Crawled an attic in July and found a nest of old RG-59 from the 80s

Was doing a rewire in a house built in '84. Pulled back the insulation and found a perfect coil of that old, thick cable. Must have been left by the original installer. The jacket was still soft, not brittle. Made me wonder how much of that stuff is still hidden in walls. Anyone else come across vintage installs like that?

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fox.jesse5h ago

Yeah, it's like a little time capsule for the next guy.

noahbaker6h ago

Always makes me think about the people who put it there. Some guy in 1984, probably had no idea we'd be talking about his leftover cable forty years later.