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A successful mornings garage saling: 4 Books, Brautigan, 2 by Bukowski, After Dark by Murakami, Lead fishing weight (1 lb, what for I wonder?), antique ruler, oilcan, 2 antique Parker fountain pens and 1 gold mechanical pencil, 2 Scheaffer ballpoint pens, vintage watches...All in all a fine beginning to the day, and a whole town full of garage sales tomorrow in Ymir...
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The title says it all...not a bad day's detecting!
Link: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-treasure-hunter-scoops-2million-10409864
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A second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is found in England: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/21/harvard-researchers-uncover-second-parchment-copy-declaration-independence-england/ByjMR9FS1HrsR8LKx2VOzK/story.html?s_campaign=bostonglobe%3Asocialflow%3Atwitter
On that note, tomorrow is Trash to Treasure day in Nelson, whereby everybody leaves their trash on the curb and people walk around and take what they need or want. I'll update you as to my finds...
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In the UK some Tank restorers find an unexpected bonus while restoring an Iraqi Tank.
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They of course do the right thing and report it to the Police, but not before weighing it and getting an accurate receipt. Quite possibly the happiest thing I've seen all week.
Note, though, how at 4:09 - while there's more to be found ("I don't care what anybody says we only found 5...") they only weigh up the 5 to turn over to the Police.
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Hopefully they get to keep the proceeds - (debatable) - but if there are any more it's good insurance against criminal bureaucracy. Now - imagine - how much is found and not recorded or reported, merely melted down and sold a little bit at a time and added to the pocket...
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Note the price per Carat for the Rough diamonds - bit of a mark-up for something that's usually finished and cut in India.
And a fancy 59.6 Carat pink diamond ring sells for $71 Million at Auction - http://www.livescience.com/58578-pink-star-most-valuable-diamond-sold.html. Now imagine you're proposing and she says "No"...