This is the thread that George asked for so everyone can post about what they found, and pictures if they have them. Others can help identify them if there are no markings on them.
I had to make a house call this morning out in the country, so I thought I would wander the back roads for a while and do a little dish hunting. This is what I found in about 3 hours.
The first dish is a Janiel 9.5 footer mesh that has a gear driven mount. The frame work was fiberglass, or plastic, and didn't seem too stable except for the mount which was steel. The most interesting part about this dish again is the truly H-H gear driven mount. The owner said I could have it, so it's a maybe if for nothing else than the mount. As you can see there is a panel missing, and several hail dents.
If I could adapt that mount to another dish, it would be worth getting just for the mount. Heck, I just thought of something. It might be the same motor and gear box as the Birdview.
The second dish I found was my very first up close and personal encounter with a Primestar Oval (round) 40" wide x 43" tall. I actually touched it for real.
I got that rush you get when you have been looking for something so long, and finally find it. Of course, the house is for sale and vacant. I called the realtor, and it has a contract and is supposed to close in May sometime. She said she would pass my name and phone number to the new owners, but nothing could be done until the house closes. 
The third dish was an old fiberglass I think. The people weren't home, so I couldn't get real close, but here are some distance shots from next door who was home.
The next dish was in the neighbor's yard to the fiberglass. He had a 7.5' Perfect 10 dish just like the one I already have. It is fairly good shape with just a few hail dents, and a 24" actuator. He said I could have it too. I have it parked in memory for friends and relatives.
Did you see the fiberglass in the background in the first picture?
The final dish from my expedition today, may be a keeper. I am going to have to think real hard about it.
It is a 10 foot Winegard perforated aluminum dish. The first thing I thought of was drhydro's dish. Well Doc, here is another one. It has a pretty interesting mount too. Don't know if it is a true H-H or not. Maybe Doc or someone can chime in who has seen one like it.
The people weren't home on this one, but it was out in the open where the neighbors could see I wasn't messing around the house any. I have the name and address of the owner.
One other thing about the Winegard above. If the owner will turn loose of it, and I decide to take it, the dish feels like it is very heavy. It has a 4.5" heavy steel pipe holding it up. It will have to be dis-assembled to move it.
I saw three other dishes today, one was abandoned in the middle of a valley about 250 yards from the road. Might have had a mobile home parked by it at one time. One was about a 4 foot mesh up high on a pole. The other had been destroyed by a tree falling on it and ice from this winter. Too sad to take a picture.
All the rest of you dish hunters out there, this is the place to tell the tale, and post the pics.
If it gets big, full of pictures and descriptions and the mods want to make it a permanent thread, that's ok by me.
I had to make a house call this morning out in the country, so I thought I would wander the back roads for a while and do a little dish hunting. This is what I found in about 3 hours.
The first dish is a Janiel 9.5 footer mesh that has a gear driven mount. The frame work was fiberglass, or plastic, and didn't seem too stable except for the mount which was steel. The most interesting part about this dish again is the truly H-H gear driven mount. The owner said I could have it, so it's a maybe if for nothing else than the mount. As you can see there is a panel missing, and several hail dents.
If I could adapt that mount to another dish, it would be worth getting just for the mount. Heck, I just thought of something. It might be the same motor and gear box as the Birdview.
The second dish I found was my very first up close and personal encounter with a Primestar Oval (round) 40" wide x 43" tall. I actually touched it for real.
I got that rush you get when you have been looking for something so long, and finally find it. Of course, the house is for sale and vacant. I called the realtor, and it has a contract and is supposed to close in May sometime. She said she would pass my name and phone number to the new owners, but nothing could be done until the house closes. The third dish was an old fiberglass I think. The people weren't home, so I couldn't get real close, but here are some distance shots from next door who was home.
The next dish was in the neighbor's yard to the fiberglass. He had a 7.5' Perfect 10 dish just like the one I already have. It is fairly good shape with just a few hail dents, and a 24" actuator. He said I could have it too.
I have it parked in memory for friends and relatives. Did you see the fiberglass in the background in the first picture?
The final dish from my expedition today, may be a keeper. I am going to have to think real hard about it.
It is a 10 foot Winegard perforated aluminum dish. The first thing I thought of was drhydro's dish. Well Doc, here is another one. It has a pretty interesting mount too. Don't know if it is a true H-H or not. Maybe Doc or someone can chime in who has seen one like it.
The people weren't home on this one, but it was out in the open where the neighbors could see I wasn't messing around the house any. I have the name and address of the owner.
One other thing about the Winegard above. If the owner will turn loose of it, and I decide to take it, the dish feels like it is very heavy. It has a 4.5" heavy steel pipe holding it up. It will have to be dis-assembled to move it.
I saw three other dishes today, one was abandoned in the middle of a valley about 250 yards from the road. Might have had a mobile home parked by it at one time. One was about a 4 foot mesh up high on a pole. The other had been destroyed by a tree falling on it and ice from this winter. Too sad to take a picture.
All the rest of you dish hunters out there, this is the place to tell the tale, and post the pics.
If it gets big, full of pictures and descriptions and the mods want to make it a permanent thread, that's ok by me.
