What do you accumulate besides Guns, Ammo and Waistline?

[bushmaster1313]

Jay Leno has enough classic cars to fill a warehouse.

Wanting to avoid the appearance that I was copying Mr. Leno, I sold my collection of low milage Dusenbergs, Bentleys, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, and have gravitated to accumulating vintage scopes in good working condition.

What other than Guns and Ammo is expanding to fill your available space.

 

[Rule3]

Reloading "stuff"

I used to collect "accumulate" old hurricane (oil) lamps. I have all kinds of shapes sizes, glass and metal.

 

[Chuck24]

Broken stuff I'm going to get around to fixing someday.

 

[Rustyt1953]

"Thinking of you" cards from my undertaker.

 

[LedFowl]

For me, inexpensive watches and pocket knives.

 

[Laketime]

At one time I had just under 200 watches.Ironicaly I sold most my collection to pay off a bad business venture.I still collect watches but mainly Tool watch divers these days.I like to accumulate pocket knifes,and old coins.

 

[chuckster57]

Tools. It seems like the brilliant engineers keep designing new fasteners so us wrench turners have to buy another set of tools. I am running out of storage space.

 

[italiansport]

Swords daggers and other militaria. To me it has always seemed these went hand in hand with firearms collecting!
Jim

 

[carpriver]

Since I retired I have collecting DUST.

 

[timn8er]

You know those 34 oz mugs that most of the convenience stores used to carry? Several years ago I started collecting them. I tried to have a few ground rules for myself so that the "collection" wouldn't get totally out of hand. They all had to be Aladdin brand mugs, among other things. I would see a mug I didn't have & would ask the owner where they got it, & off I'd go. I have nearly 300. I don't bother with it anymore because the styles have all changed. Well, that's my little bit of mania!

 

[mauser9]

It was watches for me too. Accumulated a few Seiko and Citizen divers models from the past. Did not realize what a market there is for some of the vintage Seikos on E-Bay. Ended up selling a few and nearly tripled my money for old models I purchased in 70s and early 80s.

 

[CoMF]

Old computers that I swear I'll use for parts or repurpose, but never do.

On the plus side, I have been losing some of that waistline.

 

[Road Rat]

Knives..................I can't resist a knife that is "different" or "interesting"...

I bet there are close to a hundred of them on my shelves, in drawers, in frames, etc.

 

[fat tom]

I am accumulating a ton of EOB's.
f.t.

 

[radar1972]

Lately, sons-in-law.... two more this year. But my wife and I are now empty nesters, so there won't be any more.

 

[Absalom]

Whiskey bottles. The nice thing is I never have to research the resale value when I add one to my shelf.

 

[model70hunter]

Kidney stones. Started 2 years ago and had them removed, seems like theyre back. Sitti g here hurting right now. Gonna see a doc as soon as they can get me in.

We love snow crabs. The last three times we went I had some allergic reaction. After the second one I guessed shell fish allergy. We went again a few days ago, I thought maybe it would be different this time and it was 10 times worse.

So my wife the RN gathers all my symptoms and comes up with uric acid caused stones. And alcohol is a no no. I dont drink much but at the red lobster I get the biggest margarata some times 2.

After her research, a couple of the worst offenders in this uric acid kidney stone things are shell fish, alcohol all kinds of meat but deer was not on the list. It looks like my diet may be low sugar fruit, I like this, some veggies, grass and dirt.

All I know is the older you get the tougher one has to become.

 

[Fishinfool]

I have a thing for nice stag handled knives, and quite a bit more cameras and lenses than I need. Who knows, 35mm might come back some day, and I'll be sitting pretty.....

Larry

 

[Frank46]

Back issues of Precision shooting, The Accurate rifle, Ameriacan Rifleman,and two home shop machinists magazines and a bunch of books related to gunsmithing, guns, reloading manuals, and a whole bunch of gun digest and handloader books. Forgot rifle and handloader magazines. And one little hit and miss engine out in the garage. Frank

 

[Point 357]

Model car kits. Over the last forty years I have accumulated more than I can possibly build during my lifetime. But I still build 'em. It's just my last grasp on childhood.

 

[soFlaNative]

Tossed a 3 foot pile of old Playboy's some years back.
Trying to slowly disperse the XYL's collection of yarn skeins and romance novels without her noticing.

 

[RJJ 1971]

Small collection of cheap watches and cheap knives too.

 

[oldman10mm]

Since I'm one of those 'rollercoaster nuts',I collect parks and rides lapel pins and sew-on patches.

 

[quneur]

I'm kind of a guy stuff junk collector. I have a dozen of knife sheaths, half of them are nylon and half leather and I keep saying I'm going to fill them with knives.

I have about a dozen of solid state amplifiers and one tube amplifier.

1 working laptop, 2 semi-working laptop and two desktops.

Half dozen scientific calculators although I don't know why.

Tool sets. I used to have a neighbor which took many donations from me of individual tools.

I unfortunately live near a GoodWill outlet store. 'Outlet' being the keyword. Overpriced items from the normal regional GW stores are sold by the pound really cheap. Today, I found a large (about 40 pieces) Ryobi drill bit set, a separate (20 pieces) driver bit set, several loose tools and a N300 dual band router - paid about $5. Little more than I usually spend. The tube amplifier (Heathkit SA-2) I bought from there awhile back cost less than that.

 

[Maddog 521]

Since me and the Missus are recently retired we seem to be collecting motel and gas station receipts. But we are definitely having fun and collecting memories also.

 

[kraynky]

I seem to be collecting empty prescription bottles. I guess I just hate to throw them away when I have found so many uses for them. My wife thinks I collect hats,.............well, maybe I just like hats.

 

[CROSSROPE]

I collect the drummer quarters, 1776-1976. I was born in 1976, so since I was a boy I've been looking for them, collecting. They're hard to come by, I don't have many. Ha!

I also collect anything of Steve Reeves, Rick Nelson & Pistol Pete Maravich.

A buddy of mine collects food & ammo. That's all he spends his $ on. No kidding! Haha

 

[CROSSROPE]

Model car kits. Over the last forty years I have accumulated more than I can possibly build during my lifetime. But I still build 'em. It's just my last grasp on childhood.

This something I've been wanting to do once again. As a kid I was just plain awful at it..but it was fun. I know now today I'd be much better at it. I'd like to do cars & planes.

Sippin' on some Greygoose & working on model kits..that sounds relaxiing & a good way to forget about troubles. I think I'll look more into it.

 

[JH1951]

Old wooden cigar boxes, typewriter ribbon tins, and old crocks and jugs with blue decoration made by Cowden Wilcox...... I guess you could say 'old containers'!

 

[sheepdawg]

I seem to have come up with a few of these. Used to be everywhere but unfortunately they made great targets. Most are over 100 years old.