great saturday finds

[jerseyben]

Saturday:

Hit the first town-wide sale of the year. It was in an older, well-established area with lots of older homes and some wealth too. Hit at least 30 sales in 2 hours. Ended up with some nice stuff, even with a LOT of competition:

-industrial hanging work light/lamp (Hubbell parts, Uno shade) - $1
-copper tea kettle - $4
-Gold Dust powder porcelain sign - $5
-small copper lamp - $1
-some DVDs -$1
-military patch - $1
-6 buffalo nickel concho button covers - $1

P.S. On Friday I bought 1350 wheat pennies for $45. Pulled out a bunch of "better" dates but only 1 key date, 1911-S.

 

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[frankendime]

Like those button covers. Good picks.

 

[leadnugget]

nice scores, i like the lamp.
looks allot like this one that went for 39.99.

1904 Antique Industrial Hanging Hubbell Tin Light Shade Brass Fixture Factory | eBay

 

[SouthJerseyRyan]

I was able to join Ben on the Saturday hunt and picked up a Magic Chef Mini Fridge for $15 (Kudos to Ben for convincing me to haggle on it, even though the initial $20 would have still been a steal), Lane Chest Salesman's Sample ($.50). Operation "Covert Chill" will go into effect on Saturday which will essentially consist of me sneaking said Mini Fridge into my office cubicle.

 

[diggummup]

Ben, I'm glad you got that 1911s you were needing for your album. Good score , how's the condition on it? What kind of military patch, did you ID it yet?

btw- I dug a rusty one of those buff. nickel button covers while detecting a while back.

 

[jerseyben]

Ben, I'm glad you got that 1911s you were needing for your album. Good score , how's the condition on it? I searched through maybe half of those wheats I got a while back, then I gave up for the time being. What kind of military patch, did you ID it yet?

btw- I dug a rusty one of those buff. nickel button covers while detecting a while back.

G-04 on the 1911-S but like you said, I needed it for my album so I am happy. The patch is 3785th Field Training Wing Air Force patch. My favorite find for the day was the hanging work lamp. It has a wood handle and it has an old style plug/cord and an old style switch (the style that is like the knobs that tune guitar strings). Should fetch $100+ with the proper keywords.

 

[creeper71]

I was able to join Ben on the Saturday hunt and picked up a Magic Chef Mini Fridge for $15 (Kudos to Ben for convincing me to haggle on it, even though the initial $20 would have still been a steal), Lane Chest Salesman's Sample ($.50). Operation "Covert Chill" will go into effect on Saturday which will essentially consist of me sneaking said Mini Fridge into my office cubicle.

This is a STEAL!!!! Lane Chest Salesman's Sample ($.50).

 

[diggummup]

This is a STEAL!!!! Lane Chest Salesman's Sample ($.50).

Yes, if it is an actual "saleman's sample" and not the little jewelry box type that they made. But for .50 you can't go wrong either way.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I think the "Gold Dust" is the prize of the bunch, if real.
Looks real!
Carl