Ted Frater wrote:

Whats the best find for you all in the past year?
Mine was a compete watchmakers lathe .
Best find ever was a steam whistle of an 1890's London to Brighton steam
locomotive. Solid bronze some 4 ft high weight 60 lbs. they thought it
was a staircase baluster in iron.

You've got me beat. Unfortunately, we have a local
individual who pretty much lives at the recycling
center. He must be on disability or something.
He's rarely gone and he's always the first to score
the good stuff.

My two best finds were a working Dynaco Stereo
70 tube amplifier (cleaned up and sold for $300)
and a broke but fixable gas powered pressure washer.