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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 304383, member: 210&quot;]I miss you guys.&nbsp; I have been trying to work full-time/over-time and clean out my uncle&#039;s house.&nbsp; He has a two-story house with a huge barn and a tool shed that is really a working garage.&nbsp; I am making headway, but it is an arduous process.&nbsp; I hate to throw stuff away, my sister took a truck load last week to sell at a local flea market.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been bummed out lately because I just can&#039;t get up early enough to find the treasures.... but here are some I found in the last month, with stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a guy I buy jewelry off of at my one flea market, but he didn&#039;t have much that day.&nbsp; Another guy picked this up and thought the price of $15 was too much, so he put it back down.&nbsp; We all looked at it and couldn&#039;t figure out what it was.&nbsp; I walked away and my treasure-hunting senses told me to go back for it, which I did.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]99795[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99796[/ATTACH]</p><p>Turns out it is a circular slide rule, circa 1900.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I grabbed this cool hard plastic Hawaiian doll for $10.&nbsp;&nbsp; She is modeled after a 1950&#039;s Hawaiian singer, I will look it again, forgot her name.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]99797[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99798[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I went to a church sale yesterday that was really crummy, was mostly crafts and antique dealers who wanted way too much for their stuff.&nbsp; I am tired of hearing &quot;This would sell for $150 on Fifth Avenue in New York.&quot;&nbsp; You are at a church sale in the sticks, for goodness sake.&nbsp; Bought nothing there, went to a school yard sale, should have gone there first.&nbsp; I could tell I missed stuff by what was left and the prices, but I also got the &quot;This goes for lalala in New York&quot; there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I was feeling down, thinking my treasure-hunting days were really over (do you guys ever get like this during dry spells?) and I stopped in a couple of thrifts on the way home.&nbsp; Found some wool, silk, and cashmere scarves, felt a bit better, but not thrilled.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I was buying the last of my scarves at the last of my thrift shops, I spied this on the counter in back of the register</p><p>[ATTACH=full]99799[/ATTACH] </p><p>I asked if it was for sale, and was told it had to be examined first.&nbsp; After examination, I bought it for $3.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t loop it in the store (learned that) and was hoping the chain was rose gold-filled (the locket is broken, won&#039;t stay shut.)</p><p><br /></p><p>When I looped it in the car, I found the 14k mark on the chain.&nbsp; It is a heavy, 22 inch 14k rose gold watch chain that was converted into a necklace.&nbsp; I absolutely love it, and I am searching for a pendant to put on it (antique rose gold, preferably a locket.)&nbsp; I also want to see if this GF locket can be fixed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally cheered up a tad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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