Thrift Shop finds

by **greenear123** » Tue May 01, 2012 12:30 am

The Youth Ranch has a large warehouse that sells everything by the pound. We've found clothes, knives and lots and lots of bags.

by **owler** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:12 am

Found a Sioux-English Primer from the [US] frontier days. The cover was lampblacked and beautiful, and the book itself had instructions for teaching English to Sioux and vice versa. Bought it for $6.00 and sold it to a museum for almost $600. I probably got lowballed. True story, though.

by **Takaaco78** » Wed May 09, 2012 6:05 pm

picked up a German Parka at Goodwill for $5

by **Metzger** » Sat May 12, 2012 11:42 am

owler wrote:Found a Sioux-English Primer from the [US] frontier days. The cover was lampblacked and beautiful, and the book itself had instructions for teaching English to Sioux and vice versa. Bought it for $6.00 and sold it to a museum for almost $600. I probably got lowballed. True story, though.

It belongs in a museum!

by **katieann** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:45 pm

Found a SwissGear backpack that seems to have originally sold for $200, now can be found on eBay for $80+, for $6.50. Big and roomy with lots of pockets.

by **angelofwar** » Wed May 23, 2012 6:24 am

Other than some genuine european beer mugs on the cheap, I got a new pair of USGI reversible light-weight gortex pants (Woodland/DCU).

On a sie note...why isn;t more camo reversible? It's the ultimate no brainer for me. You imagine having a multi-cam/tiger stripe gortex jacket???

by **bacpacjac** » Wed May 23, 2012 6:59 am

Merrell Reflex Mid waterproof hiking boots. Like new. $15 at the local Value Village. LOVE Merrell's but can't usually afford them so I wear them until they die. (And they take a lot of abuse before they die.)

Found a small cast iron frying pan for $1 on the way out too!

by **DriveInMutant** » Wed May 23, 2012 8:33 am

Picked up a Sterno stove, a set of break apart camp silverware, and book on locating and preparing edible plants on the trail; all for about 4 bucks.

by **buck85** » Sat May 26, 2012 3:25 am

A metron ma1000b linear amp for 10.00

by **Bubba Enfield** » Sat May 26, 2012 1:47 pm

100% wool blanket at the church rummage sale, $2.

by **Boondock** » Sat May 26, 2012 2:02 pm

Bubba Enfield wrote:100% wool blanket at the church rummage sale, $2.

THAT is a find!

by **katieann** » Sun May 27, 2012 8:12 am

Bubba Enfield wrote:100% wool blanket at the church rummage sale, $2.

I only just recently started looking at the backpacks section at thrift stores, thanks for the reminder to check out the bedding, too.

by **Takaaco78** » Sun May 27, 2012 10:54 pm

Found a Mateck back up iron sight (folding) for $20 sill new in the package.

by **angelofwar** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:22 pm

Magnetic mount CB antenna, $1.95

NIP USGI 11-3/4" Bandage w/ gauze, 6 @ $.99 each

Battery charging station w/ 2 new RC D cells, $2.00

by **Takaaco78** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:57 pm

Picked up a full case of A-Pack MRE's at the peddlers mall for $24 with a best used by date of 2013

by **Jeffcee** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:16 pm

wool commando sweater for $6 at goodwill. it fits perfectly and is hotter then a witches tit.( the witches I know anyway)

by **slannesh** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:06 pm

Huge Value Village fan here too.

Probably my best score to date for myself would be this Merino wool sweater:

Icebreaker GT320 Ascent Full Zip

Retail when it was a current model was $250ish. I paid $10 for it brand new.

Second biggest score was a pair of LL Bean goretex rain pants $7 not sure what the retail on them would be, but a lot more than $7

I've got tons of fleeces and Tshirts as well

by **angelofwar** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:56 am

Got a nice heavy duty black, water proof lined duffle to store my "car kit", so I can free up my Hatch Tactical bag. $3!

by **angelofwar** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:21 pm

400-Watt power inverter, excellent condition, $10 :0)

by **phractal** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:48 pm

angelofwar wrote:400-Watt power inverter, excellent condition, $10 :0)

Nice.

by **angelofwar** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:25 pm

phractal wrote:
angelofwar wrote:400-Watt power inverter, excellent condition, $10 :0)

Nice.

Thanks! Yeah, the only thing wrong with it, is one of the attachment points on the lead came off. Replaced it with one of the one's from my automotive repair kit in 5 minutes.

by **Toothpick Jim** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:56 pm

G.I Spec. 5 QT Bladder Canteen

$1.99 at goodwill, new, It's a knockoff but they go for almost $20

http://www.amazon.com/G-I-Spec-QT-Bladd ... roduct_top

by **duodecima** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:00 pm

400 cc Nalgene = $0.50

by **skelco** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:25 pm

not at a thrift store but at a rummage sale, I got three Coleman stoves for $5