DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Different kind of cache find, I guess.
I was in Walgreens and I see on the back wall behind the checkout area where all the smoking stuff is they have basic, brushed, full sized zippos in blister packs on a super sale.
Obviously closing them out because their regular price is $21.95 but they are marked down to like $5.69 or something weird like that.
If you look around you can find these at Walmart and online for about $10-15 so not a great regular price but at $5 I got very tempted.
Now I don't need any, I must have about 8 Zippos around here plus a few broken ones and 2 that I dug up that all should go back to the factory for reconditioning and on top of that I quit smoking and got into vaping so I don't use lighters much anymore but I still carry a lighter around with me because, well, it's fire...you never know when you might need some.
I decide to get one just because it's so cheap so the girl grabs one, scans it and says it is only $2.19!.
That threw me for a loop but I recovered and said if that's the case give me two.
Then a couple of days went by and I kept thinking why didn't I buy more?
Again, don't need em and dont ask me why but at $2 each I just had to get more and I went back and got all that were hanging on the display.
These were only the ones on the display, are still more in boxes under the counter they tell me.
Now, what to do with them.
I have been looking at YouTube vids watching people using Dremel tools to etch the cases on Zippos but I think acid etching might be fun to try.
If I can find a nice stencil of a metal detector and can pull that off that would be cool to carry around, I think.
I have plenty to practice on, that's for sure.
I was in Walgreens and I see on the back wall behind the checkout area where all the smoking stuff is they have basic, brushed, full sized zippos in blister packs on a super sale.
Obviously closing them out because their regular price is $21.95 but they are marked down to like $5.69 or something weird like that.
If you look around you can find these at Walmart and online for about $10-15 so not a great regular price but at $5 I got very tempted.
Now I don't need any, I must have about 8 Zippos around here plus a few broken ones and 2 that I dug up that all should go back to the factory for reconditioning and on top of that I quit smoking and got into vaping so I don't use lighters much anymore but I still carry a lighter around with me because, well, it's fire...you never know when you might need some.
I decide to get one just because it's so cheap so the girl grabs one, scans it and says it is only $2.19!.
That threw me for a loop but I recovered and said if that's the case give me two.
Then a couple of days went by and I kept thinking why didn't I buy more?
Again, don't need em and dont ask me why but at $2 each I just had to get more and I went back and got all that were hanging on the display.
These were only the ones on the display, are still more in boxes under the counter they tell me.
Now, what to do with them.
I have been looking at YouTube vids watching people using Dremel tools to etch the cases on Zippos but I think acid etching might be fun to try.
If I can find a nice stencil of a metal detector and can pull that off that would be cool to carry around, I think.
I have plenty to practice on, that's for sure.
nice score man 
