Yaaaaarrrrd Salin'

Best find I ever had, even better than "some kind of electrical meter" (Fluke 77) for $3.00, was the time when walking back to my car I picked an interesting loking lump off the pavement next to my car. On closer examination at my next stop it turned out to be a twenty folded around a fifty dollar bill!

We used to stack milk crates on the front porch of our grocery store. Often people waiting for the store to open would use them as a place to sit in the shade until the doors opened. Largest I ever found was $100 bill which my mom made me put in the store safe and wait a month to see if anybody came around asking about it. Found lots of change and small bills. $100 was a LOT of money when I was a kid. More than made up for the action figure I left out there once that disappeared.

Good deals is a tough one. Had an older friend recently offer me all his guns for a $1000. There are three of them worth about that much solo. A couple more have some modest value as well. I told him what I thought they were worth to the right buyers, and asked him if he was sure at least three times. He said he didn't want to deal with all that. When I told him I'd have to come back later to pay him as I didn't have that much in my play money right now he said, "I trust you. Take them and pay me next time you have the cash." I was kinda stunned. I think he's just getting old and he wanted his guns to go to somebody that would appreciate them. Might be one of the best deals I ever got not counting outright gifts. Really it was kind of a gift. I have helped him with a few things, but I don't think anything I did for him was worth that much.