Hobbies and Collectables

**guest37336** · 02-12-2011, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by brideycollette

Mine are fossils

has cost hubby lots of cash for my hobby lol !

Also Drift wood pieces that are unsual

they are being left with my parents when i move to oz

Hubby collects roman legion artiefacts that has cost me a fortune lol ! Oh and also old books

Can't find a blooming pic now Brides but MANY years ago on the Antiques Roadshow a fella by the name of Geoffrey Munn was clipping his garden hedge when he found an Anglo Saxon gold ring, nothing special to look at, plain gold, thick etc.

But the possible history behind it made me gob smacked.

Maybe a soldier was marching when it slipped of his finger and it had laid there for thousands of years. I wish I could find a pic of it Brides, as I said nothing special, but e by gum the emotion and history behind it.

Cheers Tony.

**Bobj** · 02-12-2011, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by Save The Lemming

Can't find a blooming pic now Brides but MANY years ago on the Antiques Roadshow a fella by the name of Geoffrey Munn was clipping his garden hedge when he found an Anglo Saxon gold ring, nothing special to look at, plain gold, thick etc.

But the possible history behind it made me gob smacked.

Maybe a soldier was marching when it slipped of his finger and it had laid there for thousands of years. I wish I could find a pic of it Brides, as I said nothing special, but e by gum the emotion and history behind it.

Cheers Tony.

He didn't find it, Lemon, he valued it....at £10,000.

Saw it on the Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago.

Collectables; 28 fishing rods, lotsa fossils, lotsa mineral specimens and crystals,(topaz, quartz, cassiterite etc), 99.5% self collected, lotsa orchids

Yardi yardi...

Cheers, Bobj.

**guest37336** · 02-12-2011, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Bobj

He didn't find it, Lemon, he valued it....at £10,000.

Saw it on the Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago.

Collectables; 28 fishing rods, lotsa fossils, lotsa mineral specimens and crystals,(topaz, quartz, cassiterite etc), 99.5% self collected, lotsa orchids

Yardi yardi...

Cheers, Bobj.

Along the same lines Bob, did you see the episode where they 'found' 'Lawrence Of Arabias' aviator watch, astounding.

**Bobj** · 02-12-2011, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Save The Lemming

Along the same lines Bob, did you see the episode where they 'found' 'Lawrence Of Arabias' aviator watch, astounding.

Yes, it was on here...re-run of a re-run of a...They did a follow-up and I seem to remember it was sold for £70,000 by Sotherby's.

Cheers, Bobj.

**guest37336** · 02-12-2011, 07:19 PM

Before I bore the arse of you and others Bob.

If I remember rightly there was a 'possible' piece of The Endeavour on one of the episodes. I think it may have been when the team were in OZ.

I'm not sure if they could authenticate it, but 'if' real I would have given my right arm to own it.

It was a SOLID piece, about 2 x 1 and eight inches in depth, can't find any pictures of it though.

**Perthbum** · 02-12-2011, 08:11 PM

I collect Military memorabilia from WW1 and WW2 mainly German Kriegsmarine awards and medals, have a nice collection of original SS daggers (8) which are becoming very expensive to buy my last dagger cost me £450

but it was worth it.

**pablo** · 02-12-2011, 08:50 PM

I collect empty whisky bottles

,nah,i dont really like clutter,minimalist me

Dont "collect" anything tbh,cba truth be known,but what things are important?,my "collection" of important things i "have" to take to Aus(if we get there!)

Bits and bobs from when me nan and grandad were alive,like a 5 pound coin they got me,a ten bob piece with cellotape round it(dont ask me why!

),photos of me mam.

Nearest i come to collecting anything would be Lpool football club stuff,things from Istanbul and Athens finals,LOT of stuff about Bill Shankly

,i have to watch that on my own tho,i still get upset to this day when i watch him or listen to him speak

,so yes Kate,in a way,i do collect Shankly and Lpool stuff

Just a short vid,might explain why we loved him so much,from a mining family in Ayrshire,tea total,socialist with a great work ethic,truly loved Lpool and its people,the local kids used to knock on his door on sunday afternoon, and when Nessie would answer they'd say "Is mr shankly coming fer a game of footy mrs Shankly?" and he did!

Listening to a fellah on LFC tv the other nite,he was one of those kids who used to play footy with Bill,he said "he wouldnt let yer beat him tho,if yer did he'd kick yer next time",thats Shanks

**BritChickx** · 02-12-2011, 08:59 PM

does anyone or did anyone watch Four Rooms on channel 4? That was about selling antique or unusual stuff, or even home made stuff. Really interesting!