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Roadside attractions..
Got any of this touristy folk art kind of things in your neck of the woods? Anything existing and advertised to take the traveler off the beaten path?
The world's largest ball of twine, a house that looks like a chicken, a bizarre museum?
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| October 24, 2006, 10:04 |
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Re: Roadside attractions..
We've got Arundel castle, just down the road, it's a bit boring though.
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| October 24, 2006, 10:09 |
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Re: Roadside attractions..
does the beach count?? 
leeuh 
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| October 24, 2006, 10:30 |
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Re: Roadside attractions..
Sure the beach counts! No wrong answers really...
We have allot of caves and caverns...the most popular is the Meramac Caverns.
All the billboards (some are painted on barn roofs) "Visit Meramac Caverns and see Jesse James's loot rock"
That 's where they claim ole Jesse and his gang went to divide and count up the loot.
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| October 24, 2006, 10:40 |
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Nothing too close by but we have Dinosaur Valley National Park not too far from here.... and Fossil Rim Wildlife Park. Two VERY cool places to visit!
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| October 24, 2006, 10:44 |
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Re: Re: Roadside attractions..
QUOTE (Chazzy @ October 24, 2006, 10:40)Sure the beach counts! No wrong answers really...
We have allot of caves and caverns...the most popular is the Meramac Caverns.
All the billboards (some are painted on barn roofs) "Visit Meramac Caverns and see Jesse James's loot rock"
That 's where they claim ole Jesse and his gang went to divide and count up the loot.
 i'be been there!! hee hee hee
leeuh
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| October 24, 2006, 10:45 |
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Re: Roadside attractions..
They have a Billy the Kid museum in Hico, Texas.... they say that's where he was killed.
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| October 24, 2006, 10:48 |
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Re: Roadside attractions..
The world's largest ball of twine. We have that, actually.
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| October 24, 2006, 11:42 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Roadside attractions..
In Hendley Nebr.--- Population, 80 which is 8 miles from me was where Kool-Aid was invented , his grandkids now live in a mansion in cambridge Nebr. 17 miles the other direction, ( the only mansion anywhere near here) In Grand Island, is a Mastadon Museum, this is where most mastadons are found..(a dinasouar) for anyone not familiar with the term, General Custer crossed the river here on his last ride, Massacure Canyon is about 50 miles away, where Souix Indians ran on foot all night & settled the score with the pawnee indians, chased & killed them for 8 miles. Only 17 Pawnee survived the attack, & only because they hauled ass to a Calvary detachment camped near there.
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| October 24, 2006, 13:28 |
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Have the gaint Sequoia redwood trees about 8 miles up the road...including the nations Christmas tree and one big enough to drive your car through...
M Lev... 
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| October 24, 2006, 21:57 |
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NRG4U
63 / male
Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Re: Re: Roadside attractions..
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 24, 2006, 10:48)They have a Billy the Kid museum in Hico, Texas.... they say that's where he was killed.
You also have the book depository in Dallas
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| October 24, 2006, 21:59 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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In my hometown is a bank that Jesse Jamesrobbed one, we also have Gobbler's knob in Ritter Park!
  
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| October 24, 2006, 22:28 |
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NRG4U
63 / male
Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:28)
And you pepper, if there is any attraction worth mentioning pepper.... it's for sure gotta be you
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| October 24, 2006, 22:35 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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thanks, NRG,  but I don't live there anymore, I live in Daytona, you KNOW what we have to offer here, right? lots of cars going in circles and motorcycles 2 X a year!
oh and i almost forgot...the beach!
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| October 24, 2006, 22:38 |
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:28)
And I'll just bet you were the main attraction at Gobbler's knob...
M Lev...    
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| October 24, 2006, 22:39 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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QUOTE (Leviathan4u @ October 24, 2006, 22:39)
heh heh...how did you know????
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| October 24, 2006, 22:40 |
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:40)
Ohhhhh....I have my ways....
M Lev.. 
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| October 24, 2006, 22:44 |
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NRG4U
63 / male
Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:38)
OMG!! Surely they have a big bronze statue of you there, is some erotic pose, surely they must have
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| October 24, 2006, 22:46 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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Lol, good lord NO.:blush: I could not stand still long enough, lol! I am just a woman, no one special, half my hometown doesn't exist the way it used to anymore. These days, Gobbler's knob is a haven for drug deals, not late night nookie under the stars like it was then.
but thanks, NRG, you sure know how to turn a gal's head!
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| October 24, 2006, 22:53 |
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 We have a place up in the up Upper Michigan for folks that don;t know it's call the mystery spot and it deal with wield angles and formations in the rocks its kinda like a fun house cause all these angles are in the house it self.
