What has been your best "find"?

[Bjorn]

Trap and I had a great find with some help from the bowdoc and Wade Phillips:

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=003322

Have a look

[horseapple]

u guys are sick, but I luv u

[Larry m]

Great Thread Bjorn!
What a once in a lifetime find.......
What ever happened to the Display?

[Bjorn]

Hi Larry, the display is right here in my bow room; Trap made the display. In the meantime I found a DVD-one of the Bear series-Morley is singing songs and playing guitar around a campfire, entertaining the crew and cooking for them too. I'll dig it up and ID the crew as best I can.

[Larry m]

Very Neat!
Really enjoyed the post.
THANKS...........

[Shane Reed]

My cheapest good find would have to be the limited edition signed Fred Bear, and Bob Munger Arctic Caribou picture by CharlesDenault; I picked up from Ben Lee Jr. Given to his dad by Fred Bear.

The next in line would be a 16 MM Grayling Bear Archery Film called Mozambique Game trails. I don't think there are many of those out in the general public. Neither of which do I have a clue on the monetary value, but could only guess.

[Jon Stewart]

Have to keep asking at yard sales.  Picked up a Browning Wasp Friday by just asking "any archery equipment".  $5.00 for the Wasp in 8 out of 10 shape, 47# draw weight.

[david janssen]

66 Kodiak 48#,

In the process of refinishing it.

[Abear]

Reverse wood grayling B handle  , has blond caps. black tigerwood maple  center.. I was so excited LOL , denton hill 5-6  years ago .

[Jon Stewart]

Browning Wasp thursday, 47#, $5.00. An 8 out of 10.  first time I had drawn a Browning bow and it draws real smooth.

[T Lail]

found a "Bear grizzly" covered with old paint and camo tape....came with 6 Bear arrows and razorheads....took it home and cleaned it up over the next few days.....new, mint condition under all that "protection".....paid $20.00 for it ....

[Bumper]

Not long ago I was in a pawn shop with a friend and saw a recurve for sale labeled "Vintage Bear Bow." I was (and still am) very new to trad archery. The bow had a $125 price tag on it, so I worked a little bit of overtime to justify it then went down and picked it up for $100. My wife and I were about two months off from our first child arriving, and she was pretty upset with me for going out and spending $100 on an old stickbow. I started doing some research, and determined it to be a '69 Bear Takedown (A riser). Once I saw how much they sold for I began to get pretty excited! I traded it just a few days later for a '73 Kodiak 45# (for the wife) and a 52# longbow, plus a little cash to boot. Needless to say, she is no longer upset with me about the "investment!"

[Pack animal]

Morning all

[GreenMtnBoy69]

Ben Pearson Deerslayer on deep sale at an antique place. Bought it on a whim because it was 29 smackers and totally wrapped in old brittle camo tape. Got it home, cleaned it up and started shootin arras with it. The string sucked, so I got SBD to make me a new one. Shot some more arras, liked it even more. I don't know what year it is, but it's legal for moose in my state, and any weapon that I payed 29 for that can kill a moose after a bit of elbow grease is OK by me.

[GreenMtnBoy69]

Or wait a minute, no it must be the Bear Temujin that I got on ***y for 150 bucks because it didn't have a sight plate and someone had stripped off the finish. I refinished it with Birchwood Casey and bought a sight plate. Still don't have a brush rest and don't know how to make one, but patience is a virtue, grasshopper. I have seen this same bow go for 850 on ***y, so I have to say it's probably my best find - although somewhat impersonal.

[Warberg]

This was my all time best find.

[vintage-bears]

My best find in a long time.
Cleverly hidden under camo paint for 45+ years.


 




 

 

 


......Philip

[hayslope]

Philip

That ol' girl ranks as one of the best "one of a kind" finds!

[hayslope]

Originally posted by OldSkoolArcher:
I don't think I would classify it as my best but it is my most current "best find"...

Crack in Limb = The Stress Crack Shown

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[DLM]

My only "find" since someone told me about it & I drove 25 miles to check on it : '67 Kod Mag. R/H, 55#. Included extra strings, [1 new in  tube], more 2 dz. Bear cedar arrows [55/60 #], 12/ Razorheads, & a wall display rack.