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I'm obsessing with a location I want to metal detect....actually 2 colonial spanish cities....portobello and nombre de dios !! Bradley Williamson told me that if there was one place in the world I should go to treasure hunt he said go to portobello Panama. He said he found more treasure here than anyone could believe !! He said every stone foundation and celler hole has pieces of eight and treasure bubbling out of the ground. These 2 cities have large abandoned spanish fortifications and a history that goes back to the early 1500s. You guys can read the history its thick and easy to find. What's incredible is very few people live in each town today !! I think only 1400 in nombre de dios !! I can see the old sunken lanes and ruins of colonial plantations all over the surrounding country side !! The worlds greatest trade fair took place in portobello every year when the galleons loaded the kings treasure gold and silver emeralds and pearls and even goods from china a d the far east came over the mountains to be loaded on galleons to be brought back to spain !! Bradley told me he found over 300 cobbs here just metal detecting old ruins in the bush of old portebelo. He said he pulled up hundreds of crosses and religous artifacts too. I've been pouring over old maps and google earth.....its incredible to think what's laying in the dirt here !! I'm checking the cost of land....imagine buying an old spanish farm out there !!
 

Jim,

So true you can really see how things perk up after a rain rather than our watering.

pepperj said:
I sold a pumping system to our friends farm-she is so grateful in receiving it as it saved the market gardens.
Then agin one can water/water/ but it doesn't replace a nice long rain.
The worms have gone to depths-chickens are wondering why no treats.
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pepperj said:
Morning Rusty
Question. How long have you been buying and selling the WW2 stuff?
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I've only started early this year, but I've been handling WWII stuff for years before. My grandfather had all kinds of neat things. Japanese sniper rifles, German helmets, guns, swords, daggers, etc. I used to play with the German swords, not knowing what they were. I still have a few, though not from the WWII era.

I've handled WWII stuff for the past several years, but never committed to buying anything. This year my brain finally clicked, and I realized that Civil War relic prices skyrocketed after the 100 year anniversary of the war. the WWII 100 year anniversary is coming up in 20 years or so, and my assumption is that WWII prices will skyrocket as well. Already I am seeing proof of that, by the fact that WWI stuff is getting really expensive now. So my plan is to buy stuff I like (Heer/Luftwaffe helmets, guns, gun parts, patches and insignia, etc.) and buy stuff that I don't really like (nazi party items, SS items), and sell the stuff I don't like when the anniversary hits. SS items will double or triple in price when 2039-2045 rolls around.

Before he died, the majority of my grandfathers WWII stuff "disappeared". No one knows if he sold it or what, but just recently my grandmother remembered that he had a false wall in the basement where he used to hide stuff. At any rate, I still have one of his guns - a Walther P38 with war-time marking. My uncle stole the SS holster that went with it.
 

Wonder if Kelly Hanson needs another ring. :laughing7:
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RustyRelics said:
I've only started early this year, but I've been handling WWII stuff for years before. My grandfather had all kinds of neat things. Japanese sniper rifles, German helmets, guns, swords, daggers, etc. I used to play with the German swords, not knowing what they were. I still have a few, though not from the WWII era.

I've handled WWII stuff for the past several years, but never committed to buying anything. This year my brain finally clicked, and I realized that Civil War relic prices skyrocketed after the 100 year anniversary of the war. the WWII 100 year anniversary is coming up in 20 years or so, and my assumption is that WWII prices will skyrocket as well. Already I am seeing proof of that, by the fact that WWI stuff is getting really expensive now. So my plan is to buy stuff I like (Heer/Luftwaffe helmets, guns, gun parts, patches and insignia, etc.) and buy stuff that I don't really like (nazi party items, SS items), and sell the stuff I don't like when the anniversary hits. SS items will double or triple in price when 2039-2045 rolls around.

Before he died, the majority of my grandfathers WWII stuff "disappeared". No one knows if he sold it or what, but just recently my grandmother remembered that he had a false wall in the basement where he used to hide stuff. At any rate, I still have one of his guns - a Walther P38 with war-time marking. My uncle stole the SS holster that went with it.
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Friend showed us his fathers pistol that had the insignia on the upper grip, not sure if it was a 9mm, as it was many years ago. (pistol not reg.) So he was kind of afraid of even owning it.
Problem up here-even if the gun was passed down there's a registration issue. (Almost guilty of ownership kind of thing) Whole another topic.
 

Morning TC
 

Good morning Rook, ARC, WD, Pepper, Anti, Bill, Bart, RR, Toe, WHADIFIND, and our bilge swillers!

So we are doubling the treasure and double the rum...and now we all go have fun!
...no I haven't been in the rum room...that's the problem. That and horse pies. :tongue3:

Well I wanted to stay and partake in the fun but I hear rug rats on the run!

Hope all have a good day and the treasure comes to you! ...now where did I put the horse pooped scooper...
 

WD
I thought I wished you a good morning but if I stumped my toe, Good morning
 

Good morning Msbeepbeep. Hoping all is well in your galley.
 

Good morning WD, Rook.
I can hear 'em climbing the walls but they haven't escaped their room yet...any moment now the hoard will come cascading out.
 

So far so good Rook, thanks for asking. Hope you and yours are well.
 

Oh the crying has started...no not me, although it is about a bottle. They have escaped!!! Gotta go!
 

Bye, beeps! Maybe threaten to send them to ARC. That may make them be good as gold for ya for a few minutes.
 

Ahhh....the shame of it all! I can *never* be a pirate or a piratess. For ya see, mateys, I doesn't drinks! Never have, except for two separate times about half a century ago. All my "friends" were touting what fun they had on their latest binge.

The same "friends" who were completely shocked when I admitted to not drinking. They, (knowing all the grief I've had all my life), all said, "***YOU***!?!?!? DONT DRINK!?!??? Of all the people I've known, YOU should be that one who drinks a LOT!!!

Anyway, on those two occasions, I'd just decided to try getting drunk. See just what I was missing. All I recall of the first one was that I got very, very sleepy! A year or two later, being down once more. I decided that maybe I did it wrong last time. So I tried again. I got dizzy, fell down a lot, couldn't think or see straight. I said, "So what!? I get this dizzy, fall down, etc etc....when I don't drink!" I've never been back. Lucky? I guess.

Ah well....to each their own.

Sometime, when you're bored, ask me about my not smoking either. I have another funny story about that one.

Enjoy yourself folks! Life's just too short!
 

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