I can add Dumpster Diver to my resume now too.

[Robby Raccoon]

That is gorgeous! I'm shocked as well that that got thrown out!
The attache case is my new backpack, as they're costly to replace and the cats ruined mine--still cleaning it though; just finished clean one, as the black powder covered it and got into the vinyl. I want to find something like that jug one day. Thanks for the compliment and again: Amazing find.

 

[Bert DeWitt]

Very nice RCO and I'm digging the stapler you found Spirit Bear!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

RCO made a once-in-a-lifetime kind of find.
Thanks! No idea if it works though. Haven't touched it, nor did I go diving today.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

The Samsonite attache briefcase is late '50s or early '60s; I also took out a 1950s letter opener, and the Swingline stapler is 1940ish--and it works wondrously!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Today--yep, still going back, heh heh-- I found a peach-colored Pyrex bowl with clear glass bottom, of which I neglected to photograph--mom loves it as she loves peach. I also returned with a wood-etching burning tool that works! Several maps of Beaver Island and it's archipelago (here in Michigan) I also came out with--we have an island named Whiskey-- but had gotten cut when I reached down deep into the unknown, trying to determine if anything like a book might be in there; well, in those papers was broken glass, and so I bled onto the posters and maps... Just the back, and most were rolled in a tube, so were safe.I scared two people today... Whilst looking down in another hole of stuff in the dumpster, two burly men drove up in a truck. Popping out as he got out, he was startled but asked, "You looking for metal?" I answered, "No. Just anything that works." He said back, "You scared the s**t out of me," and then added, "Good luck," kindly, and drove off after I handed him some scrap metal I had found. Later at the lake, I walked up to an old man with tired eyes and stood there. He had detected a coin with his metal detector, and was digging. Not knowing I was there, I watched him quietly and when he looked up he fell back, hand on heart, saying, "Gosh, you darn near gave me a heart attack." I laughed and shook my head, apologizing, and asked my questions on metal detectors then carried on a conversation with him for awhile. He had found an 1870s nickle, according to him, by a different Lake recently. We have thousands of Lakes over here.I also brought out some vintage clips that work! As well as a very old key I believe to say 1920 something, or 1930 something but was cut off wrong there. What I can read says, "PATD MCM 1 19(2 or 3?) (0 or 8?) / LOCKWOOD MFG. CO. 2" The clips say on both sides, on two, "RELIEF / ESTERBROOK" and "BALL / BEARING / MADE IN / U.S.A." and "CLIP / No. 30 / PAT. NO. / 1474102" The other clip is newer, I think, and says on both sides, "HUNT CLIP No 3 / HUNT MFG.Co. / Statesville, N.C." I really like the key! I had hoped it'd go to that briefcase, as I hadn't looked it over before I pocketed it in the dumpster.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

My camera seems to be having a humidity issue tonight, and it is too dim to take good photos so I won't post them all. The Beaver Island maps show sectors, historic sites, and the whole archipelago. One poster is on some historic sites in Muskegon, including one of my favorite Churches which did show up well enough in the photo. The oldest map dates to the '70s in printing. So, nothing special. The oldest maps in my collection date to, when printed, 1901. I hate how fragile they are, but love to see them. One has a tear in it. []
Also the wood tool I recall using in woods class.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Clips. Nothing special, but always useful. Also, an attempt at one of my dim photos.