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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2296538, member: 71510&quot;]I have gotten lucky a lot since I officially declared myself a &quot;professional&quot; amateur treasure hunter.&nbsp; The trick is - allowing yourself to take some risk (and not feel too bad if you lose a few!).</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep hunting!&nbsp; (just not where I&#039;m hunting!)&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a bag of &quot;sterling silver jewelry&quot; at a GSA auction.&nbsp; I assume it all came from TSA metal detecting.&nbsp; The bag weighed just over a pound and I paid about $150 for it, so I already had won figuring there was probably some fake stuff in it.&nbsp; There was an antique Chanel ring inside that was worth about $400 and there was a Mouawad 18k white gold diamond necklace in it that I sold for $400 (not sterling - but looked it!).&nbsp; The rest of the silver is just stashed away.[ATTACH=full]461127[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]461126[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a lot of Barber halves that were listed in &quot;good condition&quot; and was able to get the 1905-P graded as Uncirculated/details.&nbsp; That was a $700 win.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually just came across a large stamp collection and my hunch was right - it has a 1980 Gengshen Golden Monkey stamp in mint condition.&nbsp; Valued at ~$1800.&nbsp; This is the second stamp collection I&#039;ve found one in.&nbsp; Actually I&#039;ve found 5, 3 were fakes and I destroyed them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a jar of &quot;junk foreign coins&quot; at an auction last year.&nbsp; They were labeled Polish or Czeckoslovakian or something.&nbsp; I paid $20 plus fees - so roughly $25.&nbsp; This was in the jar.&nbsp; 1879-S 10 Markkaa gold coin.&nbsp; Valued at ~$350</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]461124[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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