GGs;

Tomorrow I'm off to visit family in southern New Hampshire.  From there
I'll visit  more family in the Detroit area via southern Ontario (Niagara
Falls to Windsor), then home to Indiana.  I'll be driving my own truck, so
I can take any side trips I like and haul whatever I find home.  I'm mostly
in tool deaccession mode, so emphasis is on family time, but there's bound
to be something out there that I need.

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

-- 
Steve
another Kokomo galoot
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Steve, if you find yourself on I-96 (not sure which way you'd go), take
a look at the Livingston Antique Mall (exit 133 off I-96). I almost
always have good luck there. A little further up I-96, you'll have a
couple of nice malls in Williamston (exit 117). And you'll have 4 stores
in Mason (couple miles south of the 106A exit off I-96).
--
Zachary Dillinger The Eaton County Joinery www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com
517-231-3374

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Steve Jones <stjones@k...> wrote:
> GGs;
>
> Tomorrow I'm off to visit family in southern New Hampshire. =A0From
> there I'll visit =A0more family in the Detroit area via southern
> Ontario (Niagara Falls to Windsor), then home to Indiana. =A0I'll be
> driving my own truck, so I can take any side trips I like and haul
> whatever I find home. =A0I'm mostly in tool deaccession mode, so
> emphasis is on family time, but there's bound to be something out
> there that I need.
>
> Any suggestions? =A0Thanks.
>
> --
> Steve another Kokomo galoot
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New Hampshire?

You mean the outskirts of old tool Mecca?

Just flip over some rocks - you'll find old tools lying about.

But seriously, when I used to be "on the road" all the time, I found 
that the New England area harbored the best old tool hunting grounds. 
Pretty much every little junque shoppe, flee market and anteek maul that 
I stopped in along the way would have some old tools to look at, and the 
pricing almost always was much cheaper than you'd find for similar items 
in, say - Indiana. Or worse - Texas.

I'm sure some NH-area Galoots will give you some more specific 
suggestions for places to stop in, but I always would just pull in to 
any place that looked likely - I'd look for old, run-down looking 
buildings advertising "second-hand store" or "antiques" or whatever. I 
mostly would avoid the big, shiny, new, brightly-painted "Antique Mall 
with 150 dealers" - although even there, you sometimes find something. I 
usually would pass those up, though, in favor of the old, dusty, 
faded-paint, dirty-windowed, jam-packed little country store that's been 
there since the early 1800's with the same guy behind the counter and 
the aisles you could barely walk sideways down without tripping over the 
barrels of rusty junk. That's where you find yourself the old Sargent 
VBM fore plane for $14 and the nice old Disston back saw for $4.

- Bill T.

On 6/19/2012 8:53 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
> GGs;
>
> Tomorrow I'm off to visit family in southern New Hampshire.  From there
> I'll visit  more family in the Detroit area via southern Ontario (Niagara
> Falls to Windsor), then home to Indiana.  I'll be driving my own truck, so
> I can take any side trips I like and haul whatever I find home.  I'm mostly
> in tool deaccession mode, so emphasis is on family time, but there's bound
> to be something out there that I need.
>
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
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Zach says to take the high road across on I-96. I suggest the low road along 
US 12 through every little hamlet and town along the way. The drive is nice 
and if you're willing to drive as far as the I-69 exit you will pass through 
Allen, once called the antique capital of Michigan. Big warehouse size malls 
full of antiques and flea market buys. Prices vary  but they got lots of 
stuff.
Next just outside of Quincy there is the Hog Creek Antique Mall. Another big 
barn full of stuff and a porch that has the occasional find. On to 
Coldwater. There is a small place on the north side of the road. I forget 
the name but I've found a few good tools there.

The only thing I gained from being a radio advertising salesman for a brief 
time was the experience of finding little hidden shops while knocking on 
every door in 6 counties looking for customers. You meet the nicest people.

Old Sneelock
aka Dave N.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Jones
Snip
I'll visit  more family in the Detroit area via southern Ontario (Niagara
Falls to Windsor), then home to Indiana.  I'll be driving my own truck, so
I can take any side trips I like and haul whatever I find home.  I'm mostly
in tool deaccession mode, so emphasis is on family time, but there's bound
to be something out there that I need.

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

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GGs;

Thanks for all the suggestions and comments.  New Hampshire turned out to
be 100% family time (niece, nephew, spouses, and six kids under 16 between
them - not surprising).  I'm en route to Detroit and will probably hit a
couple of known quantities in the Kalamazoo area on the last leg.

Steve
aKg

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Dave Nighswander <
wishingstarfarm663@m...> wrote:

> Zach says to take the high road across on I-96. I suggest the low road
> along US 12 through every little hamlet and town along the way. The drive
> is nice and if you're willing to drive as far as the I-69 exit you will
> pass through Allen, once called the antique capital of Michigan. Big
> warehouse size malls full of antiques and flea market buys. Prices vary
>  but they got lots of stuff.
> Next just outside of Quincy there is the Hog Creek Antique Mall. Another
> big barn full of stuff and a porch that has the occasional find. On to
> Coldwater. There is a small place on the north side of the road. I forget
> the name but I've found a few good tools there.
>
> The only thing I gained from being a radio advertising salesman for a
> brief time was the experience of finding little hidden shops while knocking
> on every door in 6 counties looking for customers. You meet the nicest
> people.
>
> Old Sneelock
> aka Dave N.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Jones
> Snip
>
> I'll visit  more family in the Detroit area via southern Ontario (Niagara
> Falls to Windsor), then home to Indiana.  I'll be driving my own truck, so
> I can take any side trips I like and haul whatever I find home.  I'm mostly
> in tool deaccession mode, so emphasis is on family time, but there's bound
> to be something out there that I need.
>
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
>

-- 
Steve Jones
www.purdue.edu
www.kokomobeach.com
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