Has anyone ever had a good find at a boot fair?

[Mongo 1]

There is a weekly boot fair less than a minutes walk from my house. I have not had a look around one since I was a teen! I might go and have a rummage soon

Has anyone here ever found any coins of interest at an old fashioned boot fair?

[Peter 615]

  On 7/17/2012 at 7:42 PM, Mongo said:

There is a weekly boot fair less than a minutes walk from my house. I have not had a look around one since I was a teen! I might go and have a rummage soon

Has anyone here ever found any coins of interest at an old fashioned boot fair?

I cleared out loads of shrap last year.Amongst other tat we cleared £250 in 2 1/2 hrs and then spent £50 on lunch on the way home.The remaining £200 was split 4 ways.

I did have a wander around the other tables but it was junk.Someone did leave their medical eyepiece on our table...which was nice.

[Mongo 1]

  On 7/17/2012 at 8:16 PM, Peter said:

  On 7/17/2012 at 7:42 PM, Mongo said:

There is a weekly boot fair less than a minutes walk from my house. I have not had a look around one since I was a teen! I might go and have a rummage soon

Has anyone here ever found any coins of interest at an old fashioned boot fair?

I cleared out loads of shrap last year.Amongst other tat we cleared £250 in 2 1/2 hrs and then spent £50 on lunch on the way home.The remaining £200 was split 4 ways.

I did have a wander around the other tables but it was junk.Someone did leave their medical eyepiece on our table...which was nice.

You done well there Peter! I sold lots of stuff from a stall when I was young, most of it I wish I had kept now... my Star Wars, Action Man, Thunder Cats, Ghostbusters, Beano and Dandy, He Man! I think I made around £80 which was nice at the time, but all that lot is probably worth a few hundred at least now!

That is what puts me off, all the junk I would need to explore just to find a few coins, which will probably always end up junk grade anyway. I might just take a wonder down one Sunday when I am bored and see how it is.

[Peckris 579]

  On 7/17/2012 at 8:58 PM, Mongo said:

  On 7/17/2012 at 8:16 PM, Peter said:

  On 7/17/2012 at 7:42 PM, Mongo said:

There is a weekly boot fair less than a minutes walk from my house. I have not had a look around one since I was a teen! I might go and have a rummage soon

Has anyone here ever found any coins of interest at an old fashioned boot fair?

I cleared out loads of shrap last year.Amongst other tat we cleared £250 in 2 1/2 hrs and then spent £50 on lunch on the way home.The remaining £200 was split 4 ways.

I did have a wander around the other tables but it was junk.Someone did leave their medical eyepiece on our table...which was nice.

You done well there Peter! I sold lots of stuff from a stall when I was young, most of it I wish I had kept now... my Star Wars, Action Man, Thunder Cats, Ghostbusters, Beano and Dandy, He Man! I think I made around £80 which was nice at the time, but all that lot is probably worth a few hundred at least now!

That is what puts me off, all the junk I would need to explore just to find a few coins, which will probably always end up junk grade anyway. I might just take a wonder down one Sunday when I am bored and see how it is.

Precisely why I leave eBay pretty much well alone! If time is money, that "bargain" doesn't look so cheap after all. Much like sifting through auction lots crap, bidding on the one thing you felt halfway attracted to, winning it, and then wondering why your expected "happy" feeling didn't arrive

[Generic Lad 25]

I try going to just about anywhere I can find old coins, pawn shops, antique malls, garage sales, flea markets, etc.

Best find I got was a Seated Liberty half dime engraved love token for a 25 cents. Generally the US coins are all overpriced there (along with the usual mix of counterfeits!) but the "foreign" coins usually go for cheap.

As a student, I have a lot more time than money and if it takes 5 hours to find an interesting thing for my collection some Saturday morning I really don't mind it.

[scott 145]

i find all my bargains on ebay and at my dealers.

never any decent boot fairs around here.