Today I’ll do my first of this “Instagram-inspired” post. Basically, these are pictures of things I find that probably don’t warrant a post of their own, but I think are cool, fun, interesting, or valuable enough for an honourable mention. My plan right now is to do this monthly, and probably in the middle of the month, but we’ll see how it goes.
These are the one-off finds, from places that tossed only a few notable things, or maybe even just one. There were four American dollars in that wallet. Besides the 500$ in old bills I found wrapped in a bed sheet when an apartment was cleaned out a few years back, I haven’t have much luck finding cash hauls since 2018, which was a crazy year that produced three hauls between 1-400$. I’ve been finding the occasional small bill, but that’s it … for the time being, at least.
Here’s some of my finds from two big piles that took a long time to sort through. One was from a well-to-do part of town, the other from a humble part of Côte-des-Neiges. I’ll let you guess which is which! The former might produce again, the other seems to have been a one-hit wonder.
And finally, the miscellaneous treasures of the month, all from pretty upscale neighbourhoods. The box seemed to hold a mix of coming-of-age junk, maybe relating to Greek Orthodoxy? The best things inside were a little 9k gold bracelet, and a pretty 10k gold ring. Elsewhere, I scrounged a bit of silver and some Euro coins from the bottom of a white bag. I thought those folks had moved, and was surprised to see a bit more trash there last week, including a bigger haul of jewelry that is probably destined for next month’s post. Finally, in addition to a bunch of other yard sale type stuff, another person tossed a bunch of jewelry (mostly silver, but a few gold bits), and also a little change purse that had like 20$ inside. Easy money! I think that Hermes watch is real, but it’s missing the crystal.
Curious about the lamp? Boch Frères, Belgium maybe? Great hauls!
As always, quite interesting!
Way to go! Those colored eye-glass lenses are quite trippy… And did someone crochet a patriotic (for the USA) penis-warmer?! We humans are endlessly creative and odd. And you are terrific to do the work you do. Thanks for another inspiring blog post.
Hi Martin, I am loving this new post format if it means we get to see more of your treasures. Some great stuff here as usual – two perfectly good Lodge cast iron frypans, an old Labatt beer mug, and a driftwood chicken – who could ask for more?? SMH at how someone could toss gold, bills, coins, Hermes stuff. I would still love to buy your Euros but never seem to be in your neighbourhood. Maybe on a sunny garage sale day this summer if we can arrange it in advance so that you have some on hand.
I would buy that chicken in a heartbeat if we didn’t have the Canada-U.S. tariffs. Love your new format and as always thank you for sharing your rescued treasures.
You do your fascinating finds justice with those great pics. Clearly, one-offs can be satisfying, and lucrative too.