Thanks Joe!Nice collection, I remember most of those. joe
ok is it just me but why do you save these? Are they worth anything? I have found these before and I just usually throw out as junk. Have I been doing something wrong here?
Ray
ok is it just me but why do you save these? Are they worth anything? I have found these before and I just usually throw out as junk. Have I been doing something wrong here?
Ray
Not everything that is "worth anything" has actual monetary value...... Sure, we'd all like to make a living just off of metal detecting, but lots of people do it for the history, recreation, etc......
Love the headstamps, very nice!
I love finding headstamps. I feel someday they will be an oddball collectible, and older ones may have some $ worth. Who knows, I go to flea markets and they sell tons of junk, and I mean JUNK, sometimes for good money. All you will have to do is clean them up, put them in a display and bingo! VERY Unique mancave decoration, especially for the antique firearm collectors. An easy sell...I would guess, a nice display with 50 or more different 125+ year old headstamps would go for at LEAST $50. All the !!!! that sells in this world, a nice headstamp collection could easily sell.
I save ALL the 100 year old ones, someday I'm going to prove my point here and sell a few displays!
Yes, I have a small one I made a few years ago. I can put together many more. This was just a quick set up I did to preserve some rare headstamps. I get a lot of comments from people who see it on my wall.Some headstamps are more regional, what you find on the west coast may never be found on the East Coast and etc. Someday I could see trades being made to create a complete collection like Turtlefoots web page!
Go to ebay and search "Riker Mount display box" That is what I used!
MDland.... Did you purposely make the letters white?
MDland.... Did you purposely make the letters white?