It's still out there!!

[EKman]

Holy Dingle Dangle, that beats the best find I've ever made at an antique store/flea market. Your friend is very blessed, this sort of thing is what most of us daydream about finding when we pull into the parking lot of yet another shabbly little side of the road junk store.

Envious,

Chris

[upbeek]

nice find , looks like a really nice example

[Darrell]

.......Allthough this cross comes from an obviously non-militaria-related source and has wearing signs, it has the infamous 3-dots in the left 12-o'clock arm. Since "the" book was published, crosses like this one will continue to be labelled with a ? and this probably totally undeserved....

Maybe, but at least (unlike the 800"4") didnt cost him $9K

[Robin Lumsden]

Wonderful!

Must be the bargain of the year.

[Van]

I just feel sick to my stumoch,,, nice find....

[Allan P.]

Nice one Dave

It always comes in '3's don't forget, Oaks, RK, whats next??????????

[Steinar]

IF ONLY that cross could talk... OMG very extremely nice find.

[WhitePhantom]

Yeah and usually overpriced fakes to boot

If I actually saw one like this, it would be a place that wouldn't take debit card, credit card and I'd be $50 short with 10 people eagerly licking their lips behind me

This palce only takes cash as well.....except no line up. This palce doesnt seem to get much business. They also have a bronze spanish cross for sale.

They had an iron cross (ek1 i think) but the frame was separating from the core.

[tinmantis]

stories like this is what keeps me going!
regards
jon

[Mike P.]

What an amazing score !! It really is the Treasure Hunt and a find like this that make this Hobby worth wading through Oceans of fakes. …all it takes is one good “Hit”
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So …I take it the Drinks are on Him ?
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I’m also very surprised one of our “members” haven’t chimed in chastising him for taking advantage of that poor dealer<O></O>

[Robert P.]

Everyone is entitled to at least one good fortune like this. But what a BIG one!

Robert

[adlerfan53]

Really, really awesome. The hunt is what it's all about. Very inspiring to fellow collectors.

[WenRan]

Well done ....

[PaulMann]

... you mean theres "another" place to buy TR objects...?.. .Nice 1!

[Steve Campbell]

That is one of those rare finds all of us dream about. Too bad it's in the same category as winning the lottery. For every one of those deals, there are tens of thousands of the deals us collectors have to see everyday. You know the ones I'm talking about, the what are they thinking, you have to be kidding, what's it coming to deals that are pretty much common place now. I mean even the Estand, which was supposed to be a place for fair deals is now gone to the dogs. Has anyone seen what most people are asking for an EK1 there now. It's' a joke! Most of the decent deals I get now are from people I know on the side, not the Estand, or heaven forbid dealers. There was the odd dealer I used to buy from here or there, but even they have gotten too crazy lately. I hardly bother with the Estand now because the items are overpriced. The days of being in the right place at the right time to grab that sweet deal are over. Most will know what I'm talking about. You could troll the Estand and bag some good stuff for a good price. Now I check in, see the latest overpriced items and move on. It's too bad you can't find a nice deal like the one shown here. Even the local shops you go to seem to think they have something special when all they have is a KVK2. What happened! Even oil hasn't gone up this much this quickly. It's really taking the fun out of it. A good portion of the estand is just what amounts to dealers selling without the overhead. Many of them don't actually contribute to any threads. I didn't mind this when they were offering the best prices that you could find, but now they are no better than the dealers. What's the point?