Metal Detecting discussions and finds

All this stuff was in the trash??

I gotta get new neighbors...

 

Likey someone passed away. That's how this typically happens.

 

Yeah but, yeah but............

 

Go back to whatever and play the "rock"

 

Check out this website by Martin from Montreal, it's how I got started in this, as well as being out of work... https://garbagefinds.com/

 

can be dangerous...but I have found some useful items. Found a brand new never used humming bird feeder sitting on top of the dumpster. found a framing square had one or two sharpie marks on it no rust nothing.

 

The "Rock" or the "Ass"?

 

Interesting. People sure do throw away good stuff. What a shame.

 

Both



I have been a trash/treasure collector for many years. Since I was 14 and found 175 porn movies in a dumpster. They were all beta, sold them for 75 bucks.

 

man Ive found some smalls but that was like the motherload like on goonies...

 

That sounds like easy dough right there!

 

That WAS the mother load! Al them coins. Crazy!

 

The strange thing about that one house was the first time I stopped, there was a box on top of their trash, indicating they were in the toss mode. In that box was an antique candlestick telephone, an old machinist watchmaking tool and under that was the stamp book as well as a few of the penny coin books.

The next week I forgot about that house and passed it by (what did I potentially miss??).

The week after that I remember a wooden self that was sticking out of that houses trash and that made me stop and I ended up taking about 3 1/2 64 gallon trash barrels worth of really valuable items that I showed you the first time.

 

have you got any of it appraised?

 

Hahahaha...

 

Week number two they tossed all the gold coins and jewelry.

 

I could really use the money (need a new roof...ect) so I might be doing it soon.

 

also kind of on a similar topic, wife was a vendor at a local craft fair this weekend. Small but you get to know the vendors etc. Well this one lady that makes jewelry was there like usual, had 2 pieces I was interested in but didnt buy. One was a set of Silver Navajo earrings by a famous artist that is now dead. I tried looking up the earrings but they didnt come up, but a similar version was about $279...I told the lady she should get it appraised. She had them at $50 I think...the other Item was a Jade bracelet from her moms from the 60's or 70's. Found one online similar and it was over$340...I told her she needs to verify/appraise the items. They may be knock offs but they may be legit and she could lose money...

 

I didn't take pictures of all the jewelry they threw out, I think the person that passed away was an antiques collector.