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| Is there a market for vintage sonar/depth finders? I have an old Lowrance paper graph circa 1986. Are these worth anything to anyone or is it just junk? |
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | Well, if you find a market let me know, I've got a 1510B relic on my shelf that almost went out in the garbage a hundred times already. Museum piece maybe?
Was spectacular in it's day, not worth diddly now in my opinion. I really miss the smell of the burnt coating on the chart paper, the carbon mess, the paper that ran out when you needed the unit the most, the spools that got wallowed out so they wouldn't turn, the stylus that went flying off into the lake when changing it, and above all, belt that stretched and the switches that froze up with use. But you have to admit, it drew one heck of a picture when it was working correctly and there was nothing that touched it for many many years. That baby put a ton, literally, a ton of salmon/trout in my boat darn near every year through the 80's. |
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| It's so sad that in this day and age, technology just moves so fast, that a desktop computer that I have that's just a few years old isn't worth diddly squat anymore either. So. Just today, I looked on Best Buy's web site to see what their recycling program is for old, out-dated, unwanted pieces of computer technology and they'll take just about anything so it seems. Maybe even your graph instead of putting it into the landfill?
I love this quote from their web site:
"Consumer electronics are the fastest growing waste stream on the planet."
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/null/Recycling-Electronics/pcmcat149900... |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I've got a Bottom Line unit, Tournament-TX from the 1990's that works (which undoubtably is worth thousands of dollars!) that I would give away.
I replaced it with a Lowrance HS-8, with GPS capabilities.
My guess is the market for old used electronics is as good as the market for old bucktails after catching hundreds of muskies and northerns on them! |
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| I was thinking there was a warehouse somewhere in Chicago full of old fishing stuff and that when someone opened a bar or restaurant with a northwoods theme they would get a call to supply the decor. Anyway all that old stuff has to come from somewhere. Thanks for the response that best buy option may be the way to go. |
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | Put it on e-bay...that is where you will get the most for it. |
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Location: Syracuse, Indiana | I have a '70's vintage Garcia Flasher that I just can't seem to part with! |
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Location: Northwest Wi. | I got a Lowrance "Green Box". When were they in use?? I found it next to a "Disco Ball". |
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