Selling Gold

Last week or so we received a card in the mail saying that a company was coming to our area and they would buy any gold, sterling silver, old hockey cards, old coins...that sort of thing.  The card also said they pay better than other companies...true or not...who knows????  Anyway I didn't have much time to sort through stuff but we did have some stuff hubby found with his metal detector a few years ago.  There was a broken up, squashed ring, a small bent up gold band and one earring and a couple other things.  We weren't busy Friday afternoon and that day the sale was stationed at the hotel in the local casino, so off we went.  We were told a couple of the things weren't gold, but the 2 rings and earrings were and they said they'd pay us $90 for them.  We hadn't expected that much so thought it was a good price, so we took it.  Went down to the casino and I won a 2 for 1 buffet (to be used at a later date), then we played the slots and I was up $10.  Hubby was down $15 or so but then played another machine and won enough that he was only down $2...not too shabby for a afternoon's entertainment!!!!  Now I'm going to be looking through some old coins to take the next time they're in town. You sometimes hear of people finding an old original painting in their attic.  Wouldn't it be nice to find a real treasure??? 

Blood Moon

We were camped at our park in Birch Bay and I managed to get these pictures of the Blood Moon/Eclipse of the moon.  I really had to zoom in on it so that's why it's blurry.  Overall, I thought it was pretty good for my little "aim and shoot" camera... Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the full moon after the eclipse was finished, but the moon was really big and bright!!