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| October 24, 2006, 23:14 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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We also have Valentine Nebr. which as you may already know, many people send their valentines there, just to have them mailed from Valentine, Nebr. Of course it is on the other side of the state, just before you cross into South Dakota
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| October 24, 2006, 23:50 |
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lizonya
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lake elsinore, California, US
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we have pechanga, which is like a mini vegas. oh, and a lake.
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| October 25, 2006, 00:15 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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And you lizzy, my god I gotta move, no women like that here, the corn fed mommas here look like Sumo Wrestlers
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| October 25, 2006, 01:01 |
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DIRT,FIELD GRASS and DIRT... OH Yea.. MOO COWS,lots of f###kING MOO COWS...!!! DiD I mention DIRT...!!!!  
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| October 25, 2006, 05:46 |
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Passed a rather large collection of vintage "Big Boy" statues, all setting on the roof of one trailer on I-44 this past weekend...
(Big Boy- a cowlicked hairdoed logo/icon of the resturaunt chain)
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| October 25, 2006, 08:58 |
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QUOTE (Chazzy @ October 25, 2006, 08:58)Passed a rather large collection of vintage "Big Boy" statues, all setting on the roof of one trailer on I-44 this past weekend...
(Big Boy- a cowlicked hairdoed logo/icon of the resturaunt chain)
Kips, right?
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| October 25, 2006, 09:33 |
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QUOTE (rchamberlain @ October 25, 2006, 05:46)
ROTFLMAO!!!
Welcome to Texas! 
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| October 25, 2006, 09:33 |
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Re: Re: Roadside attractions..
QUOTE (bulrfush @ October 24, 2006, 23:14) We have a place up in the up Upper Michigan for folks that don;t know it's call the mystery spot and it deal with wield angles and formations in the rocks its kinda like a fun house cause all these angles are in the house it self.
Is that the place where water runs uphill?
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| October 25, 2006, 09:34 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 25, 2006, 09:33) QUOTE (Chazzy @ October 25, 2006, 08:58)Passed a rather large collection of vintage "Big Boy" statues, all setting on the roof of one trailer on I-44 this past weekend...
(Big Boy- a cowlicked hairdoed logo/icon of the resturaunt chain)
Kips, right?
Just go to "Bigboy" on the web....and see him there...
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| October 25, 2006, 09:42 |
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I live in the town where the first land battle of the civil war took place, they have a reenactment every year around June called The Blue and Gray Reunion, people come from all over to be in it,see it and take pictures of the covered bridge that served both sides.The people that travel the rest of the time stop and take pictures of it all year round,I guess people love covered bridges and history.
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| October 25, 2006, 13:09 |
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QUOTE (Chazzy @ October 25, 2006, 08:58)Passed a rather large collection of vintage "Big Boy" statues, all setting on the roof of one trailer on I-44 this past weekend...
(Big Boy- a cowlicked hairdoed logo/icon of the resturaunt chain)
Should have grabbed them Chazzy... We shot and or dismembered all the BIG BOY icons back in Toledo... Damn .. I want a BIG BOY sandwich...!!!!  
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| October 25, 2006, 20:22 |
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It's a hamburger ,for those of you who don't know...!!!! 
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| October 25, 2006, 20:23 |
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pepper
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daytona, Florida, US
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QUOTE (rchamberlain @ October 25, 2006, 20:23)
I know!
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| October 25, 2006, 23:38 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:53)
Nothing special??? Pepper, have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror? 
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| October 26, 2006, 07:47 |
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QUOTE (NRG4U @ October 26, 2006, 07:47) QUOTE (pepper @ October 24, 2006, 22:53) Nothing special??? Pepper, have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror?
DITTO NRG.. DITTO...!!!!!
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| October 26, 2006, 20:18 |
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There's a Snake Farm just up the road...ugh...
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| October 26, 2006, 21:05 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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Now that's something I could get into, I'm fascinated by them. A perfect, sucessful, predator, without arms or legs.
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| October 26, 2006, 21:16 |
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Caught another one on I-44 yesterday...
Bob's Gasoline Alley - Gasoline & Route 66 Memorabilia
A whole farm filled with old towering gas pumps, and all the fences are lined with old feed signs, road signs, and of course gasoline station signs...quite a site from the highway view!
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| October 31, 2006, 09:52 |
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There's this place called Gravity Hill, in New Paris, PA, which is a few hours from me. The cars can roll uphill. It's really bizarre, and cool!!
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| October 31, 2006, 13:09 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (Chazzy @ October 31, 2006, 09:52)Caught another one on I-44 yesterday...
