shadroch Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 4:50 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Oh man, my cousin and I went to the lake and dug up a metal condm tin from the 1940's. We didnt open it, but was a story to tell, other than that a 1916 penny was the closest I had or 1914, I forget but want to say the teens. I gave it to my cousin as a gift for getting me to try the hobby for a while. I kept the penny from 1944, as I was in college at the time and the year had some story to take to class. After the condm tin, I relinquished the hobby :roflmao Canadian large cents? Aren't they sort of rare? ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:52 AM, shadroch said: Canadian large cents? Aren't they sort of rare? oh I'm not sure what was worth keeping or sought after, my cousin seemed a bit happy about the tin find, but I didn't really get gassed up on the hobby. I thought it was fun for kicks, but I didn't go into all of the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) My friend got into metal detecting a few years back. He's mostly found junk but he enjoys it. One of his neighbors daughters lost her engagement ring and he was a hero when he found it for her. Edited July 8, 2022 by shadroch ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 6:49 AM, shadroch said: He came by last night and spent a few hundred bucks. He actually went through two tubs of loose cars, rejected ones with bad paint defects and gave me forty cents each for the rest. He went nuts over a Marx tin locomotive that I paid $5 for. I've seen it on ebay for $10-15 but he insisted it be part of the deal. I'm not sure if I made any profit, but losing two big tubs of anything is good. He noticed three old bug spray dispensers that I'd paid $5 for the lot and offered me $25 for two of them. I asked $30 for the three but he didn't want the third one. I negotiated him down to $25 for the three and we both were happy. He also took a couple of paper mache figures I'd somehow come across. The best part of the night was finding two comic boxes when I moved the tubs. The first was mostly Legends of the Dark Knight, with a handful of 1980s Batman books, but the other was a nice run of Avengers from 94 to 200. Sometimes breaking even at a couple hundred bucks is a great thing. Getting rid of tubs of stuff I don’t want anyway is a victory most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:13 AM, Robot Man said: Sometimes breaking even at a couple hundred bucks is a great thing. Getting rid of tubs of stuff I don’t want anyway is a victory most of the time. I'm supposed to be out of my leased house by September so every tub and box I move is less I have to worry about later. I'd put aside two tubs of toys. One with girls stuff, and one with cars for the boys. The idea was to offer every kid who came in with a parent a free toy, so selling the one tub was just found money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 4:50 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: Oh man, my cousin and I went to the lake and dug up a metal condm tin from the 1940's. We didnt open it, but was a story to tell, other than that a 1916 penny was the closest I had or 1914, I forget but want to say the teens. I gave it to my cousin as a gift for getting me to try the hobby for a while. I kept the penny from 1944, as I was in college at the time and the year had some story to take to class. After the condm tin, I relinquished the hobby :roflmao I have seen a lot of short metal detector finds on IG. Looks kind of fun. Thought about it but living in the “big city” my odds are pretty bad. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 Tootsie toys. The Hot Wheels of the 1930’s/1940’s. ADAMANTIUM and Namtak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 As a kid, the hierachy was Matchbox, Corgi, Husky, with Dinky and Tootsie Toy trailing badly. Then Hot Wheels came along and the rest were thrown aside. I'd love to see how Matchboxes US sales fell from 1967 to 1970. I'd guess it was 50% or more. The Five and Ten near me went from having a huge matchbox display, with all 75 models displayed to a much smaller one, and had a wall display of Hot Wheels and Johnny Lightning. By the time Matchbox came out with its superfast rollers or whatever they called it, the train had moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 10:18 AM, Robot Man said: I have seen a lot of short metal detector finds on IG. Looks kind of fun. Thought about it but living in the “big city” my odds are pretty bad. ya we found the tin at the lake, but in the city. There are public places that don't mind too much, as long as the dig isn't more like an excavation. We bought detectors that only really detected 6-10 inches deep, and everything we "found" was only about 4-6 deep. Namtak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namtak Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 11:35 AM, Robot Man said: Tootsie toys. The Hot Wheels of the 1930’s/1940’s. Love that ambulance!i build ambulances for a living,never thought about ambulances toys before!any info on ambulances miniature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:55 AM, Namtak said: Love that ambulance!i build ambulances for a living,never thought about ambulances toys before!any info on ambulances miniature? It is pre war. Part of a group of military vehicles. It is the more premium Graham series. Made in two parts and very heavy. There is also a commercial panel van from the same casting. Saw it and had to buy it. Never see them in such nice shape. Namtak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 Picked this up this morning at the grocery store. Really like it. Just looks so vintage. The art looks familiar but just can’t put my finger on the artist. romanheart and ADAMANTIUM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterOldMan Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 7/21/2022 at 8:52 AM, Robot Man said: Picked this up this morning at the grocery store. Really like it. Just looks so vintage. The art looks familiar but just can’t put my finger on the artist. Cover is drawn by Michael Cho as a homage to Sheldon Moldoff. I still shop from my local comic store every week. Robot Man and romanheart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 Got lucky at my local Target tonight. I actually found a Super Treasure Hunt. There is usually one in every 12 boxes or so. In the year I’ve been looking, I have only found one other. Makes the hunt all worth while! It is the one in the first picture with the little TH at bottom of back quarter panel. The second picture shows it with the regular common Mainline issue. The Super is also a darker super metallic paint job. ADAMANTIUM, Dave2739 and fatlab123 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 I pretty much buy Hot Wheels for my daughter. Well today, she bought one for me! Never heard of this one. ADAMANTIUM and 01TheDude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 8/11/2022 at 3:54 PM, Robot Man said: I pretty much buy Hot Wheels for my daughter. Well today, she bought one for me! Never heard of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Had a fun conversation with a Hot Wheels guy. He was telling me they were worth a lot of money. I asked how much and he said “sometimes hundreds”. I kind of laughed and told him not to start collecting GA comic books. I think it went right over his head. Dave2739 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namtak Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Found this one today,corgi ADAMANTIUM and Robot Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) Found this weird Halloween set at the grocery store this morning. Lady was just loading the rack. First ones I’ve seen and they didn’t have many. And scored this cool Treasure Hunt Mini Cooper! Sometimes, it is the little things in life… Edited September 2, 2022 by Robot Man ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Went grocery shopping early this morning. Walked by the Hot Wheels rack and it was literally over flowing! They stock early and I was for once the first. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
