Strangest non-hunting thing you came across while hunting.

[Doc]

my sister and i found a esso sign in sterwart state forest . it was 6 feet long big and oval shaped .we came home and looked on line to see if it was worth anything . it was we went back and pulled it out of the woods . it was heavy we used a deer cart to pull it out . i put it on ebay and got 500 dollars for it

So what the heck do people do with those signs. I see those guys on American Pickers TV show paying huge amounts of money for old gas station signs and other kinds of old signs. Some of them are just rusty old nasty things that you would think wouldn't even get much for scrap. Are there really a lot of people hanging them in their house or something?

[Rev Ev]

Doc,

I know down south there is a market for them. People put them in garages and workhouses. I've seen the Pickers buy signs too thinking they overpay, but they sell to higher echelon in Nashville, so they can charge more. Often they already have a "shopping list" and know that they will sell that sign. Still, I think its too rich for my blood.

[cynthiafu]

yup thay lady that bought it drove up from va to get it and she was putting it in her garage . she had like 8 of them so far

[Five Seasons]

i'd love some for my garage, but i wouldn't pay what the pickers do. It's one of those things where it's cool, but only if it's free.

[tuckersdaddy]

my sister and i found a esso sign in sterwart state forest . it was 6 feet long big and oval shaped .we came home and looked on line to see if it was worth anything . it was we went back and pulled it out of the woods . it was heavy we used a deer cart to pull it out . i put it on ebay and got 500 dollars for it

And of course the state got there cut.......

[crappyice]

I always pick up the old green ole bottles I ind in the woods. Whenever we have a tag sale I stick them out and always sell a few for a few bucks.

[Doc]

Doc,

I know down south there is a market for them. People put them in garages and workhouses. I've seen the Pickers buy signs too thinking they overpay, but they sell to higher echelon in Nashville, so they can charge more. Often they already have a "shopping list" and know that they will sell that sign. Still, I think its too rich for my blood.

Oh yeah, they are getting big, big bucks for them. I guess it's just another version of recycling with the purpose of collecting. Actually, people seem to collect just about anything. The only thing I find strange is that the size of a lot of signs really doesn't seem practical as something you would collect. But what the heck, people have been collecting cars for a long time and they are big .... lol.

[cynthiafu]

yes the state did lol i sold it on ebay and had to claim it .