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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 9420688, member: 36&quot;]Made a run to a local soup kitchen charity shop in the notorious North End of Hartford, CT.&nbsp; A lot of people won&#039;t go down there, but it reminds me of going train hunting with my dad as a kid. The soup kitchen is literally next to the railroad tracks!&nbsp; Anyway, I make it a point to drop $10 in there every so often, because I&#039;ve got food and a roof over my head. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bought my $10 today and hit some good scores almost by mistake - two necklaces, a bracelet and a stack of small plates.&nbsp; Started a thread on the plates because they&#039;re marked in what looks like Japanese. </p><p>The bracelet was a score - bakelite, found in the wild! It&#039;s a persmimmon color in person, and had an old paper label inside that&#039;s newer than the bakelite.&nbsp; Go figure.&nbsp; Smells like formaldahyde when tested with baking soda, weighs a ton and the texture felt right from the jump. Cost me $2. </p><p>The single-strand necklace is smoky quartz, double-checked by my idiot diamond tester.&nbsp; Sterling clasp.&nbsp; The multi, which cost $2, is most likely glass but clasp tests like silver.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]432312[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432313[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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