5 year Curio cabinet project complete

[highnam]

Five years ago I bought a curio cabinet for $20 at a auction, that same year I started my metal detecting career in a 1912 railroad logging camp that suffered a fire and burned a row of 14 bunkhouses and four family houses on my folks property. The next five years would be a history lesson on this particular camp and now that I am comfortable that I have found everything I could possibly find its time to put the finds in the cabinet and my lady can stop calling me "Trinkets" from all the treasures needing dusting all the time. Haha this cabinet has so much going for it, aside from the old lime green paint and a couple tubes of caulk, it painted up nice. The cabinet is a high end "Habersham" from Georgia, much to my surprise...
The finds that made the cabinet...
Suspender clips and buttons from all over U.S.Coins, tokens, tags, more suspenders, horse bridle rosette...Combs, pipes,
Watches, glass shirt buttons, Bakelite men's ringPrepping to put everything in the cabinet...no room for the prize of the finds...
Winchester model 1894 saddle ring Carbine

Also log stamp hammer...

 

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[Keith Jackson]

Nice cabinet and nice finds. Now you need another cabinet to restore and fill.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great job on the restoration and of course the excellent finds!

 

[Peyton Manning]

tell your wife Jeff-gordon says hush

 

[highnam]

tell your wife Jeff-gordon says hush

Haha...

thanks guys, ok, I'll admit I was doing most of the dusting, more of a reason to get this project done

 

[seabee89]

looks nice, good job!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Great job on the cabinet - I need something like that!

 

[highnam]

Great job on the cabinet - I need something like that!

Thank you...just a little paint helped big time

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[highnam]

Thanks Trapperart...

 

[A2coins]

I love that I have display cases for my silver coins relics and gold etc and some other good finds I plan to go to the reuse here lots of older displkay cabinets for sale for my man cave.That looks great and to have all those finds from one site is cool Thanks for sharing it!!!!!!

 

[BcuttinPlugs]

That curio is awesome. $20.00 makes it great. I really do like it. Congrats on those finds and display

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wow...I really like the curio cabinet. Came out great. What a neat way to show off your collection.

 

[Doc Arey]

Sweet!

 

[DannyB.]

I love it! Great job.

 

[highnam]

I only go to one auction a year that is hosted by the local volunteer Fire Dept....everything is donated from the community...I think the lime green paint scared off a few bidders and I cast the only bid....funny thing was the next year another curio came up and it sold for $160. (I liked mine better)
Some pieces are meant to find you, glad I saw some potential and jumped

 

[DannyB.]

I only go to one auction a year that is hosted by the local volunteer Fire Dept....everything is donated from the community...I think the lime green paint scared off a few bidders and I cast the only bid....funny thing was the next year another curio came up and it sold for $160. (I liked mine better)
Some pieces are meant to find you, glad I saw some potential and jumped

I actually like lime green..

 

[Trezurehunter]

Outstanding display, and congrats on all of those finds that are in your cabinet.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

To me, that log stamp is more historically significant then all the other items.

 

[Bass]

Wow! Hats off to you for preserving the history of that location. Excellent job