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  1. #1
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    Mar 2011
    Kalifornia
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    2 boxes and a basket

    I was the first at a 6:00am yard sale. I looked in the green (wood cigar) box and gave the lady $10.00 without opening anything else. I talked with her for a while for some history of the stuff. The person that died was over 100 years old and some of this was from his mother. He was a miner, engineer and an inventor. Some of the stuff is from when he was little, including report cards, marbles, the metal arrowhead.
    The daguerreotype photo was probably his grandmother, it was wrapped in a cloth in the bottom.

    The silverware and other photos had been sold to an antique store. The silverware in the picture is plated and worn. I did find a nice sterling fingernail file and cuticle set! (well for a minute then, then it was spotted by my girlfriend)

    There was also a pair of 14k gold filled wire glasses, wire glasses with rose colored lenses an old clay pool ball. The boxes were fun to go through!

    R

  2. #2
    us
    Sep 2010
    New England
    V3i
    416

    Re: 2 boxes and a basket

    Great find, I love looking through items like those. Nice!

  3. #3
    um
    Jun 2011
    Monroe County Ohio
    Etrac ~ Tesoro Vaquero ~ Pro Pointer
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: 2 boxes and a basket

    Nice...Those glasses would sell good on feebay..Great finds

  4. #4
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    May 2009
    Florida
    Surf PI Pro/MXT/Quattro/Sovereign XS2 Pro
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    Re: 2 boxes and a basket

    Do you have a better pic of the lighters?

  5. #5
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    The Cesspool

    Jul 2004
    living in a cesspool on a slab of concrete
    Tesoro Sand Shark among others
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: 2 boxes and a basket

    Nice little cache of antique goodies. I got one last week that was similar (cache of goodies in a cigar box that is).
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