Treasures from Mixed Bags of Jewelry at the Thrift Store

I had a whole lot of fun looking through these bags of jewelry (more like odds and ends) and hopefully you enjoy the video!
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[@sarahs.9340]

The most beautiful thing in this video- is that little baby's cute hand.

[@divaden47]

Worth more than all the other stuff......:)

[@hoganmisses7448]

I agree. Made me smile.

[@raulgarcia7078]

That Watch is a William Ellery and Abraham Lincoln used to have one of those watches... Really cool!

[@UBADD2]

Funny he says it does not have any markings. But it has markings all over it.

[@racerbot4350]

Yeah the watch in better conditions has been valued at around $400

[@819firestarter]

Wow, I showed my whole family this and we were all shocked that the stuff we got rid of while moving actually ended up with someone! I recognized the charizard card and harry potter card immediately. I have a story for pretty much every item you showed in the video lol! There a bunch of random things b/c we had a big nerdy family into everything you could imagine. It seems like most of our stuff stayed together, how cool. It made us all reminisce about the time around when we still had these things. For some reason I want to thank you! Your videos are super interesting and this little coincidence made me want to subscribe!

[@teresaburns8961]

I

[@sunshineroth9605]

Wow!

[@RunningGrass-we7tm]

Yeah right

[@gwendean7064]

Was that little "eagle chess piece" a miniature Maltese Falcon?

[@fbiagent2079]

🐂💩

[@Beachbumartist]

Some cool finds there in the bag. thanks for sharing.

[@thebluemorpho6640]

I love your precious little helper. :-)

[@maddestofthemall1]

The Kay Day coin is a metal typer lucky arcade token. There are no two of them alike, because the machine made each coin customizable to a point. They were pretty popular in the sixties and seventies, sort of like customizable dog tags that came later on. They used to have tons of those machines around amusement parks and outside practically every Woolworth store. Most are worth anywhere from 2 to 20 bucks now, the rarest ones being the red ones. You got a 5 buck one.

[@copper-tc6un]

The pocket watch movement was purchased first, back then, and usually taken to a case maker/jeweler to put it in a case. That's why the different serial numbers. The watch movement serial number is on the movement itself. Also the case is called a "Double Hunter".

[@selenadansfield1305]

The first ring is garnet (I used to do jewelery) PRETTY RING!

[@livingthegoodlifechannel]

Lots of good stuff in the bag. I'm glad that it paid off for you. The thrift store jewelry bags that I see are always priced very high. I really like the garnet ring!

[@AbbyJohnsonR]

Haha I love the little hand grabbing at the bag

[@lynnegulbrand4052]

Knife has mother of pearl. Really cute knife. Great stuff.

[@meadowlark22]

Thanks for the video. Wow. The jade is great! Nice finds!

[@redkaminari874]

The Jade piece with writing is Japanese word " Love", you got a Good find shopping!!! Sincerely Amy mama and family here in Japan👩👨👧👧🐱🗻🗾❤❤❤❤

[@edithrugolo1941]

I love the babies hand ,soooo cute!!🤗

[@suecameron4779]

The chubby hand is the best part.

[@lorrainewilliams7896]

What a fun video! Thanks for sharing your mini treasure hunt with us.

[@eleven903]

:) I love the little hand that keeps reaching for the loot. hahaha that's so cute! Great Idea, Im going to start looking. Thanks

[@battybethc]

That Turtle is Cinnabar. Your Baby is so adorbs!😚🙏 Thanks for the Video! Keep up the good Work!

[@ronaldasilverberg9251]

Wow!!! Great finds !!! ( gotta go back there again 👍🤒👋😁😎🙋‍♀️

[@DONNA53222]

Love the video! I had never seen any videos like this until today. I love thrift stores; am always looking for something I can sell, but never looked for jewelry. What a cool idea. Thanks! Maybe someday I will have a video with my thrift store finds!

[@hellwoar]

that watch is your ultimate find, i see them for like 500+ dollars

[@TheTriplelman]

yeah great big bold "watch band or bracelet" if your a Viking!

[@beccagirl70]

The timex indeglow glows in the dark. I had the same one! The pocket watch is really cool.

[@bobbardsley2526]

I go to church thrift shop(s) and make amazing finds all the time.Old 1st edition books,old(civil war era) cancelled checks,jewelry etc.... it is an addictive hobby and i do it just for fun. Thanks for sharing👍

[@thissideofgaudy5990]

The little statue looks like the Maltese Falcon. The gem in the silver ring looks more like a blue topaz than turquoise.

[@jenniferlehman2464]

Cool finds in the bags. On the small knife is mother of pearl.

[@ZombieProdigyUS]

That ring though 🔥🔥🔥

[@W.Edwardovich]

You killed it, man. I guess I need to go thrifting now

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Every few times I go I find something worth buying.

