Yard Sales, Flea Markets and Antique Shops 2025

[Aragorn243]

Weather warmed up today, slightly above freezing, so I ventured out to my favorite antique flea market. Nothing outside but found a mess kit I didn't have inside. CARROLTON MFG CO 1965 with a SKOCO spoon and unmarked fork.







On the way back I stopped in the shop where I picked up the WWI artillery shell earlier in the week. There was another weird shell there I have been trying to research. I've found nothing. So I figured I'd take photo and as the experts in a Facebook group I belong to. Consensus there is that it is an experimental round which was never adopted and I was advised to buy it since it had a low sell price of $37.50. Seller claims it is a 30mm Warthog shell. Looks to be correct. One collector says he's seen a few on the market in three different types, 20, 25 and 30mm. Says this is the first one that was actually painted.