Treasure Hunters In WarsawDo you have a treasure hidden away, just waiting to be discovered?
If so, you may want to check out the Treasure Hunters Road Show at the Ramada Inn and Suites this week.
Now through Saturday, representatives from Treasure Hunters Road Show will be looking at items such as coins, military memorabilia and gold and silver.
Chris Enright, of Treasure Hunters Road Show, said traffic through the event was steady Tuesday, which was the first day of the show.One of the most unique finds Tuesday was a set of German war memorabilia, including a dress sword, a Nazi armband and a rare German sawback bayonet. The sawback bayonet, which has jagged teeth along the blade, was outlawed during the war, so many of them were altered to remove the teeth. The lot of three items was purchased by a collector for $600.
The Treasure Hunters are not appraisers. They represent many collectors from all over the world, and make offers on items for the collectors based on what they are willing to pay. When someone decides to sell an item, they get paid immediately and the item is sent to the collector at the collector's expense.
The Treasure Hunters Road Show also is buying gold and silver jewelry, whether it is broken or not.
The show is open today and Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Enright said pocket watches are highly sought after, as are coins made before 1965, old toys and dolls, trains, guitars and other musical instruments.
"Everything is done in front of you," said Enright, adding that all weighing and inspection is done in front of the customer. If more than one item is purchased, an itemized receipt is given to and then gone over with the customer.
"The main thing I like about the job is that it is providing a service for the community," Enright said.
Treasure Hunters Road Show was established in 1996, and from March 2009 to March 2010, the company wrote 130,592 checks to customers totaling more than $67 million.