[@BurningTurtle98]

That "Kay Day" good luck token looks like its from an old arcade style machine similar to the souvenir penny roller things you see everywhere now. You would put like 25-50 cents in and then choose what letters you wanted, and the machine would use dies to punch the letters into the token. I've used the machine before, looks just like it.

[@barbiecrafts]

Love the little hand!

[@marleyteee9617]

SWEEEET SCORE!! That’s awesome!

[@Lissa11638]

Garnet ring is gorgeous! I like the jade pendant, also very pretty!

[@shewho333]

That eagle looks like Sam Eagle from The Muppet Show. Also, awww, cute little baby hands with cute little dimples!!!

[@lindalovesmusic9091]

Pocket watch is your most valuable item. The movement is covered, it has sapphire jewels. It is probably late 1800's. Sell it to a watchmaker who will take care of it and restore it.

[@rikaisakir]

Aaahhhh I love that tiny abalone shell knife. It's so cute, and I love abalone shell.

[@martinebangs6520]

The first ring you showed is gorgeous, that is something I would buy, I have a similar one, I think the stone is a garnet, not a ruby...nice haul...

[@sheilamalone3453]

Martine Bangs yep that's a garnet

[@steelmadness2903]

Yeah and the second ring is dyed howlite, it's common to make fake turquoise.

[@karenward5663]

Martine Bangs send me one.

[@karenward5663]

Nice find and best of best..yeah ..

[@Laura-Kitty]

Absolutely, a garnet. Rubies are much lighter in color and either reddish pink or straight on red.

[@dankdigital4058]

Thank you for the awsome video!

[@tdmj2812]

That sweet baby hand kept me here!💕

[@skeets6060]

You got a good store there,,, around here all that stuff is gone through with a fine tooth comb before it ever goes into a bag

[@nancyostergaard3050]

The dark shell on the pocket knife is abalone and the white shell is mother of pearl

[@diannedickinson4129]

The coloured shell looks alot like paua from New Zealand as a farmer I'd love love to have that pocket knife

[@bonnym5799]

The pocket knife, if not mother of pearl, usually white colours and the inside of a shell, or abalone may well be Paua from New Zealand. Im a knife collector and have one just the same that was made in NZ. They were tourist items in the 60s - 70s. Paua is similar to abalone. Its the lining of one of our native shellfish and very beautiful and highly coloured when polished. Blues and greens with streaks of other colours. Its used a lot in tourist items here

[@RedcoatsReturn]

This is a clever and exciting way to treasure hunt!

[@WhatDoIClick]

Fantastic Buys and a great video too, definitely subscribed for more!

[@victoriousone9447]

Luv the ring so. Much!!

[@PrincessCasserole]

I love going through jewelry bags! I go through them on my channel and love seeing what other people find in theirs.

[@CoinMetallurgist]

+Princess Casserole It sure is fun. You never know what you'll get.

[@elizabethshepard.5393]

I looked up similar Wm Ellery pocketwatches and its from the civil war era;1864. Onw was worth $800 and another worth $15,000!

[@GorillaCookies]

Civil war era watch made by Waltham. You had a big score for the $17 investment. The Jade pennant with " love " symbol on it is probably worth enough to surprise you.

[@trace-elementz1343]

Put beads or stones to your upper lip; if they feel cold and stay cold they are not glass, but actual stone. The black beads look like Jet or Onyx. A tip, always study your black stones, black opals are worth more than gold and are very, very rare!!!!

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@torimathis8535]

Another possibility for black in jewelry is spinel gemstone.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

Toria Butterfly A black Spinel would be a nice find.

[@torimathis8535]

Sharon Martin this is Toria,. I'll have to figure out how to show you my black Spinel and amethyst earrings.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

Toria Butterfly Maybe you could put a link to a picture here.

[@Driftingkalamari]

Amazing grab bags!! First ring looks like a garnet, still gorgeous. Good Job!!

[@CoinMetallurgist]

How about the jade pendent with the gold trim pieces?

[@phenriquez80]

Wow you found a lot of good stuff I have not been as lucky the most I have found was a few mismatches sterling silver earrings and once a vintage little sterling cross

[@CoinMetallurgist]

+Gen'kalovesmakeup keep looking you never know what you'll find!

[@LaydeeLia]

The "little loop" at the top of your cross is called a bail & the knife is made of paua abalone shell

[@kaitlynsilvernail701]

Absolutely love the heart locket and the Pokémon Charizard card and the pocket watch I’ve always been a huge fan of them 😊

[@kaitlynsilvernail701]

And the knife is beautiful to 😮

[@donalddavis8033]

Nice finds there!

[@rebeccahenderson2718]

Your knife is Mother of pearl. Fun stuff.

[@teresajudy7232]

I like that little knife. The one with the Mother of Pearl inlays! NICE!!

