My Garbage Man is Lucky.

[Skipper]

Many of you may have met Two Fish Tommy at the ice show last year. He is a life long friend of mine, and also the local "sanitation engineer". In this last week at work he has found a fully functional Zercom flasher and a Marcum LX-i in the trash. The LX-i looks to be nearly new, and the Zercom is already set up for ice fishing. He already has an LX-3, but the Zercom will make a nice spare.

What a snot! What do you need to do to get luck like that?

What lucky finds or freebies have you guys run across?

[Kevin23]

None... I can only dream of finding a working flasher in the garbage.

[FishingNewEngland]

I found a loaded tackle box once.

[Gasman]

Found a canoe floating in the river with a couple of rods in it put an ad in the paper no one claimed it

[InSearchOfPerch]

Pulled up to a lakeside baitshop/bar one morning at 6am...they werent open yet..I stepped out of the truck to look at the hours on the door to see when they opened.  I walked back to truck and looked down in the snow and found a hundred dollar bill laying there....a drunk must of dropped it heading home the night before.  Beer, gas, bait and a handful of new jigs...SWEET.

[mealworm]

i never have luck like that my father in law found a 10' radisson at the dump it only had 1 small hole and needed a few rivets, a little tlc like brand new

[FishingNewEngland]

Found a canoe floating in the river with a couple of rods in it put an ad in the paper no one claimed it

That's scary. Did you check the missing persons reports?

[Curley]

Hey BBK, I think that tackle box was mine!  
I'm the guy that looses stuff. Left a bucket with a bunch of salt water plugs and rigs in the parking lot at the DEP docks once. got to the end of the street and turned back. Yup they were gone.

[Irish Jigger]

A friend of mine lived by a grocery store when we were teenagers and we would walk thier fence line along his yard and always find beer money blown against the fence. As far as in the trash I always seem to find old steel fishing rods or broken rods I stripped for parts. The only tackle box I ever found was left intentionaly at a fishing spot because of the rancid worm smell in it, that would of been a good candid camera gag because I think I puked in my mouth a little when I opened it  

[Slop]

It's great that TFT found these units but very disturbing that they were found in the trash. I guess the old saying, one man's garbage is another man's gold, applies here

Hard to say why this stuff ended up where it did....heck crackheads would've atleast marvel over these units for a minute or two and then try to cash in at the local pawn shop.

[ZFK]

When i was working in construction testing i was stuck on a road project that just happened to be garbage day. At one spot i found a brand new propane stove w/ new tanks and a bunch of other camping stuff. Im pretty lucky at getting riding lawn mowers (3 so far) and lawn mowers (too many) weed whackers, chain saws etc. No cool electronics though, but good find for your friend!

[Irish Jigger]

No wonder you guys see all those pretty colors in the sky up there.

[Skipper]

My bro in law found my current auger in a dumpster while working at the same disposal company as Two Fish. The recoil was broken, big surprise for a 2 horse Tecumseh engine! I fixed the recoil and it started right up. I have been drilling holes with it ever since. 8)

There is no shame in dumpster diving.

[Gasman]

That's scary. Did you check the missing persons reports?

No one reported missing , but there was that one    ummm nevermind

[stumper]

Pulled into the parking lot where we had been fishing the night before and there was my tackle bag sitting in the middle of the lot.Couldnt believe I left it there. Parked and went around to the back to get my rod and there in the back of the vehicle was MY bag. Somone had lost a bag identacle to mine. 

[ice dawg]

When I was a kid I was walking down an alley after school and found a loaded 22 rifle sticking out of a garbage can.

[Wiener]

I came home after working the night shift, and the dumpster at my apartment complex was full of stuff.

Someone caught their significant other cheating and threw out all his stuff.

This was before I was into ice fishing, but there was a brand new Jiffy Auger.  (the gas tank never had gas in it.)
most of the neighbors carted off the guys stuff.  Fishing stuff, hunting stuff, weight set, clothes. 

It was all gone by the end of the day.


Wiener

[Skipper]

My boss used to do roll off dumpsters quite a bit. The best dumpsters to dig into were divorce loads.

[prchslyr]

A moving neighbor gave me 5 plastic ht tipups that I don't think ever saw the water and a jig rod a few months ago. My girlfriends father HAD a bunch of oldschool ice fishing equipment and he keeps finding more each time I go over there. He has no desire to ever use the stuff and just wants it out of the basement. I'll be happy to help him out. I've made out with a total of ten tipup's, a jig rod, an old 8" Mora, a couple skimmers, and a baitbucket. He says he's going to give me a  pair of ski's for the bottom of my jetsled. I have never or ever will ask for the stuff but he makes me take it to put it to use.

[jkw]

last summer i took my wife and daughter fishin with me...on the bank of the lake were two pairs of beat up boots, an old net and a beautiful fly rod and reel setup. i waited in the parkin lot for 2 hours, put ads all over the place, no one ever claimed it....beside there werent any cars in the parking lot. looked it up online and it was a $700 outfit!

[Rip N Lips]

A moving neighbor gave me 5 plastic ht tipups that I don't think ever saw the water and a jig rod a few months ago. My girlfriends father HAD a bunch of oldschool ice fishing equipment and he keeps finding more each time I go over there. He has no desire to ever use the stuff and just wants it out of the basement. I'll be happy to help him out. I've made out with a total of ten tipup's, a jig rod, an old 8" Mora, a couple skimmers, and a baitbucket. He says he's going to give me a  pair of ski's for the bottom of my jetsled. I have never or ever will ask for the stuff but he makes me take it to put it to use.

What ever you do.... Don't ever let him down! Use it well!!

[doodle]

Wait a minute, This all sounds like the stuff I lost. I will give you all my address and you can just send it to me.

[northernnyice]

Found tenbucks walking into my treestand on the ground before. Sorta felt weird like i was being watched.. Pretty remote location too.

[Irish Jigger]

Sure you didn't find your own money?

[prchslyr]

Oh you know it. The Mora already got passed down to an ice newbie that said he wants me to show him the ropes. I told him we'll start with this...This kid was totally pumped to have his own auger so i'm hoping I've created another addict. My boys are getting the tipup's (5and8). Of course, they are already addicts.

[two_fish_tommy]

It pays to be a garbage man found all that in two days what a week!

[Skipper]

I knew you would show up soon.

[two_fish_tommy]

Now that i found is mobile and how it works i had to chime in

[ZFK]

Just saw on craigslist that someone is getting rid of an old Craftsman skil saw, tool box and a fish finder! If i wasnt at work and if i knew it was still there i would go get it.

[GOTICE?]

Can't say I found it but while at Cabelas once they were having a clearance sale and got a brand new FL8 SE Vex for $60 and also a brand new, never set up 2 man ice shanty for $20.