David Burnstine, who reside here, follows a unique calling. He is a “sea junkman.”
He fishes from the waters about Long Island everything he considers has value. Once he picked up a bale of tobacco, another time a fairly good piano.
Burnstine conducts business from his 25-foot boat.
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