Estate books - don't pass them by

Some people hide money and and valuable papers in books.

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Thanks for the tip Bobomon! 

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and your exactly right.

I love going & sometimes working at the estate sales and auctions on a regular basis. Kovels is a prime current resource of top items of antiquity of vintage yester year right onward up into the 70's, and gives one the goods on ID and selling prices, which in the end equate to value. 

		Quote:			Posted by Karl
	Estate sales are great for all kinds of interesting finds - esp stuff back from occupied Japan and before etc, and all kinds of war goodies and old collectable Dolls and cast iron toys etc, and yes even old photographs and Maps. Go to Kovels.com and purchase their price guide books on antiques and toys etc. either that or go to the web site on your android phones, to look up items to see their value instantly. I actually do both. and have come across some really neat stuff. and there has even been a few times I have told them there items were way underpriced and showed them what it was worth. esp if it's a living estate sale and there trying to get as much funds as possible to go live in a assisted living place etc. Good Luck and Happy Hunting.

Thanks Bobomon,
your a keen eye for what is rare and overlooked.
These things also can help the Metal Detectorist make better finds as well.

Cheers, 
Jim

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	I STILL don't have a metal detector... sigh...Real life keeps making demands on the pocketbook, no fun

    Tell the kids you're trying to finance your new metal detector.   Take a look over on our contest page and see how some of our members have been turning "gems" they picked up at yard sales and thrift stores into some pretty decent cash (and who knows, you might be the first one to see the Garrett Ace 250 or the Tesoro in the corner and recognize it fro what is and what's worth).   Do that at the right sale, and you can walk back to your car with a $300-$400 detector for $40.
     Another thing you can do is see if you can figure out where the dumps in your area used to be.   Find those and you'll be able to turn up some neat treasures with just a shovel, a rake, and a screen (see  The Urban Treasure Hunter for plans for a portable screen).   A few nice pieces from the dump and you can purchase a detector.

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  Ooooooo! I LIVE on an old dump. It was the town dump, a pit type and always on fire. When the development I live in was built they filled it in with the extra dirt. However, when we first moved here we could see steel cables and metal parts on the surface. There are railroad rails in my yard, and my area is surrounded by old gold mines.... I think the rails came from the old mines, I don't know why they'd be here otherwise. My neighbors down the street have a neat display in their yard of an old ore car on rails with other goldmine equipment that they found nearby. 

Thanks for the idea and the site. When I've had to dig up my yard I've found trash/junk but I didn't realize there might be stuff people would want.   

My friend rents a house on an old cabin/ranch/homestead that has an old dump on the property, lots of bottles and stuff, so that's probably a better possibility since it hasn't been covered with tons of dirt. It's been my dream to metal detect there since most old homes around here just get torn down and the old sites get covered up with businesses and pavement.

Would it be immoral to hunt with her permission since she's a renter not the owner?

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