Either have one or go to them. Mrs. panax and I have been doing this for 30 years and have accumulated LOTS of gold and silver jewelry, coins, flatware etc. This morning she picked up a brand new silk blouse with the original store tag price of $45.00 for only a buck. Also, two heavy sterling necklaces for .50 each. I weighed them up at 36.5 grams, which is about $20.00 for scrap price.
Yard/Estate sales have allowed us to have really nice quality items that we normally could not afford. Last week I bought an old oak clawfoot dining table w/3 leaves for $40.00. That weekend before I purchased a Honda XM1800 generator for $60.00 (runs perfect), ran it in the paper for $225.00. When we arrived home I had 4 calls on it already. The paper just came out this morning!
I have picked up incredible ammounts of ammo and old guns throughout the years. I sell what I don't need and keep the best ones.
We do love our Yard sales.
I'm with you, Panaxanax. Yard sales ROCK.