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    OK, after reading recent posts about the things found in old machines I thought I would start a thread dedicated to these objects. I placed this thread in the vintage forum as the older machines tend to be ones most affected by this phenomenon (did I spell that right?).

    So, here's how this will work. Rules:

    1. Anything that is not supposed to be in a pachine machine can be submitted.
    2. Photo of the object is required, extra cudos given for photos of the object in the location it was found.
    3. Some text must be included describing what it is (if known), how you found it and your first reaction when you found it.

    Rewards:
    I will give a 'PachiTalk gift' to each submission that is the first submission of it's kind. Submissions of duplicate items may also receive a 'gift' if there is sufficient documentation that makes it unique or the comments about it's discovery is 'entertaining'.

    I will be giving the gifts and therefore that makes me the judge on those duplicated items. I'll be fair, but if you feel that the submission warrants a gift, please feel free to award a gift of your own!

    Good luck and I look forward to all the wierdness this thread has the potential to generate!

    (We are a wierd bunch after all!)
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    OK... I'll bite on this one to get things started.

    As I mentioned in a previous post, I found motor oil and clumps of thick pet hair through the entire upper ball track in my machine. It was really gross and took hours to fully clean. I would have preferred to find the usual spider webs and dead insects.
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Wow what a great idea for a thread!!

    I almost feel left out though, all of my pachis are moderns and mostly arrived in perfect ready to play condition, so I have no interesting tales of weird stuff...

    I remember someone found a tooth recently though??

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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Quote Originally Posted by hanabi View Post
    Wow what a great idea for a thread!!

    I almost feel left out though, all of my pachis are moderns and mostly arrived in perfect ready to play condition, so I have no interesting tales of weird stuff...

    I remember someone found a tooth recently though??

    Well...it appears you have now been 'let in' with the 8-legged find in your 'new' vintage Sanyo!! btw - don't forget to add a pic of the new machine to the pics of your moderns at the bottom of your posts.

    I was the fortunate one to find a piece of a tooth. I am working on a re-creation of the scene so you can see where it was. Here was the original post about it from 'grandparent step by step' thread:
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    I think the reason I got such a deal on this new one is because I think the guy who sold it couldn't get it to work right. Once I got it home, I found the problem and now it's playing quite well.

    Peeking around the back 'tracks' that load the winner chute, I found that one track was not letting balls through, so as to not allow payouts. I noticed a chunk of something? A rock? Dried banana? A peanut?

    After some delicate 'operation' game type surgery, I extracted the clog. What was it???





    A HUGE CHIP OF A MOLAR! That's right! A tooth!

    Now that has to be a first!
    Cheers! And here's to more cleaning. What will I find next? I'm almost afraid to find out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Discmonkey View Post
    Well...it appears you have now been 'let in' with the 8-legged find in your 'new' vintage Sanyo!! btw - don't forget to add a pic of the new machine to the pics of your moderns at the bottom of your posts.


    A HUGE CHIP OF A MOLAR! That's right! A tooth!

    Now that has to be a first!
    Cheers! And here's to more cleaning. What will I find next? I'm almost afraid to find out.

    I think it is a first!! Not sure anyone else is going to find a tooth...
    but it's fun finding out just what you all have been finding!!


    btw I haven't been able to add to my sig line pics for a long L O N G time, I've actually got 16 pachis now,

    I think??
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    Are you missing ONE ! ! !

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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Your post along with the prior post about a tooth being found was the catalyst for me to start this thread.

    Congrats on the first 'winner'. Your gift will arrive soon!
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    I did find a Jack Daniels chocolate cake in my Bunny Girl pachinko from Greg

    It was neatly packed where the ball drop tray goes in the back

    I can't find the thread I posted about it
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    I think that a cake in a bunny would qualify. Did you take a photo of it prior to removing?
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    I found alstonj1 in my Betty Boop pachislo once...

    ...but he was installing volume controls and a pull arm. Probably doesn't count, huh?
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Too bad I didn't get pictures of those live cockroaches that crawled out of my Sankyo Derby before I smashed them.
    Gotta catch 'em all Pa-chink-o

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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    I found a token in my Terminator 2 machine. Sorry no pics.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 777+15 View Post
    I found a token in my Terminator 2 machine. Sorry no pics.

    If you still have the token.. put it where you found it.. and snap a photo!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ikaria View Post
    Too bad I didn't get pictures of those live cockroaches that crawled out of my Sankyo Derby before I smashed them.

    What about after you smashed them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dattia View Post
    I found alstonj1 in my Betty Boop pachislo once...

    ...but he was installing volume controls and a pull arm. Probably doesn't count, huh?
    Well.. let's see...

    Is he strange or unusual?
    Can you get him to 'recreate' the moment so you can get a photo?

    You might get two gifts for that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wrkey View Post
    What about after you smashed them?
    Nope!
    Gotta catch 'em all Pa-chink-o

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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Quote Originally Posted by wrkey View Post
    What about after you smashed them?
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    Well.. let's see...

    Is he strange or unusual?
    Can you get him to 'recreate' the moment so you can get a photo?

    You might get two gifts for that!


    Yes i'm about as strange as it gets so i guess Dawn wins the cupie Doll...And she could get me to do just about anything she wishes in any photo she wants as long as i get the same ...
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    Well I guess it is not that unusual.

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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    I found some rice krispies, but I guess I did buy the machine from the Doc, so not that unusual I guess
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    I once rescued a Cactus Jack's pinball machine that someone had stored a box of Milk Bone dog biscuits in. The box had become a litterbox for a family of mice and was about the nastiest cleanup I have ever taken on. The smell was horrendous! I'll check if I still have the pics tomorrow.
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    Default Re: Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

    In my latest order I found a Japanese cockroache , lucky it was already dead
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