Mother of all Caches?

ok. so I stumbled upon the largest (in size, anyway) cache I've ever run across.

I was clearing out another abandoned building with my buddy on Tuesday, and my mind kept drifting back to an outbuilding on the property.  It appeared to be a two car garage, with brand new siding, but it didn't seem to have a single door or window anywhere.  I kept wondering why someone would build a new garage, and not install a door.  So while my buddy was salvaging some leaded glass windows from the house, I went out back to take a closer look.

What I saw, up high, under the soffit, was a padlock attached to the siding.  On a hunch, I cut the lock and pulled on the hasp, and a section of the wall swung out.  whoever built the garage had built in a hidden door.  When I stepped inside, I realized why they had done it.  Tools, building materials, and basically anything else of value have a habit of "walking off" in this neighborhood, and inside the garage , from floor to ceiling, were obviously the materials and tools used by someone in the building trades.

I sealed the hidden door back up, pulled a large dresser in front of it, and returned today with a 14 foot U-Haul truck.  Here's the final tally:

700 lbs of scrap iron
15 lbs of brass
4 lbs of copper
10 new or nearly new tires on rims
7 craftsman style doors, with hardware (4 cast, 1 wood, 1 ceramic, and 1 bakelite)
1 brand new aluminum full lite storm door
1 brand new 2 lite aluminum storm and screen combo
3 steel entry doors
5 rools of roofing felt
3 rolls of asphalt roofing material
2 steel security doors
1 steel security gate
4 boxes of ceramic tile
27 4x4 glass window blocks
5 halogen work lights
1 drill bit set
1 complete socket set
1 power washer
2 garbage cans full of assorted garden tools
1 residential boiler
and 1 vending machine

Total investment $85 bucks for the truck, and 5 hours of my time.  Not a bad ROI

Will upload some pics as soon as I figure out how to transfer them from my phone to my 'puter

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That is quite a haul indeed.  Sounds like you kind of hit the jackpot.  Congrats.

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Dang Eckstar that's a neat business to be in !! Congrats on the Treasure finds !!

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"Keep Digging Its Down There Somewhere" Treasure Hunting, Gold and Coins.

		Quote:			Posted by eckstar
	I think I've mentioned before that I am in the salvage/deconstruction/trash out business.  Most of my finds, like this one, are from abandoned houses that are slated for demolition.  I do the trash out, or the deconstruction, and the contents are mine to dispose of as I see fit.  Pretty lucrative, as I often make more off of the salvage operation than I get paid by the city to haul the stuff out.

Thats Great I've never heard of such jobs, over here things are different, what a fantastic way of doing things. Well it's good
to see someone keeping their head above water for a change, best of luck to you

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Wow, that is a very neat form of treasure hunting, and congratulations on the great cache.

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