Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
PoP wrote:

Sometimes pikeys serve a useful purpose (testing Tony Martins shotgun
being one of them ). I expect it might have been filched to take
down the scrap metal merchants to make a few bob.


I'd have said it was worth more being re-conditioned and sold on rather
than just scrapping.



Yes, provided the ost of getting it out in one piece doesn't wipe out
teh profit.