I wish I could just find a decent place in NJ to get
salvaged stuff
I go to a place called "Electronics Barn" (in Bloomfield IIRC),
every three months or so. It's a 1-hour trip for me but well worth it.
They have mostly clean components, but cheap. (Saying cheap
but clean probably sounds better.) Prices are often 1/10 that
of DigiKey, but without the service. You have to spend 2 hours on
the first trip to see everything they have and where it is.
John A.