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@paulanull8731]

Be sure the "plastic" older jewelry isn't Bakelite as it is very valuable. It is heaver than plastic and denser. Check to see if the lightest plastic necklaces have W. Ger., or W Germany on the metal clasps. The metals are very very light and I can't recall what it is made off but it seems post WWII metal. The W German jewelry is usually nature or mid century design and very colourful. It is all very light as it was sent back for trade via the air flights from delivering foods etc. need in W. Germany. They and other items for trade were shipped back rather than haul empty planes home for more food shipments. Planes were the only way anything could be delivered post WWII when Berlin was divided East from West as a compromise. Once the Berlin wall was taken down regular transportation allowed regular items so they stopped making this.

[@t1mema]

I have a very heavy West German gold plated steel chain necklace and other West German costume jewellery that I have seen was also heavy.

[@daphne4983]

Or lucite

[@christinestevenson7227]

i find 2 wedgewood silver necklaces today at ours in the UK and a silver flower necklace.all real aswel was well happy x

[@NandiCollector]

Very cool finds. :)

[@johannaweichsel3602]

All of the thrift stores around where I live either have volunteers with way too much time on their hands, so they look up every piece of jewelry they get and overprice it, or it's Goodwill and their jewelry comes pre-sorted so as not to be valuable. 😣

[@rhaneeffect]

wow! amazing and interesting 👍❤️

[@andosevenz]

great finds!

[@mikesloan2313]

Nice haul from the Goodwill...check out the Volunteers of America too...BTW, the handles on the small pocket knife are Abalone...and it is a type of Mother of Pearl...good video....!!!

[@TheChobyter]

On the Jade thing is writen 愛 that kanji means Love

[@danielhughes396]

The jade charm is worth $85

[@micheledickey4066]

I just happened upon your channel and I love the idea of going through these bags to find silver and gold!! I got a bin full of beads and things to make jewelry with but I have no idea how to rest things. I’ll be sure to find out how to do that. Thanks for the idea. I also love finding so many cool little things!!

[@annahuey7849]

I bought a bag full of jewelry from Savers thrift store and was rummaging through it when I came across a pin made with a 2" perrana 🐟. It made me mad so I took it back to the store. Same store I found a gold house with a car in the driveway with ruby and sapphire flowers. It was about 1"×1" in a plastic bag marked $2.99. I looked on the back for 14K but couldn't see anything. The back wasn't smooth but had wavy designs, the kind that they put on cheap jewelry in the 25c plastic cups by the gumball machines. It looked real. I put it back two times then looked real close and they had put the 14K in the wavy texture making it totally camouflaged. A coin dealer gave me $120 for it.

[@RoyalSnowbird]

Not a ruby --- wishful thinking.... - it is likely a garnet. . .

[@missusbarkdog]

Yes, obviously a garnet duh.

[@racheld3771]

Lol here All jewelry is in a locked glass counter..even trash and broken costume stuff. The only thing in bags are plastic trash.

[@icon2012]

abalone is the name you're looking for in regards to the keychain knife but on something that small, novelty like, it's most likely an acrylic made to look like shell. nice haul over all though. good job.

[@charlesemond8247]

Nice finds !

[@squeeshsquash8173]

I would so buy that pocket watch. I honestly love old pocket watches for some reason but it looks super cool!

[@jamiecragle1724]

That pocket watch is a William Ellerby. He was a silversmith. I'm sure someone told you but what a find. Congrats. www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25423

[@MrUnknownCOD]

That gold plated Pokémon is a Burger King exclusive from 1999 and is worth $14-$90. Nice find

[@lllllxjesusxlllll]

how about a ment mew two with protective casing?

[@MrUnknownCOD]

KnightX187 what is it from?

[@lllllxjesusxlllll]

@@MrUnknownCOD its one of the BK stuff like his but its been kept put up all these years, just never looked into how much its worth.

[@ajaja7390]

Some real nice bargains there. Well worth what you paid for the bags. 👍👍

[@jacobguenther7505]

Very nice little knife!

[@Freeisbetter86]

wow awesome scores, so amazing what you can find :) great job

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@idkbobta9856]

💔 sad to see a 1800's key wind pocket watch in that condition. They usually only run around $50-160 in that condition but they're still a pretty cool piece of history. Usually if you see that hole in the back it's for a key that would be used for winding the watch and that was replaced with stem winding in about the early 1900's.

[@catherinewheat8259]

IDKBOB TA

[@user-np5vy4ds5o]

The shell on pocket knife looks like abalone...that pocket watch looks like a military watch. Good finds!🥰

[@simongsson296]

That Timex Clock is a Neat one inside computor's hidden places! ¨a whole book¨

[@mikerutecky7531]

That timex watch is one of the first watches that lit up if i re call i had one after that 1 came out

[@gaugedsilver615]

wow thats awesome stuff bud. i wish we had good thrift stores here. we just have goodwill.

