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Title: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: ducatihummer on March 09, 2009, 10:06:11 am I finaly got to totaly taking apart my 110 and Stoner this weekend. It was warm out at last...
I found a few Mercury dimes in the Stoner and these bottle caps in my 110. I'm sure this brand isn't around any longer. I also know someone that bought an 81 that was locked, when he got it home it had three... three vendo coin changers in it, one was real nice and the other two weren't too bad. Talk about a nice score. I'll try and post some pics of my dismantled 110 later. Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: loman4ec on March 09, 2009, 10:11:52 am I once found a superball in a cav 51 when I was bout 10 years old. Mu Dad had bough a load of machines and there was several Cav 51's. At that time they were just about worthless sI tore into them. I just took the back covers off and found the the ball. I used to love finding the old bottle caps.
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: MoonDawg on March 09, 2009, 10:43:59 am I found some kid's mirajuanna pipe and the plastic bag that once held his stash :biggrin:
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: collecture on March 09, 2009, 10:47:09 am I've found bottle caps, nickels/dimes (a few Mercury dimes) and of course broken bottle pieces, but 3 VCC's would be hard to beat!
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: vendo39 on March 09, 2009, 11:28:33 am Some people have all the luck! :happydrinkers:
As for me, I usually find rust, missing parts and mouse turds! :censored: :darn: :censored: Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: mrsoda on March 09, 2009, 01:40:26 pm I once found a birds nest that some one painted silver and left inside the machine it was a vmc 27
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: SIGNGUY on March 09, 2009, 01:52:27 pm on the gross side of things, on a Jacobs 26 condensation jar, I found a family of mice that had died inside the jar, cause the adult, got stuck in the little opening and trapped the rest of them..
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: Larry on March 09, 2009, 02:21:30 pm My first Popperette, the one that I use today, had thousands of maggot carcasses everywhere. The globe was half full of maggots (the previous owner did empty it before mailing it to me), when I blew out the motor it rained maggot husks, even under the trim were husks. I had a faulty switch. I took it apart, and a maggot somehow, ended up in this sealed switch. I think when it the maggot was small it went in, grew, and died there.
The other thing that amazed me was that old oil can turn into caramel. :laugh: I still can't figure out why the wife doesn't want to eat the popcorn out of it??? Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: Eric on March 09, 2009, 11:05:24 pm I have found 3 Mercury dimes, lots of cork lined bottle caps
in a 110 I had a rat that I thought was a small opossum!. . When I went to pick it up we opened it and Wow there he was! :wow: -wow Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: bmw90w on March 10, 2009, 10:48:39 am Luckily I have only found coins and rust!!
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: Pat Pixley on March 10, 2009, 11:12:54 am Change , and as of right now it stands at a total for all the machine I have had
$5.65 when I find it I have a old bank I put it in . Broken glass ( way to much of that ) had a few dead mice and mice turd and alot of dead bugs. :wow: Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: johnieG on March 10, 2009, 11:30:04 am The Brownie roobeer bottling plant was here in Detroit ( the bottling plant is still physically here, just an abandoned building now, there is still the bottling equipment inside)
I finaly got to totaly taking apart my 110 and Stoner this weekend. It was warm out at last... I found a few Mercury dimes in the Stoner and these bottle caps in my 110. I'm sure this brand isn't around any longer. I also know someone that bought an 81 that was locked, when he got it home it had three... three vendo coin changers in it, one was real nice and the other two weren't too bad. Talk about a nice score. I'll try and post some pics of my dismantled 110 later. Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: mznb1u on March 10, 2009, 03:36:41 pm I found many cork backed Canada Dry Ginger Ale bottle caps in the cap catcher on the Heintz. Probably should have kept a few but I left them in the machine for the new owner when I sold it.
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: cokecolaman on March 10, 2009, 06:47:13 pm I haven't found anything disgusting yet. I did pay $60 for a coke machine and found $25.50 in the coin mech. Made a good deal a great deal! :biggrin:
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: sodaworks on March 11, 2009, 07:12:32 pm I restored a VMC33 pepsi machine for a client that had enough dog hair in it that I'm sure their pet dog was bald.
Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: MoonDawg on March 11, 2009, 08:45:32 pm Yes, I too had a machine come in with so much cat / dog hair in the condensor
that it overheated and fried the compressor! Title: Re: What kind of things have you found in your machines? Post by: TomFromJersey on March 11, 2009, 08:50:13 pm I bought 2 squaretop u-selects in CT a few years back with over $20 in silver dimes inside.... and alot of mouse droppings.
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