Flea Market Jewelry Hunters

bmattioli

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• Aug 4, 2020

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Anyone out there like to hunt for Gold or good jewelry at the Flea Markets?? I realize the ones open now are sparse but has anyone have any good finds out there? I see folks digging through boxes of them at the Fleas with their loops in hand and although I'm a Toy/ Comic book hunter I just might take a plunge at it..

 

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The flea markets around here are generally picked over early. I go to Redwood and South Hadley quite often but rarely seem to get things out of the ordinary.

 

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• Aug 4, 2020

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might do better going through junk boxes in garage and yard sales

 

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• Aug 5, 2020

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Where I live, be it costume jewelry or the real thing, seems it’s always priced triple it’s true value.

I’m waiting for the 180-mile long yard sale down US 12 between Detroit and New Buffalo, I always missed it in the past due to work. Not this year! Aug 14-16.

I also make a habit of asking at local garage or yard sales “do you have any old coins or jewelry you’d like to sell?”

Good luck

 

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• Aug 15, 2020

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davidlhyde63366 said:

might do better going through junk boxes in garage and yard sales

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YOU hit the nail on the head!

I know several people that do exactly that, and have scored pretty darn well.

They say sometimes the sellers *know* that items are gold/silver and STILL practically give the swag away. Especially the younger ones selling Grandma's old stuff.

 

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GLASSHOPPER1955 said:

YOU hit the nail on the head!

I know several people that do exactly that, and have scored pretty darn well.

They say sometimes the sellers *know* that items are gold/silver and STILL practically give the swag away. Especially the younger ones selling Grandma's old stuff.

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Might find some old cigar boxes full of assorted old and foreign coins that someone collected over the years

 

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• Aug 17, 2020

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davidlhyde63366 said:

Might find some old cigar boxes full of assorted old and foreign coins that someone collected over the years

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They did and also found one of those "Mutter" (mother) German crosses with the neck ribbon! I think they were given out in WW2 when a child was born. (?).