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>>56328647
>what have yall revently gotten??

A barely used Garrett Ace 250 metal detector for $20 (over $200 plus shipping new), some cheapie scrap gold/silver and a box full of nice antiques and books from the last estate sale I went to. I've been doing some hardcore research on forgotten old parks, resorts and picnic grounds used 100+ years ago and then comparing the current satellite images with historical aerial photographs from the 1930s and LIDAR scans and have found an overgrown forgotten part of one such location which between the 1880s-prohibition was once among the most popular picnic and beer garden resorts in the state. The old paths are still visible in LIDAR images and the terrain hasn't been disturbed since it closed down in 1920, it just reverted to woodland. I already had a detector, but with the spare I can bring my close friend and trusty hunting partner along to help locate the old coin and relic hotspots. I can't think of anywhere better to hunt for pre-33 gold and Barber/Seated silvers.

>>56120786
>scrap

Hey Frogfren, I just got back from an estate sale about 1 mile from my house, besides other cheapie antiques not pictured I got a minimally used and perfectly functional Garrett Ace 250 metal detector for $20, costs over $200 new without accessories so a fair price for a spare i can lend to my dad and frens.

I mined out the jewelry area, everything was $4 each so I grabbed a 13.6g sterling Harley Davidson ring which might be worth flipping instead of just scrapping, then 2 10 karat gold bits weighing 1.5g for another $8. Only about $48 in total melt value but the price was right.

Probably my best score at just $3 was a leather-bound and gilt-edge 270 page book with hundreds of pictures showing the properties, power plants, mills etc that were part of the Pacific Gas & Electric system in California in 1911, very cool to look at. I need to research more but it seems quite rare and likely valuable, rich califags love blowing lots of money on rare and interesting antique items like this. Happy hunting and good luck scooping the cheapies!