Bob's Gasoline Alley - Gasoline & Route 66 Memorabilia
A whole farm filled with old towering gas pumps, and all the fences are lined with old feed signs, road signs, and of course gasoline station signs...quite a site from the highway view!
Then you would love this resturant in Lincoln Nebr. Chazzy, just as you get on the interstate, this place has 100's of old pumps, signs, oil cans, brands I've never heard of before.& a old toy train that goes around the resturant. Pretty cool!!
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| October 31, 2006, 13:48 |
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funlovingpair
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QUOTE (rchamberlain @ October 26, 2006, 20:18)
Oh yea I agree with the two of you. And those mirrors keep following Pepper around, she makes them look so much better with her image in them, hell it makes me better with her image in them. ( down boy, now is not time to rise to the occassion ) 
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| November 1, 2006, 14:25 |
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40something
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In the Sun, Arizona, US
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QUOTE (NRG4U @ October 24, 2006, 13:28)In Hendley Nebr.--- Population, 80 which is 8 miles from me was where Kool-Aid was invented , his grandkids now live in a mansion in cambridge Nebr. 17 miles the other direction, ( the only mansion anywhere near here) In Grand Island, is a Mastadon Museum, this is where most mastadons are found..(a dinasouar) for anyone not familiar with the term, General Custer crossed the river here on his last ride, Massacure Canyon is about 50 miles away, where Souix Indians ran on foot all night & settled the score with the pawnee indians, chased & killed them for 8 miles. Only 17 Pawnee survived the attack, & only because they hauled ass to a Calvary detachment camped near there.
wow! what an amazing part of history near you.
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| November 1, 2006, 21:51 |
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Tungmeister
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Miller Beach, Indiana, US
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If you hurry and take I-94/I-80 into NW Indiana near me, right off Lake & Porter countyline road and between Hwys 12 & 20 is a dead skunk on the side of the road. But you have to hurry as the ravens, crows and coyotes (and some of our residents) won't let it sit there very long! (ps: close your car windows just before you get there)
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| November 1, 2006, 21:59 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (40something @ November 1, 2006, 21:51) QUOTE (NRG4U @ October 24, 2006, 13:28)In Hendley Nebr.--- Population, 80 which is 8 miles from me was where Kool-Aid was invented , his grandkids now live in a mansion in cambridge Nebr. 17 miles the other direction, ( the only mansion anywhere near here) In Grand Island, is a Mastadon Museum, this is where most mastadons are found..(a dinasouar) for anyone not familiar with the term, General Custer crossed the river here on his last ride, Massacure Canyon is about 50 miles away, where Souix Indians ran on foot all night & settled the score with the pawnee indians, chased & killed them for 8 miles. Only 17 Pawnee survived the attack, & only because they hauled ass to a Calvary detachment camped near there.
wow! what an amazing part of history near you.
There are so many indian camps around here, it makes it a lot easier to find the artifacts that I love hunting for, problem is I'm running out of room in my house, & I may have to sell some of them, don't want to, but how many display cases can a person have full of rocks. Hasn't stopped me from going out to look for them though
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| November 1, 2006, 22:19 |
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Tungmeister
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Miller Beach, Indiana, US
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geez NRG, hang on to as much of that as you can. Very few people possess that kind of stuff to boast about and somewhere down the line someone's going to offer you $$$ for it--- those kinds of things are going to become more rare & more valuable in the future because they are limited and as time passes, harder & harder to find.
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| November 1, 2006, 22:30 |
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NRG4U
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Beaver City, Nebraska, US
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QUOTE (Tungmeister @ November 1, 2006, 22:30)geez NRG, hang on to as much of that as you can. Very few people possess that kind of stuff to boast about and somewhere down the line someone's going to offer you $$$ for it--- those kinds of things are going to become more rare & more valuable in the future because they are limited and as time passes, harder & harder to find.
I know the value of this stuff, not long ago I found a beaded breast plate, that the univ, of Nebr. dated between 7,500 & 8,000 yrs. old.(a indian with lots of clam shells was considered wealthy) I also have a collection that a friend & I bought years ago for a investment. The guy that dug them up was actually shot at by Poncho Villa, which is odd in the fact that when Poncho took a disliking to ya, you weren't around long. There are over 4,500 peices in the collection. anything from pottery, to spears, knives, & such, Even statues they carved the female form & were VERY detailed (if you know what I mean) & carved out designs in the handles & melted lead & filled the designs, (very unusual) . I don't dig artifacts for profit, but to save them. the one I bought with my friend, always was meant for a investment. The ones I dig, are different, but don't have room for many more.
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