Featured Finds Thread

That's just Granny's fishing gear !
Shoot the fish
bonk it on the head
& fillet it !!!

Hehehehehe!!!!!!!

 

that would be a big no no !
Davey likely surrender it to the local constabulary ....

 

I've only see them with Christmas Trees, this one is beautiful Lucille

lol, that must have been a surprise to find

 

@Houseful
Finally felt guilty enough to get the ring out and photo it. Quite large: top is 7/8 inch by half inch wide. Quite a lot of 14k gold in the setting as it is a fairly deep stone.

 

@cxgirl
...and while I was at it, I photographed the Strawberry Hill pottery pieces (at least that's what I think they are!). The large one -- ptarmigan? -- was a wedding present (1980) and the smaller one I picked up somewhere along the way as I recognized the eye design. Sorry about the blurry photo of the marks -- the mark on the big one is not impressed very clearly.

 

Holy cow! The family didn't know they were there?

 

These are the times I am glad that someone like @daveydempsey finds these types of things. I know from his past comments that illegal-to-own items are turned over to the local authorities & the other items are handled responsibly so that they don't end up in the wrong hands. JMHO

 

I really like to imagine her going about getting the license and telling the police her reason. "I'm going to shoot rapists and then club them and stab them." Sounds fine, mum. Carry on. Secure storage? Under the bed. Right, just sign here.

I bet she had some stories to tell! She looks like a firecracker to me.

This is really well done! I really like it.

Sooo cute. Love these designs!

 

That's a beautiful shade of smoky quartz.

 

Doubtful, but that bang-bang will find a new home readily enough. Not sure of the UK laws or the legality of owning a billy club. Or whatever that club was. I wouldn't want to be hit with it.

 

I don't even know the laws here in regards to a find like that....I imagine the gun would have to be turned in to the police.

 

Regarding guns, we had an estate sale runner who showed guns on the site of a sale he was running.
The police came in and told him no guns could be sold.

Police came back a few hours later and he was still selling guns. They arrested him.

 

on the other hand...... Canadian friends who've had a home in Maine for decades....went to New Hampshire, and found a popular picnic spot to enjoy lunch..
a dozen or so picnic tables.....& one was available ........ but when they sat down, they noticed that at every other table there..... most all of the folks were carrying AR-15s or wearing handguns !!
They felt so ill at ease......they got up and left !!

 

No open carry in NJ.

 

I don't know which is worse: knowing that people around me are armed; not knowing who around me might be armed.

 

In Connecticut, you can "open carry" with the proper permit. I'd rather see it, because here a person carrying openly is the least likely to shoot of anyone. (he's safer than the cops probably!) The guy with the gun hidden... watch out.

 

watch the final shootout scene in UNFORGIVEN..........then tell me how safe you feel in a room full of guys carrying guns on their hips.

 

I hate to say it...but I'll bet that pistol was worth a pretty penny !!

 

Ooh lovely, good match to my pendant. I’ve found a nice long silver gilt chain for the pendant much nicer than the one it was on when I found it in the Charity Shop. Mines an inch and a quarter long and just over half an inch at its widest.