FoxHound0985
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Yesterday's Civil War Flea Market Find!
Hello everyone,
The lady and I like to go sell at the flea market on the weekends that we are both off work. Yesterday happened to be the day we both had off so we packed the car and headed to the flea market. Usually I sell old glassware and other antiques, but yesterday I took some Civil War stuff with me. A guy came up and looked at the Minie Balls I had on the table, and asked if I would be interested in buying Civil War relics. I told him "of course!" We exchanged names and numbers and he went on his way. As the day went on, I had nearly forgotten about talking to him. We were about to pack up and head home when he came back with a large box. We started looking through the box and everything was all mixed in bags. The bags were full of bullets and a few buttons and other brass items. He said that he had been digging this stuff on his farm for years and has two more boxes at home full of relics. I asked him what he wanted for this box (figuring that I would have to spend the day's earnings on the lot). He said "it's been sitting in the closet for years just taking up space, so I'll take $50 for all of it." I handed him the money without hesitation. Once I got it home and started looking through the relics, I realized just how good of a deal this was. There were over 30 lbs of dropped and fired bullets, about 20 Eagle buttons, a few carved bullets, lots of thimbles (one silver), a company K hat letter, a bayonet, a spur and piece of another, two stirrups, part of a US plate, a name plate with "P L BAUER", tons of other brass camp items (not pictured), and the cream of the crop... a Confederate Block I Infantry button!! Too bad there weren't more Confederate relics in there, but I'm happy with what's here. I think I made a pretty good deal! Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting!
Hello everyone,
The lady and I like to go sell at the flea market on the weekends that we are both off work. Yesterday happened to be the day we both had off so we packed the car and headed to the flea market. Usually I sell old glassware and other antiques, but yesterday I took some Civil War stuff with me. A guy came up and looked at the Minie Balls I had on the table, and asked if I would be interested in buying Civil War relics. I told him "of course!" We exchanged names and numbers and he went on his way. As the day went on, I had nearly forgotten about talking to him. We were about to pack up and head home when he came back with a large box. We started looking through the box and everything was all mixed in bags. The bags were full of bullets and a few buttons and other brass items. He said that he had been digging this stuff on his farm for years and has two more boxes at home full of relics. I asked him what he wanted for this box (figuring that I would have to spend the day's earnings on the lot). He said "it's been sitting in the closet for years just taking up space, so I'll take $50 for all of it." I handed him the money without hesitation. Once I got it home and started looking through the relics, I realized just how good of a deal this was. There were over 30 lbs of dropped and fired bullets, about 20 Eagle buttons, a few carved bullets, lots of thimbles (one silver), a company K hat letter, a bayonet, a spur and piece of another, two stirrups, part of a US plate, a name plate with "P L BAUER", tons of other brass camp items (not pictured), and the cream of the crop... a Confederate Block I Infantry button!! Too bad there weren't more Confederate relics in there, but I'm happy with what's here. I think I made a pretty good deal! Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting!
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