2001 North Carolina Big Sweep Unusual Finds

                County     Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              ALAMANCE     
 ALEXANDER (w/Catawba)     Floating dock, gass grill, fencing material, TV, dock floats.
    ALLEGHANY (w/Ashe)     
                 ANSON     
                  ASHE     Metal I-beam, lawnmower engine, rugs, vinyl siding, old metal cart.
                 AVERY     
              BEAUFORT     
                BERTIE     Battery.
                BLADEN     Ironing board. 3 big boards, box springs, cooler lid.     
             BRUNSWICK     3 big boards, box springs, cooler lid.
              BUNCOMBE     Plastic squirrel, newspaper boxes.  Removed graffitti.
                 BURKE     Entangled: Turtle in fishing line. Released alive. Campaign sign, big wood spool, inflatable basketball goal.
              CABARRUS     Car parts, leaky metal container, house blueprints, wheelbarrow, sink, bike, grill.
              CALDWELL     
                CAMDEN     
              CARTERET     30 used ice bags, lot of fireworks debris.
               CASWELL	   Washing machine, TV.
               CATAWBA     
               CHATHAM     Stove, TV, computer, batteries.
              CHEROKEE     
 
                County     Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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                CHOWAN     
                  CLAY     
             CLEVELAND     Bathtub.
              COLUMBUS     Sofa, TV.
                CRAVEN     
            CUMBERLAND     
             CURRITUCK     
                  DARE     Crabpots, old wooden beam, 2 empty propane tanks, lumber.
              DAVIDSON     Refrigerator.
                 DAVIE     Recliner, plastic container, bucket, cloths.
                DUPLIN     Scrap metal, freezers, washer, dryer.
                DURHAM     
             EDGECOMBE     w/NASH
               FORSYTH     3 dead geese (shot, not entangled).  Sewing machine, appliances, shopping carts.
              FRANKLIN     
                GASTON     Cement deer, recliner, loveseat, lawn chairs, several room-size carpets.
                 GATES     Washers (2).
                GRAHAM     Potbellied stove.
             GRANVILLE     Concrete block, lumber.
                GREENE     Lot of plumbing parts, music headset, PVC pipes, copper, brass.
 
                County     Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              GUILFORD     
               HALIFAX     
               HARNETT     Washer, dryer, car parts, recliner, refrigerator, couch, chair.
               HAYWOOD     Metal grates, tire rims, tin, rugs.
             HENDERSON     Entangled: Wharf rat in plastic. IV bag, rockinghorse, garbage container, engine block, bike, shopping carts.
              HERTFORD     Pair of pants with keys and timesheet in pocket.
                  HOKE     Newspaper box with cement bottom.
                  HYDE     Roll of raffle tickets, bikini top, lot of socks.
               IREDELL     Entangled: Egret in fishingline. Released alive.  Treated wood, foam, inflatable raft, 2 wheels on axle, rocking chair, burnt metal shelving.
               JACKSON     
              JOHNSTON     Hot water heater, washer, refrigerator, transmission, lot of beer bottles.
                 JONES     
                   LEE     Kid toy bike, dryer, long metal pole.
                LENOIR     
               LINCOLN     Aluminum bleacher seat, wooden board, concrete calvert.
              McDOWELL     Hatchet, lawn furniture, boat parts.
                 MACON     500 beer bottles, 30' fishingline, bedding, rugs, furniture.
               MADISON     
                MARTIN     Washing machine.
           MECKLENBURG     
 
                County     Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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              MITCHELL     Appliance motor, gas tank, snow plow blade, shopping cart.
            MONTGOMERY     Kerosene can, fishing poles, old treated lumber.
                 MOORE     
                  NASH     Side of building, bag of paper scrubs, 5 gal. bucket with brushes.
           NEW HANOVER     Construction debris, muffler.
           NORTHAMPTON     Entangled: Cat in fishingline. Released alive. Air conditioner, stove, truck driveshaft.
                ONSLOW     Aluminum couch, rusted motorcycle, IV bag with tube, tire wrapped in monofilament line.
                ORANGE     Shopping carts.
               PAMLICO     Beverage bottles.
            PASQUOTANK     Lumber, carpet, 10 gal. buckets, batteries.
                PENDER     
            PERQUIMANS     
                PERSON
                  PITT     Can of Reddi-Whip, 12 ft. iron bar, construction materials, road signs.     
                  POLK     Mickey Mouse trunks.
              RANDOLPH     Kerosene can, old bed frame, old cable, wooden pole, quilt tarps.
              RICHMOND     
               ROBESON     4 puppies.  Paper towel.
 
 
                County     Unbaggable/Unusual Finds
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            ROCKINGHAM     Entangled: 6 fish in traps, 1 crayfish, 1 frog (4 released alive).  Riding lawnmower, mailboxes, car parts, toilets, vacuum cleaner.
                 ROWAN     Portable toilet.
            RUTHERFORD     Washer, alum. siding, "No Wake" signs, driveshaft, fish net.
               SAMPSON     Commode, microwave.
              SCOTLAND     
                STANLY     Canoe thwarts, core of refrigerator, scrap metal, tool handles.
                STOKES     
                 SURRY     
                 SWAIN     
          TRANSYLVANIA     
               TYRRELL     Entangled: 1 snake in pipe.  Dead bat, dog skeleton, jaw bone of large animal.
                 UNION     Pallet, battery.
                 VANCE     100' PVC pipe.
                  WAKE     American flag, dipnets, snow shovel blade, delivery breadtray, 2 Viagra boxes cellphone, keyboard, monitor.
                WARREN     Botton of boat engine.
            WASHINGTON     
               WATAUGA     Hind quarter leg & tail of raccoon. Football tackling dummy, old BB gun, 100' tarp, shopping carts, car parts.
                 WAYNE     Concrete bucket, 16 fenceposts, small Pepsi cooler, rusty bike, part of aluminum roof, camping chair, lumber.
                WILKES     Refrigerator, propane hot water heater.
                WILSON     "Less litter than in years past."
                YADKIN     
                YANCEY     Entangled: 1 raccoon (unknown source of entanglement). Huge metal objects.
 
 
 

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