Strange, Unusual and gross finds in machines.

[dattia]

Beautiful playfield... congrats on your 'new to you' machine!

[wrkey]

My most recent purchase was a Nishijin Single Shot. Besides being dusty and dirty, I found this in the 'spare jackpot' area of the machine.

I suspect it was from a salemander and / or Gecko.

[Moparformances]

My most recent purchase was a Nishijin Single Shot. Besides being dusty and dirty, I found this in the 'spare jackpot' area of the machine.

I suspect it was from a salemander and / or Gecko.

mabey she could not find a Pachinko ball to play???

[macpdaddy]

OK, maybe not so strange, but definitely not compatible to the ball track.
A valentine candy heart, really nasty looking once pulled.
It was wedged tight!

I bought these two machines, with cabinets, for $125.
This one was "broken", so it is now my first "fix". LOL

[fastbilly1]

Even though I only work on vintage machines, I have found nothing odd yet. Just dead insects. However, I have worked on a lot of arcade games and found some interesting stuff inside of them. A few of the highlights:
- A family of field mice in a Gauntlet cabinet
- A carburetor in a Street Fighter 2 cabinet
- Dead snakes in an Asteroids cabinet – yeah, that one was out of the house quick
- 2000 yen in 100 yen coins in a cigarette machine (baffled on this one)
- A car radio in a Neo Geo 4 slot

[Jinx]

OK, maybe not so strange, but definitely not compatible to the ball track.
A valentine candy heart, really nasty looking once pulled.
It was wedged tight!

I bought these two machines, with cabinets, for $125.
This one was "broken", so it is now my first "fix". LOL

Man I love those fixes. I recently purchased two pachislos. One was broken and wouldn't power up when plugged in. The fix was to open it and flip the internal power switch to on. lol

[emmadog]

Two live spiders that made it all the way from Japan.

[digital1]

I think that is illegal. Live pets across the borders.

[luckydog]

infestation

[emmadog]

They are no longer among the living.

[digital1]

They are no longer among the living.

Thats what they always say at the beginning of the film.

They are no longer among the living...or so we thought

[ballsofsteel]

Not exactly sure what it is. Looks like poo with hair. It wasn't interfering with ball travel.



Thought about snapping the cover open for a clearer shot but didn't.

[Ikaria]

Here's a strange one. A dart shaft stuck in the payout infeed of Fever Crazy Combat. Of course it had to be in the back track. Note the front track cover is off.

[Habious]

OK, maybe not so strange, but definitely not compatible to the ball track.
A valentine candy heart, really nasty looking once pulled.
It was wedged tight!

I bought these two machines, with cabinets, for $125.
This one was "broken", so it is now my first "fix". LOL

Man I love those fixes. I recently purchased two pachislos. One was broken and wouldn't power up when plugged in. The fix was to open it and flip the internal power switch to on. lol

Slightly off-topic but, I once bought a Moog synthesizer from an old music store. Got it super-cheap because it was out of tune and would not tune at all (had 2 oscillators that wouldn't tune to each other across the notes).

Started to clean it up and found 4 "vent holes" on the back. Realized they weren't vent holes but were access holes to trim potentiometers on the main board. Got access to the main board and saw them labelled - "OSC A - Tune"
"OSC A - Scale"
"OSC B - Tune"
"OSC B - Scale"

Took about 2 minutes with a cheap-o guitar tuner to get both oscillators tuned up and scaled properly!

I still own this synth...and it's still in PERFECT tune!

[mxfaiman]

In one of my machines i found 200 yen.

On another one i found a Japanese coke bottle cap. I geuss it was someone's lucky cap.nishijin and sankyo before 013.jpg this was exactly how we found it and it is exactly how it will remain.

[mxfaiman]

Well I was taking another look at one of my machines again.

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This one you can tell may be a goner. Anyways the front and back of this thing is disgusting. Though I didn't look behind the ball panel on the front till today...

Spoiler

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This is exactly how I found it. I think I was the first to open it in like 10 years.

[Moparformances]

This is exactly how I found it. I think I was the first to open it in like 10 years.

i saw thouse machines a year or so befor Brother John bought them.. they were stored inside his clean garage.. john had them in his clean garage as well.. what an amazing discusting mess...

[mxfaiman]

i saw thouse machines a year or so befor Brother John bought them.. they were stored inside his clean garage.. john had them in his clean garage as well.. what an amazing discusting mess...

Can you send John the pics or give him the link. I don't think he knows what had been hiding in some of those.

[Moparformances]

sure will

[CarlW]

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!)

Mud Wasp Nests or something like that.

I thought it was dirt or sand that was dumped into the machine. My reaction upon seeing the nests was to be worried something would hatch in my basement. I think the nests are empty but I threw them out regardless, after taking the pictures. I don't think this machine would work with the see saw frozen! The main dump chute was completely blocked off.

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NO Before Nests 3.jpg

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