70 Mile Yard Sale Score

Oh, The Treasures!

Every year, Prince Edward Island puts on a one day yard sale that spans the whole eastern section of the island. That's the day that there are many registered yard sales, in many garages and front lawns, weather permitting.

The past few years saw a lot of great pieces redistributed to new owners.

I think everyone looks forward to the scores you can make on the 70 Mile Yard Sale. There are tools, furniture, knick knacks and even just plain junk that everyone shows no interest in, except me.

Hubby went to the community center where all the locals contributed their unwanted goods, and when he told me of a tub with rusty stuff in it, I begged him to grab it for me.

I was thrilled at the contents! There were old tools, some extra turned handles, a few wooden gizmos that would take a vivid imagination to picture a use for, and pieces of chain, old broken oddments, and so much interesting other junk.

I love old saws, this hoard had a little jigsaw, and a bow saw. A plane for planing molding, some very old fish processing knives and much more.

I can see using a lot of things for uses they weren't designed for, such as handles on a door, or in place of some other piece like a drawer knob. I'm going to have fun with this lot, I can just tell.

To start, I just took everything out of the dirty tub, and laid it on the floor. Anything small, or seemingly precious (like the leather tool pouch and a couple of other things that might get lost in the shuffle or fall down between the floor of the porch) went on the table.

This is my first real hoard since we moved to the island although I did pick up a few interesting bits and pieces the first year we were here (2023). I think I really scored with all this.

At the bottom of another tub of miscellaneous oddments, bits of wire, caps for the tops of fence posts and other things, there were several handfuls of these gorgeous hand forged nails. These are the originals, you can tell because they're square (or rectangular).

And that's not all; hubby also got four hanging lights for over the island, two other lamps for side tables, electrical bits and pieces, a trouble light, an etagier corner shelf unit, and many picture frames in all kinds of shapes and sizes, mostly wood, but a couple of metal ones too.

Phew! It's going to be an interesting winter.