re: What’s the coolest thing you’ve found?

Why would that out who you are? Some big background story on the gun?

We live on a hilltop near a major crossing of the Holston RIver.

I find lots of rough stones that would be used for scraping deer hides, several broken 'rollers; that would have been used for grinding corn and one beautifully smooth tomahawk head made from a rock that isn't from these parts.

My aunt/uncle own an old home built in late 1800s near Baton Rouge. As a kid, we kept finding tons of old colorful glass shards in the ground after my uncle would run his tractor. Turns out, a doctor in early 1900s owned the house and we started digging up his old trash pile including tons and tons of antique medicine bottles, pottery, two man saws, horse plows, etc. This excited every fiber of my being as kid who loved archeology and anthropology.

I was helping a buddy clean out his dad's old garage once. He had a container labeled "shop rags." It was full of late 70s and early 80s Mid South Wrestling t shirts. He had shirts from Junkyard Dog, Col. Buck Robley, the Rock n Roll Express and a bunch more in all sizes. His dad had got them from the guy who ran the shows in Houma, and would cut them up when he needed a rag.

My buddy gave me the a Junkyard Dog shirt, and he sold the rest to a private collector for a very big payday.

When I was about 11 or 12 my next door neighbor's nephew (who was in his early 20s) moved out. He rode BMX and had a shite ton of magazines in their garage that he no longer wanted. I had just started doing BMX so they told me I could come over and take whatever magazines I wanted. As I was going though one of the boxes I found some hidden Hustler and Penthouse magazines down at the bottom. It was like finding the Holy Grail.

I bought an antique valet in old ponchatoula store. Got it home and found a letter behind a small drawer from a civil war soldier to his mother. Incredibly well written by what sounded like an officer .

I relic hunt a lot, I have some valuable coins and military buttons I've unearthed. One Texas button will bring about 2 grand. I dug a rare dime that's about 2500.

When I worked in radio we were changing formats.
Some genius (Chuck Redden) decided to throw away all of our CDs as part of the format change.

I managed to spare them and they were great recordings. Some were special promo mixes that aren’t available anywhere else.

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He’ll win this thread hands down.

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Why cause he bought shite at a garage sale. We talking about finding stuff.

I found a Odyssey #5 at goodwill with plastic and tags still on it. Paid $2.99.

Does that count