Same shop got some electric hi-lows in.
I didn't like them. Sluggish till rolling a ways just for starters.
Boy howdy , one of those batteries had blown....I'd have bounced off the roof bars!
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Same shop got some electric hi-lows in.
I didn't like them. Sluggish till rolling a ways just for starters.
Boy howdy , one of those batteries had blown....I'd have bounced off the roof bars!
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Barbarians,barbarians I say! One and all!
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Happy Mother,s Day WannaDig!
WannaDig3687
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Why thanky, sir. Still got peeps over. Will get back later or tomorrow. I got a blood sucking tick in my scalp.
Yes, I bought the bottle.
Lots of shops have had walls moved when the battery on the bench blew.
I kind of have a bit of respect around them though.
(Forgot to hit the post button)
The double florin, or four-shilling piece, was produced by the Royal Mint between 1887 and 1890, and was one of the shortest-lived of all denominations of British coinage. Its obverse, designed by Joseph Boehm and engraved by Leonard Charles Wyon, depicts Queen Victoria, whilst the reverse (pictured), featuring national symbols of the United Kingdom, was designed by Wyon based on the coinage of Charles II. When issued in June 1887, the Jubilee coinage, of which the double florin was a part, provoked an outcry. The small royal crown Boehm had depicted on Victoria's head provoked widespread mockery. The double florin was criticised as it was similar in size to the crown, worth five shillings, which led to confusion. The issue was said to be particularly acute in public houses, where barmaids accepted it believing it to be a crown, giving it the nickname "Barmaid's Ruin". The coin was no longer minted after 1890, though it remained in circulation for many years, and is still legal tender for 20 pence (£0.20).
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Off... g night.... c u n a.m
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Happy Mother's Day WD
Hope you got that blood sucking tick off the scalp before it burped.
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Yes. Here’s the haggling story…
After the last show, I decided my collection niche was going to be Ohio Bottles. I relayed this information to my friend, BuckIdgr. I told her I didn’t know much about what’s a good bottle to collect and what wasn’t. I said you just look at all and if one catches your eye and it is a good price, I should say comfortable price, buy it. I was supposed to be taking a video, and this was the biggest bottle show I have been to. The first row we went down was mostly milk bottles. I ended up nearly being knocked down while trying to record, so I gave up with the video. I got one row and a half into the looking when that bottle caught my eye. I thought, “ That’s old! That looks like something Bart would pull out of the mangrove. Looks piratey!”
The seller started telling me that it was late 1700’s to mid 1800’s rum bottle.
I have no poker face. Lol. The guy knew I wanted it. He then told us a story about him at another show explaining to young lady how to haggle for a price because all these bottles have a cushion built into the sticker price. We told him that we weren’t hagglers, if we see something we liked and were comfortable paying the price, we would get it or just walk away. He told us to look at what price that guy in the next row is selling them for. I asked him if I could take a pic and ask my friends on Tnet what they thought. Sure he said. Made the post and walked away. Every few minutes I was hitting refresh button. Dang metal roof! Finished walking down the row, still nothing. Turned up the next row, got halfway up and came upon the other guy’s display. Yep same kind of bottle, but for $350.00!!!!!! I started hitting the refresh button again, come on somebody please reply! I seen @RustyRelics post and told BuckIdgr that I was buying it if it’s still there. It was. There was another customer so I took the opportunity to adjust my shirt down a little in front, cross my arms, took a piratey stance with my hip to the side, tilted my head, smiled and once I got his attention I asked, “So what would you take for it?” He said,”$75.” So, this almost 59 year old piratey grandma has enough going on that she can get a whopping $10.00 knocked off the selling price. Lmao! Rofl!
I didn’t haggle over anything else I bought that day. Lol
That is now the most I have paid for a bottle. I don’t think I want to pay much more than that.
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Good night pirates. I must try that sleep thing.
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Morning TreasureNet Crew
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Good morning, ARC and Pepperj and ye other pirates.
Good Morning WD
So you put some more glass in the she shed I see.
Lovely old rum bottle it is.
Though one has that familiar look to it.
So you put some more glass in the she shed I see.
Lovely old rum bottle it is.
Though one has that familiar look to it.
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Oh wow! You have one of those? For some reason, the color and shape just pleased me this time. I was going to sit down and research what I bought, but the MR has given me another task of finding an iron skillet so he can fry up some more tuna tonight. Anyway, I paid $10.00 for that one.
I assume you dug yours up?
Tuna-yum-yum
Yes it was dug up from a ghost town of Illecillewaet that was first started up in 1880 in the Selkirk Mountains of BC.
We dug there for years in the muskeg swamp.
One spring we made 26-90 mile one way trips to dig bottles. (kind of an addiction)
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A ll this talk about bottles, I should probably post some of my latest finds/buys.
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