Best-Kept Secrets To Finding Treasure – #3
Published by Larry on Tagged Coin shooting, Metal Detecting Tips, Relic Finds, Selling Detector Finds
“YOUR TRASH IS MY TREASURE!” The old adage about one man’s trash is so true in the treasure business. Old throw-aways are todays collectibles. Locks, keys, buttons, tokens, badges, thimbles, bells, bottles and even horseshoes, are valuables that have been tossed away by people for years. The old throw-aways also give the treasure hunter a window into the past of that site. Here are a few trash items that are a part of my treasures. This is a sterling silver cigarette lighter found in Tarpon Springs, FL.
The following are a few of the many religious pendants that were either tossed or lost.
Here iare a few throw-away locks.
There are countless things tossed away by people that metal detector users can turn into money or even pay the expenses of being in the hobby. As a beach hunter from the1970 era, the aluminum pull tabs and cans dug-up while searching for coins and gold/silver/platinum jewelry, have earned me several hundred dollars. Can you “dig it”? I do!
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