This morning, wife and I went out looking for sales, and I bought a working Tesoro Conquistador umax for 10.00! I couldn't believe my luck on that one. When I asked the guy how much he wanted for it, I was expecting maybe in the 50-100$ range, but he said 10.00. Bad health won't let me hunt much now, but I've found so much with my Silver umax over the years, I had to grab this one. Just thought I'd share.
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Lucky Yard Sale Find
- Thread starter Rick W
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Thanks! It made my day
Silver Saver
Active member
Lucky lucky! Looks like it's in great shape too. Nice buy!
Thanks! I haven't cleaned it up yet, but the coil was dirty. Checked the headphone jack and it works as it should. Now, if I could just motivate myself to go digging, all would be well!
bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
Nice score Rick.... last Saturday my wife and I stumbled upon a yard sale at 2pm in the afternoon..amazingly came away with some great finds ourselves..my wife was checking out the jewelry and found a vintage glass bead necklace for $5 which is worth $85..
we also bought a vintage Eskimo Inuit carved soapstone of a sea lion for $1 which is also worth about $85..
I started looking thru the jewelry myself ,there was a lot of stuff looked like gold but wasn’t however I found a small letter pendant that I was sure had to be gold..had wife take picture of it with phone,we zoomed in on the picture and sure enough it is marked 14k.. I asked the lady how much? $1 she said...when I think of all the sales I would wake up early for and find nothing and here we hit this sale at the end of the day and clean up..it’s all about timing...happy hunting..
we also bought a vintage Eskimo Inuit carved soapstone of a sea lion for $1 which is also worth about $85..
I started looking thru the jewelry myself ,there was a lot of stuff looked like gold but wasn’t however I found a small letter pendant that I was sure had to be gold..had wife take picture of it with phone,we zoomed in on the picture and sure enough it is marked 14k.. I asked the lady how much? $1 she said...when I think of all the sales I would wake up early for and find nothing and here we hit this sale at the end of the day and clean up..it’s all about timing...happy hunting..
Great! Finding deals and bargains is almost as much fun as digging. Getting old and having health issues intensifies those kind of finds for me. Wife and I both love yard and auction sales. Just about every weekend we go out looking.
Awesome! I have a "thing" for riflescopes, and buy good quality ones when I find them. I have never found any optics of that caliber, however. I do like the old Japanese optics.
Tot Lot Bandit
Well-known member
That would be a deal at $100. Nice!
still looking 52
Well-known member
Even if you don't use that detector you could always sell it for a profit, it wouldn't be hard to get 100$ out of it.
Nice find Rick
Nice find Rick
Mike(SK)
Member
Awesome deal!
texkinzee
Active member
Way to go Rick. If I may I was a participant in a school yard sale and sold a guy my Detector Pro Pirate for 100.00. The guy came back and told me a guy was selling a detector nearby. I went over and he had a Sovereign Elite with two coils and the meter. I asked him how much. He said 50.00. I said deal. That Elite is still today my go to beach detector and has found many gold rings over the years. I also have foot issues that keep me from getting out there. But even for one hour detecting the pain I feel will vanish as I hear that detector go beep. Stay well Rick .
C.J.M.
Well-known member
GOOD MERCY what a deal
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Thanks! Sounds like you got a heck of a deal, too! I usually water hunt mostly, now, because the buoyancy of the water makes hunting much easier, but on a "good" day, I'm willing to try land again, if the soil is not rock solid.
