Ok show me your best COOL find!

[Iron Patch]

So post your neat/cool or freakin awesome find here!

 

[villagenut]

Hope yall dont mind but there was a runner up for that head badge, so i had to add this one. This is a newspaper printing plate that was a little more exciting due to the context. This was made by John wannamaker,the famous Philadelphia merchant who was a true innovator to the art of the sale. He had many "firsts" in his department store legacy and can be read about through a Google search. Our great member Bramblefind tracked down several U.S. newspapers from 1887 that had this same plate printed in advertisements.Anyways, I think it is a cool piece for all the above reasons.I still need to check my local papers from that year to see if I can't match the paper with the plate....that would be even cooler.

 

[glass half fool]

Villagenut Two more great items that qualify as cool items found over the years .

 

[GB1]

not are find but this was sticking out the side of a old road bed

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Definitely not super old or valuable, but this .925 silver ring is by far one of my favorite finds...added that I dug it at the house where my wife grew up. We were in the area reminiscing, saw the owners outside and stopped to chat. They gave me full permission, and I almost didn't go after it, as it was just a few inches from the sandstone curb and ringing up pretty high, and I thought the signal was from the cast iron drainpipe that emptied into the street. Initially I didn't even know it was a ring, I'd never seen one like this. This is about the only find that the wife laid claim to, as it fits too! Thx for looking, Ddf.

 

[Ahab8]

For me it’s the Luckenbooth brooch. I love the look of these and the story behind them