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Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: bbrroowwnn On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:54 am

I think we all found some wood in our coal at some point or another....Thats common....We want to know about other, off the wall items you found in your delivery.....Why can't there ever be a case of beer hiding between those black nuggets....LOL!


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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: lincolnmania On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:58 am

got a spent shotgun shell in a load of nut coal once
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: New Hope Engineer On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:17 am

fools gold in a load of bit coal ;)
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: Freddy On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:21 am

This last Spring when I cleaned out the Axeman Anderson I found a bunch of nails...maybe a dozen, all welded together. I know they didn't come from ME. My pet peeve in life is lost nails. When we do a construction job each and every nail is accounted for. If you come on my property I promise you will never step on a nail or a board with a nail sticking out of it.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: lowfog01 On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:15 am

I found a squished up soda can and just yesterday I found a larger washer "welded" to two pieces of Reading nut coal. I don't know if the rust was holding it together but I couldn't break it apart.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: Hollyfeld On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:30 am

I believe it's a ball bearing. I found it on top of the ash pan.

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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: whistlenut On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:24 am

I found Chuck Norris deep in a 24 ton load of Buck last year. He was not so calm when the loader took a 3 ton pass out of his hiding place. He's ,OK, just not too happy!

His Texas Ranger Badge was lightly tarnished from the ride, but still serviceable.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: wlape3 On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:32 am

Found everything from the normal wood bits to large rocks and oversize hunks of coal. Never found any metal or other unnatural debris. Some of the rocks were pretty impressive though. From pea size (like coal) all the way to baseball sized.

Once found a herkimer diamond in my driveway...does that count? :D
Used to find a lot of mica chips and some fools gold when I lived in Reading area.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: envisage On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:18 am

I get a lot of free coal from Craig's List, so I often find the dead skeletal remains of rats, bats and squirrels!!! :-O
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: Duengeon master On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:27 am

envisage wrote:I get a lot of free coal from Craig's List, so I often find the dead skeletal remains of rats, bats and squirrels!!! :-O
I found a dead rat from craigslist coal Just threw the rat away. The coal burns suprisingly good.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: rberq On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:36 am

Wire, mostly short pieces 4 to 8 inches. Usually small-gauge bell wire with deteriorated cloth-like insulation.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: cokehead On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:39 am

You know dried out rats should burn well. Heat is heat. I heard at on time they fueled rail road steam engines in Egypt with mummys. :D (Think about that New Hope Engineer) Dead rodents in "old basement coal" sounds common. I've seen it too.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: hophead On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:55 pm

In my friends house in the 50s his dad couldn't get any coal up the worm. Upon digging it out he found a pineapple hand grenade up against the end of the worm. I wouldn't believe this unless I actually saw it which I did. I'm not sure what he did with it.
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Re: Whats the weirdest thing you ever found in your coal ?

PostBy: rberq On: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:32 pm

hophead wrote:... he found a pineapple hand grenade up against the end of the worm ...

That would give a new meaning to "puff back".
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