[@Bartyron]

The big bracelett which looks as silver, but isn't may be made from Alpaca or German Silver. It's an alloy made of copper, nikkel and zink. Very often used for jewellery.

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@NumismatixCoins]

I came here just to be hit with some nostalgia.. I don't remember where I got it but I know I had that Charizard plate when I was a kid.. awesome pick ups, loved the watch too!

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@davidmargrave511]

I remember where I got mine it came in a massive pokeball and from surpisingly McDonald's yep a kids happy meal is where I got mine it came out when Pokemon the FIRST MOVIE came out still have the mew cards from the film somewhere

[@bethg9003]

Grade: A.T. & Co. Manufacturer: Waltham Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts Movement Serial Number: 5095 Grade: A.T. & Co. Model: 1857 Estimated Production Date: July 1857 Run Quantity: 100 Total Production: 65,278 Size: 18s Jewels: 16j Movement Configuration: Either Movement Finish: Gilt Movement Signing Style: Mixed Movement Inlay Color: None Movement Setting: Key Plate: Full Plate Regulator: Undersprung Adjusted: Yes Adjusted to Position: Yes Movement Markings: Appleton, Tracy & Co. Waltham Data Research: 1954 Waltham "Gray Book" List c.1900 Waltham Factory Ledgers

[@irenegronewald7745]

looks like fun

[@xcxmblove]

That tiny knife is beautiful

[@fillimenabourassa8419]

The timex watch is an indeglo watch which means is you leave it under a light the face will glow blue. Came out in the late 80's and didn't make it into the 90's

[@DraGunnTiss]

That package of amber looking drop beads are not from Czechoslovakia, it just means the way they were made. I'm a 'Bead-A-Holic', and for over a decade I worked in the Bead Dept of a craft store, and taught beading. Pretty beads tho - I have about 150 in assorted colors lol. Interesting finds, and cute that you have a 'helper' in the beginning ;)

[@arxsyn]

dragunn tiss too bad they're not something cool like genuine Baltic Amber or hardened copal resin

[@markreeves4289]

That pocket knife the handle is made its mother of pearl

[@danielhughes396]

You did great buddy

[@pandalady5964]

The jade pendant has the kanji Ai, Japanese word for Love. With the knife the word is Mother of Pearl.

[@parlatop]

Oh my, i’d be happy to try. By the way, non-gold and non-silver falls in the range of “costume” jewelry which can be expensive and collectible. On this video, I would mention that a ruby is very expensive and rare. A garnet is also red but I would think that both would more likely be set in gold so as to match the quality of the gem. I suspect your ring has a glass stone, however. The bauble you note as “jade”is green, but it seems on my screen to be garish and I suspect it could be plastic. There is a fascinating tale delight and artistry concerning vintage and antique jewelry.

[@jstweed]

Great finds! The stone in the ring is not a ruby it is a garnet.

[@noslyguy]

That watch is the coolest piece.

[@CoinMetallurgist]

Thanks!

[@ryos81]

On that chains at the end there. Staneless steel will mimic the result for platmum. And also gold test well not do anything to it.

[@MommyCthulhu]

i love that little timex! although they arent worth much, I love the 'old' ones. indiglo is their patent on the illumination they use on their watch dials.

[@gca3532]

Which they on the use anymore it's called radium and is radioactive.

[@degenerati]

My thrift store just has wads of plastic junk ! If I were u I would stay on top of the one you go to , and buy every bag they put out.

[@alynicholls3230]

stripping that watch for an ounce of silver, is just pointless destruction. one of my pet hates i see silver dealers at sales here in the uk bulk buying these just to melt, so sad greedy bastards.

[@CoinMetallurgist]

I hope to have this watch end up in the hands of someone who will appreciate it rather than melt the silver case.

[@jcsgodmother]

glad to see others who think an old item has a right to be respected

[@anitataylor4287]

@@CoinMetallurgist Did you get the watch fixed?

[@Hypnopompic_Fox]

hes not stripping it dude wtf? hes selling it

[@_shadowsaiyan99_17]

Lol the charizard in the thumbnail from burger king

[@sigridunger1614]

I simply adore that eagle

[@cladqueen8054]

Wow- super fun and fantastic finds! I may head to our thrift today.

[@CoinMetallurgist]

I always have fun when I make the trip.

[@Jack-pq6bg]

The Little pocket knife is "Mother of Pearl" inlay. Timex watches, we all had them as kids in the 60's and 70's.

[@mamavolume]

Good finds. I thrift store shop too and I've found some awesome things as well. :-)

[@felinefrisky]

If you google pocket watch by william ellery. It comes up that he was making watches in the late 1800's. parts can be found on Ebay. But some complete watches were selling for over $600. Please comment when you look yours up. Thanks