What's the weirdest stuff you've found in a pinball you bought?

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#1 3 years ago

OP

FCQ

Hyperion

Pinside member

Jefferson City, MO

13y 83,050 464 2 264

Well I bought a Stern Nineball for $100 a couple weeks back ... just got around to cleaning out cabinet and when I lifted the playfield to vacuum the cab I saw something shiney next to a stick in back of the cab under wire harness.

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#2 3 years ago

OP

FCQ

Hyperion

Pinside member

Jefferson City, MO

13y 83,050 464 2 264

I'm no jewelry expert but it seems to be a real diamond ring.

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#3 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,038 19 30 1

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-ever-found-in-a-pinball-machine

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#4 3 years ago

MJG

mjg417

Pinside member

Reminderville, OH

9y 62,800 383 2

OP
Quoted from Hyperion:
I'm no jewelry expert but it seems to be a real diamond ring.

Any stampings on the band?

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#5 3 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,843 6 98

money, old brush, condoms, cigarettes, mouse turds, a dead mouse, lottery tickets, monopoly money, scored some nice tools one time

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#6 3 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 165K 7,297 16 52

I don't know what flips me out more, finding a ring in a pinball machine or a Stern Nine Ball for $100?

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#7 3 years ago

???

jj44114

Pinside member

8y 56,050 1,861 19

You gonna keep it?

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#8 3 years ago

CRD

chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,113 9 5

A sock, a stone smoking pipe ( marijuana) , a live possum....

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#9 3 years ago

JAY

jaytrem

Pinside+ Frequent

Cranford, NJ

7y 125K 2,378 17

Quoted from chad:
a live possum....

How could you tell?

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#10 3 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,843 6 98

Quoted from tomdrum:
I don't know what flips me out more, finding a ring in a pinball machine or a Stern Nine Ball for $100?

right

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#11 3 years ago

TOM

Tomass

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Wasilla, AK

6y 98,350 3,831 17

You should at least try to find out if that is the sellers ring. Could have more sentimental value that it is ever worth.

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#12 3 years ago

CRD

chad

Game Guy

11y 140K 15,113 9 5

As soon as the game was loaded on its side , saw something gray shuffling around inside.

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#13 3 years ago

JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,349 79 11

The Manual. A truly rare find indeed.

John

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#14 3 years ago

HOW

hlaj78

Pinside member

Monroe, MI

12y 69,650 2,148 11

They have manual transmissions in pinball games?

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#15 3 years ago

EEE

Pinside member

Tucson, AZ

12y 80,300 2,124

Yup, around these parts we call them “woodrails”

Quoted from hlaj78:
They have manual transmissions in pinball games?

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#16 3 years ago

OP

FCQ

Hyperion

Pinside member

Jefferson City, MO

13y 83,050 464 2 264

Ring turned out to be costume
But I took in some other stuff I found over the years and had a diamond bracelet that I sold for $578

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#17 3 years ago

R M

PinFever

Pinside member

Boca Raton, FL

13y 79,050 2,039 4 30 1

gotten a working High Speed MPU that was inside of a locked coin door of a fishtales the guy had no key for . when i got it home and drilled into box i had MPU gold