Featured Finds Thread

Kudos to you @daveydempsey for taking the time to sort & recycle all of that metal!!

There are a lot of people who wouldn't take the time to do that because you don't get much for a couple of things here & there. However if you just have a spot where you can put it until you get a good amount together you can get some real cash & keep it from ending up in the landfills.

I use to go to this one shop that had tables set up outside of the building. The owner would put things he had gotten at a local auction that he didn't think were worth bothering with on top of the tables. If you found it before the weather got to it or somebody chipped it all up you could find some real deals. Best thing I ever found were 2 Williamsburg/Royal Leerdam Baluster wine goblets that I sold for $135.50.

He would also put out metal that would be virtually worthless after the first rain. Then every once in a while he would go through throwing it all in the dumpster.

So I would load all the ruined steel, copper, silver plate etc. into boxes & haul it off for him. This of course was back when all of the metals, even steel, was bringing good money. I would usually get enough to pay for a tank of gas & pay for my lunch that day, sometimes more if I lucked into lots of brass & copper.

Unfortunately he closed up about 8 years ago. So now when I get a little pile I drop it off the same recycling center I went to back then & tell the guys to just hold it for the next person who needs the money more than I do right now. I drive right past it going to the auction so it is not out of my way.

 

I found this Brush McCoy vase at a thrift store for $2.
There's a small chip on the bottom, but I don't mind.

 

A good little haul this week from Savers, 2 thrift/vintage stores, online hunting and 1 junker yard:
Vintage mink muff. Lining inside is practically threads from wear but the fur is somehow holding up.

Very delicate bone necklace

Tiny mercury dime pendant and bug pendant


Two egg shaped pendants, one red and this blue one has marks on the bale

Silver & stone brooch. C clasp and older style pin on this one
Small brooch. Another c clasp, no clue what this one is made out of

This mixed lot of cameos. I’m most excited for these. I think they would make for some gorgeous rings.

Sterling leaf bracelet

And this opal ring marked 10k. I managed to find two sterling chains before we went and “thrifted” the newest member of our household:

 

We want details!!!

That face is absolutely scrumptious, but those paws!!! He/she is definitely not going to be little.

 

This sweet little gentleman is a mastiff! He is 12 pounds and just shy of 6 weeks old. They are very large dogs (150-200 pounds once grown) but after having lost our little Hollie (dachshund) to old age a little over a year ago we cussed and discussed if or when to have a new member join our family. Today was the day.

 

What a beautiful dog! And this is coming from a cat person!!

 

Oh, my, BMRT! From a dachshund to a mastiff! Wow - what a change!

He looks absolutely delectable! May you enjoy him for many long years to come!

 

He is absolutely gorgeous!! Are his eyes really blue? So what is his name?

 

VERY blue. I tossed my gamble to call him Maximus but my smaller little lady can only get out “Maxy” and I keep hearing (pad) in my mind so it may not stick. My elder girl insists it’s Maximo and my husband keeps calling him Puppy.

 

Found this at an estate sale.

 

The antique stone brooch is usually called a montrose marble brooch in Scotland.

 

Thank you. It’s nice to know their names or origins.

 

Sold many in my time as well as "Aberdeen granite" and "Peterhead granite" jewellery. Your dog is lovely.

 

The doggie is my favorite find!!!

 

@daveydempsey what does ammonia do to silver???

 

Cricket & of course Doxies are adorable!!!!!

 

Did the breeder let you take him at 6 weeks????? But, he IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wishing you MUCH HAPPINESS with him!!!

 

I really have no idea about the insect, I thought it was a beetle because it has a hard shell, I have no knowledge about crickets. Whatever it is I hope it’s not endangered, it is rather beautiful.

 

It is odd they let you have him at 6 weeks, 9 weeks old is minimum to leave the mother here uk.