Featured Finds Thread

Murano (pretty sure) madonna 10 1/2" tall.. A whole $2.75.

 

Misshapen.... or MISSISSIPPI River pearl?!

 

I bought a new backpack today which is large enough to put my metal detector inside and a small shovel, I wish I had found more things to show y'all but unfortunately I've just been digging nothing but trash so far I might knock metal detecting on the head for now and do a few weeks of dump digging until the plowed fields become available. I just thought I'd give an update... I may do some metal detecting this evening.

 

My find of the day isn't that photogenic. My sister asked me if I had my old Terry Pratchett books; she wanted some for my niece. Mine were all library books. This morning, first tag sale I hit... bingo. A stack of 10 of them. I got silver jewelry for under melt too, but books.

 

I love that kind of coincidence.

 

Another two estate sales this morning. The first one seemed to think everything they had belonged in a museum or at least called museum quality prices. The second one had a previous resident whos entire vintage wardrobe I aspire to reach one day.

Unfortunately the lady was much taller and had a very different body type. I did manage to snag a wooden closet hanger/shelf, a beaded purse, a beaded clutch and 1 silky puffy bag. She took very good care of her items from what I can tell. Not a bead out of place.

 

I like those purses.

 

My find for the day, a large James Greig watercolor titled “An Old Spanish Garden”, $30+ in a second hand shop.

 

I'll bet that holed coin was on someone's fob. I'd say you hit the jackpot.

My photograph for the day is the silver and pearls I brought home along with some bullion embroidery pieces from India. Paid $4 for the pile. The bracelet weighs 22 pennyweights, currently about $18 in scrap. It's unengraved however so I can sell it as is.

The second shot is from a few weeks ago, at a random tag sale I found before grocery shopping. Kuba/Kreol rhinestone bracelet. This one probably is headed straight to my hoard.

 

I like that bracelet Ruth.
Nice stuff Davey.

 

Latest finds. Went to a thrift shop that had recently upgraded their store to a larger location. Never found anything in their old shop but found a few items today.

 

In a junk box. Dented. No stem. No mate.

 

I'll bite. What is it? The top to some kind of shaker shaped like a Japanese umbrella?

 

https://il.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage...panese-Silver-Salt-and-Pepper-Shakers?lang=en

 

Very cool, Terry!

 

But but. If the holes are in the top of the umbrella and you set them down as pictured...

Seems like you'd spend a lot of time throwing salt over your shoulder.

 

Maybe they were marketed to the bottom side of the globe

 

Maybe the handles/stems were designed to be jabbed into something(they look to have very pointed tips) ...maybe whatever meat you were serving, or simply set into a small toothpick container, or something similar.