HAND MADE CIVIL WAR ERA TRENCH FIGHTING KNIFE

HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF A CIVIL WAR ERA TRENCH, FIGHTING KNIFE THAT I BOUGHT A FEW YEARS AGO WITH SOME OTHER CIVIL WAR ITEMS.  THIS IS A HANDMADE ITEM.  ITS CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS USED ARE DEFINITELY PERIOD.  THE BLADE IS HAND FORGED AND ITS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW PEOPLE IMPROVISE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.  AS I TOLD THE COLONIAL RELIC HUNTER A FEW DAYS AGO.  I HAVE A FEELING THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE TO FIND SOME RELICS.-THE TIME SEARCHER

THE NINTH GATE-JOHNNY DEPP-A GLIMPSE INTO THE BIG TIME WORLD OF ANTIQUES COLLECTING

HERE'S A LINK TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS.  I THINK THIS ONE IS ANOTHER UNDERRATED CLASSIC.  IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE OLD FILM NOIR AND MODERN FILMS.  JOHNNY DEPP DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING ANTIQUE BOOK DEALER, DEAN CORSO.  THIS FILM REMINDS ME OF THE TIMES WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE DEALING IN ANTIQUES AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT COLLECTORS, DEALERS AND AUCTION HOUSES.  IN THE HIGH END  ANTIQUE AND ART MARKET, THESE COLLECTORS ARE A BREED APART AND HAVE THE MONEY TO GET WHAT THEY WANT IF THEY WANT IT BADLY ENOUGH.  GUYS LIKE THE CHARACTER BORIS BALKEN WILL TRY TO USE YOUR CONTACTS AND INFLUENCE TO GET TO  A CERTAIN PIECE.  ALL THE BIG AUCTION HOUSES  AND DEALERS KEEP TRACK OF WHO OWNS CERTAIN PIECES.  SO, THE FILM IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY ON THAT COUNT.  ALSO AS BROUGHT OUT IN THE WIKELEAKS EMAILS, SOME OF THESE RICH PEOPLE ARE IN TO DEVIL WORSHIP AND EVEN IN MY LIMITED EXPERIENCES, I FOUND THE MORE GRUESOME THE HISTORY OF THE PIECE, THE MORE MONEY THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD PAY FOR IT.  I THOUGHT THIS ODDBALL FILM WAS ONE OF JOHNNY'S BEST AND HE DID A GREAT JOB IN IT.  HIS CHARACTER GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE HUNT FOR THE SECRET OF THE NINTH GATE BOOK AND THE MORE YOU STUDY AND PURSUE SOME HISTORIC ITEMS, THIS IS EASY TO LET HAPPEN. -THE TIME SEARCHER.

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH A YOUNG BILL CLINTON LOOKALIKE-A MALT SHOP CIRCA 1952-54 PHOTO

HERE'S A PHOTO THAT I JUST CAME ACROSS IN SOME ITEMS THAT I JUST ADDED TO THE ARCHIVE.  IT SHOWS A GUY THAT BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO A YOUNG BILL CLINTON.  I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS HIS  DAD OR NOT.  THIS PHOTO LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN AROUND 1952-1954.  NOTE THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO POPSICLE AD.  I LOVE THE COUNTER DESIGN AND ADVERTISING DISPLAYS.  I HAVE MORE PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE OTHER PARTS OF THE MALT SHOP.  THE ONLY PERSON MISSING IS MARTY MCFLY.-THE TIME SEARCHER

TIME SEARCHERS RETURN TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE: NOVEMBER, 2016 PART ONE, COLONIAL BUTTONS: THE FRENCH BUTTON.

HERE'S A VIDEO OF OUR TRIP IN NOVEMBER, 2016 TO THE LOST COLONIAL VILLAGE. ON THIS TRIP, WE FOUND FRENCH ITEMS THAT SHOW THE FRENCH WERE THE FIRST EUROPEAN COLONISTS IN THIS AREA.  I FOUND A FANCY FRENCH CUFF BUTTON. -THE TIME SEARCHER

BEFORE EMAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER POSTAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE CIRCA 1910-TIME SEARCHERS LOOK BACK

HERE'S A PHOTO FROM THE TIME SEARCHERS ARCHIVE.  THIS IS ONE THAT I FOUND IN A PILE OF FORGOTTEN PAPERS.  IT SHOWS COMMUNICATION OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FROM A SIMPLER TIME.  BEFORE THE INTERNET EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS THE CLOSEST YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATION FASTER THAN REGULAR SNAIL MAIL.  A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE WOULD BE RECEIVED BY A LOCAL STATION.  IT WOULD BE DELIVERED BY A MESSSAGER.  LOOK AT THE GREAT BICYCLES AND UNIFORMS THAT THIS GUYS HAD.  AWESOME,  I GLAD THAT WE CAN LOOK AT TIME CAPSULES LIKE THIS AND GET A GLIMPSE AT LIFE FROM THAT TIME.-THE TIME SEARCHER.