Whats the Weirdest Thing You Ever Found in Your Coal ?

bbrroowwnn · Post by **bbrroowwnn** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 12:54 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!

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 2:58 am

got a spent shotgun shell in a load of nut coal once

New Hope Engineer · Post by **New Hope Engineer** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 5:17 am

fools gold in a load of bit coal

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 5:21 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.

lowfog01 · Post by **lowfog01** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 7:15 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.

Hollyfeld · Post by **Hollyfeld** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 7:30 am

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

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CoalHeat · Post by **CoalHeat** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 8:40 am

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whistlenut · Post by **whistlenut** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 9:24 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.

wlape3 · Post by **wlape3** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 9:32 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?

Used to find a lot of mica chips and some fools gold when I lived in Reading area.

envisage · Post by **envisage** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 10:18 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

Duengeon master · Post by **Duengeon master** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 10:27 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.

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 10:36 am

Wire, mostly short pieces 4 to 8 inches. Usually small-gauge bell wire with deteriorated cloth-like insulation.

cokehead · Post by **cokehead** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 10:39 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.

(Think about that New Hope Engineer) Dead rodents in "old basement coal" sounds common. I've seen it too.

hophead · Post by **hophead** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 11:55 am

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.

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Fri. Jan. 01, 2010 12:32 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".