All US nickels except for the famous "war nickels" (mid-1942 to 1945) are made of the same metal, an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel.

Popular misconceptions to the contrary, no nickels except for "war nickels" ever contained any silver.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_metal_is_a_1960_US_nickel_made_of#ixzz1u3GX4Ser

dont mind if i ask

but did you make you money back? i am starting to think to not mess with cheap lockers, but 80$ lockers sounds fun!

1K - 3K is a risk, if no big items like furniture and  eletronics...

and how many auction you attend a day?

you might start seeing me there

From what I can decipher  from reading all your posts, you are totally new as in never been to an auction or is that some detail you have left out?
seems that you joined here so to test the waters.

well that isnt how it works at all.
you need to get out to the auctions and WATCH some before you jump in all gungho on bidding. and you need to find a way to turn those items over... ie: Fleamarket, Ebay, Craigs list, etc or your own resale store. These things are discussed on many many threads here. This biz is not for most ppl. And the Newbies? The regs like Hestor, Darrel, even Brandi and Jarrod (and alot of this forums regulars also) will chew you up and spit you out (and those type are in EVERY AREA/State/City of this business).
To quote PureVendue from another thread here " put on your training wheels".
get out and watch a few auctions before moving forward.

something ding in my head

it was a setup from the manager perhaps, they opened the unit, saw a super nasty whore den, and put some tool boxes, to intice bidders to clean that jizz den up,

I feel sorry for yea, how did you make off it?

I did fair on that unit after all the trash i found a few salvageable items. profit is still debatable since 1 of 2 window units the DH needs to test and recharge. DH also kept the new engine hoist ($50 or so at Harbor Freight)

but to answer the ? of staged.... a big NO. I know the owner. He doesnt do that. He is an honest guy kinda on the naive side actually. it was all dusty and no hand prints at all. Same  with all his units. He does his own auctions, upkeep, etc. too much of a cheapskate to hire anyone to help with his 4 diff sets of units around town.

#12 if PORN offends you in the least way.... RUN from this business!!

just now switched channels and find SW gang in Vegas discussing their ventures etc..
Brandi says 8 of 10 units have porn and would have to agree.
5 of 6 I have bought had porn. and I dont mean the mild stuff. these were bad.
Not viewable from the open door but once inside WOW.
1 had a TV/VCR combo set up with car battery/adaptor to view his tapes inside unit.
118 porn magazines and various tapes/CDs. plus 4 plastic "male parts" obviously used inside the unit also. All his power tools, ladders, tires/wheels, a tent, viewable from door sold me on this. upon inspection ALL were broken, parts missing, etc.
All the Mikita power tool blue plastic boxes (visible from door) were... you guessed it ... EMPTY.
This unit was his Dumpster, his "front" for keeping his bad side from his family.

Ahh hi there neighbor  I'm north east of ya in Ruck Co. Yep over here in Walt Cade territory 

Hi all from sunny East Tex.
I've been lurking around a couple weeks so decided to join.
Hope to gain some knowledge from you more advanced buyers and hopefully add something in return.