found anything that great. One time, while I was new to learning about appliances, I was discussing dryers with a neighbor, and he asked if I could come and clean out his dryer. This is when I still lived in Northern Minnesota, and I took the front of his dryer off, and had my vacuum cleaner in there. I had to walk out to my vehicle to get something and I noticed something peculiar on his table. It was a gay porn magazine, my neighbor was in his 70's. It was sitting wide open. I was disturbed! I never said anything about it, and I just pretended like I never saw it!

[oldbeer]

Had a guy with a dozen or so labeled bottles call this week.All late 1930's beer bottles-he left the caps behind though! Paid him 150-more than he got for the service call,so we both left happy.

[madhat]

Found a Lennox Beam Style hack saw above the ceiling, it was broken. Was not engraved, and sure it was left during construction. Asked if it belonged to anyone at work, if it had been good, about three guys would have claimed it. Traded it in for a new free replacement.

[ckartson]

:.02:About 30 years ago I had a no heat call in an old home that was just purchased and the guy was trying to move in. The house was near a steel mill in a poor section of town. I got there, went downstairs to an old very large gravity furnace (old but still fairly common back then). Looked around and couldn't find any fuel line to it. There was gas to the house, meter outside and hook up for gas stove but nothing to the furnace. Furnace had a fire door and ash pit door. Opened them up and found clinkers inside, it was still coal fired! It also had an old Honeywell actuator with chain and pulley attached to the ceiling then down to an air shutter on the front of the furnace Actuator was driven by a t/stat. I saved the actuator and stat for years but finally threw it out. I think the previous owners were taking coal from the steel mill (off of the tracks) and heating their house for free.

[oldbeer]

Good morning-

Figured it was time to shake the vents and air exchangers as summer ends. Has anyone made any unusual finds? If you've found any vintage cans,bottles,paperwork or similar stuff-I'm an email away.

Thanks for reading,and for adding to my shelves!

Barry

[mikeacman]

When I ran residential I found more weed ( mariuana ) than an army of potheads could smoke ....didn't find it in furnaces or ac units but nearby

Found a another big bag of drugs a kid stashed in the fan compartment and the dad and mom freaked right there and I was in the middle of it ...

Found several dildos in various locations ..

Found a box of Polaroid nude XXX photos during an install ,up on top of the plenum.
When the homeowners got home we realized it was them ,they had aged about 20 years though

Found a big bag of money in a return that the grumpy old man who lived there grabbed it from me and disappeared only to. reappear without it....

changed out an old Honeywell tstat, I think the serial number was #1, it was a work of art
and I believe to be about all brass and very decorated ...the customer caught me "throwing it away" in my truck and said he would hang on to it.
I had and have never seen another one in my life.

All this was found when I lived in Tacoma Washington...

[oldbeer]

360601

[oldbeer]

Any new or strange finds to resurrect this thread? I'm sure you've found SOMETHING recently!

[oldbeer]

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[coolwhip]

Lets see:

Found old tin litho train cars in an attic under the insulation.

Found a 10k 1939 class ring in a return.

Found an old barfold in a return drop.

Found 300 bucks in 1960's bills on top of ductwork.

Found a harmonica and army men in the HE furnace intake pipe.

Dirty magazines stuffed in a bedroom supply.

A 2 foot long purple rubber dildo that fell down after I removed a drop ceiling tile in a basement....I left is where it fell btw.

A Tiffany ear ring that the HO lost 30 years previously.

A 1930's Buddy L dump truck that the owner let me keep. Sold it later for 500 bucks.

Wacky Packages.....2 packs unopened...still got them....with gum inside!

A flat head screwdriver with a wooden handle that I still have.

[oldbeer]

Wacky Packages! Now those I would buy and display proudly.I still have all that I bought as a kid in the 70's.Too cool...

[coolwhip]

Wacky Packages! Now those I would buy and display proudly.I still have all that I bought as a kid in the 70's.Too cool...

I know...I used to luv those when I was a kid. We would laugh and trade them on the playground when I was a wee lad. :)

[madhat]

Does a 1988 Trane RTU count, the boss wrote an all inclusive contract on it from his desk, LOL

[jackintheboxtec]

I'v only done commercial so nothing cool.
But i did find a 4' aluminum pipe wrench on a roof.
Some porn mags :censored: in a machine room. :eek2: