Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: waspy on 11 August 2012, 18:07:41
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Some of you may recall a few weeks back I asked what's the most you've found in a car, money etc.
Well today I decided to remove the seats & carpets from Burt & give them a good clean. Seats out, vacuum cleaner in.
Then it was the carpets turn to come out to get the shampoo treatment.
I was tugging on the driver's side carpet when what I thought for a second was a brass bush dropped out the front of the center console (next to ash tray).
Turned out to be this
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/xowasp/20120811_174614.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/xowasp/20120811_174655.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/xowasp/20120811_174705.jpg)
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hope you said "I do" ;D ;D ;D
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I hope you bought a lottery ticket. :y :y :y
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Nice find :y
Looks like gold with a platinum insert and possibly a real diamond....
Think id be online looking up those hallmarks stamped on the inside before getting it valued :)
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Nice find :y
Looks like gold with a platinum insert and possibly a real diamond....
Think id be online looking up those hallmarks stamped on the inside before getting it valued :)
I thought platinum insert too. I've been thinking how to view the hallmarks & I remembered when I was a kid I used to remove the eye piece from my binoculars to view insects up close :y
Off to have a look :)
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4g, 9ct, made in Birmingham in 1956 by the maker OPM :)
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Might be worth more than the car. :y ;D
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Might be worth more than the car. :y ;D
By my calculations, between £40.00-£50.00 so nearly ;D
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Close. :y :D
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Nice find ...off to rip the seats out mine now (http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z124/SylviaG_Photo/Smiley%20Faces/running20stick20man.gif)
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I can see Omega owners all over Britain removing seats & carpets tomorrow :o ;D ;D
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/d355e21b.jpg)
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No Chris. Enlighten me ??? :-\
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might I suggest applying for the car's history from DVLA and contacting the previous owners to see who's lost one ?
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Woo, thank god.
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might I suggest applying for the car's history from DVLA and contacting the previous owners to see who's lost one ?
Yes, I think I'd be doing that. It might be 50 quid to you, but it might be of great sentimental value to the person who was given it in 1956. :-\
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might I suggest applying for the car's history from DVLA and contacting the previous owners to see who's lost one ?
Yes, I think I'd be doing that. It might be 50 quid to you, but it might be of great sentimental value to the person who was given it in 1956. :-\
I was about to make that point but see the above posters agree.... :y
Some things can be worth little in value, but worth a gold mine to the owner
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might I suggest applying for the car's history from DVLA and contacting the previous owners to see who's lost one ?
Yes, I think I'd be doing that. It might be 50 quid to you, but it might be of great sentimental value to the person who was given it in 1956. :-\
I was about to make that point but see the above posters agree.... :y
Some things can be worth little in value, but worth a gold mine to the owner
This has already crossed my mind & it was the first thing I thought of. I have not made a decision yet as I need to deal with the inept DVLA.
At any point have I mentioned weighing it in for scrap?
With certain things I do have a conscience, but with many things I do not ;)
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might I suggest applying for the car's history from DVLA and contacting the previous owners to see who's lost one ?
They might even be a member on the forum.
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/d355e21b.jpg)
;D allow me...
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them... :-X
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fellowship of the ring.... :y
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
;D allow me...
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them... :-X
Is that from a film, series or sumat?
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The Nazgul.... Wooohohoho.
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
;D allow me...
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them... :-X
Is that from a film, series or sumat?
Not a big reader then Pete ::)
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Funny that Chris, My Precious..... ;D
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Funny that Chris, My Precious..... ;D
AAAHAHA, you know the previous owner? :)
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
;D allow me...
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them... :-X
Is that from a film, series or sumat?
Not a big reader then Pete ::)
Not really. Only ever read one book, The Satanist by Dennis Wheatley :y Unless you count Lady Bird books with large letters ;D
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If that's a wedding/engagement ring, and it was tucked away near the ashtray in the car, then I suspect that it wouldn't have meant that much to the previous owner. They had probably taken it off, prior to getting up to some mischief in the back! Omega estates have many uses... ;)
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If that's a wedding/engagement ring, and it was tucked away near the ashtray in the car, then I suspect that it wouldn't have meant that much to the previous owner. They had probably taken it off, prior to getting up to some mischief in the back! Omega estates have many uses... ;)
James. You misunderstood. I've been cleaning out Burt the saloon :)
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If that's a wedding/engagement ring, and it was tucked away near the ashtray in the car, then I suspect that it wouldn't have meant that much to the previous owner. They had probably taken it off, prior to getting up to some mischief in the back! Omega estates have many uses... ;)
James. You misunderstood. I've been cleaning out Burt the saloon :)
Ah I see, sorry! :-[ So no room for a threesome, but definitely enough space in an Omega saloon to get up to no good! ;) :D
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If that's a wedding/engagement ring, and it was tucked away near the ashtray in the car, then I suspect that it wouldn't have meant that much to the previous owner. They had probably taken it off, prior to getting up to some mischief in the back! Omega estates have many uses... ;)
James. You misunderstood. I've been cleaning out Burt the saloon :)
Ah I see, sorry! :-[ So no room for a threesome, but definitely enough space in an Omega saloon to get up to no good! ;) :D
oooh you are awful, but I like you ;D ;D
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DVLA process is relatively painless.
You just need to write to them and send a cheque.
then they send someone into the archives to look out the history.
Nice to see the b*stards being made to work for a living for a change.
have done it before for the Lotus and the Escorts
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You know what'll happen though..... You'll write to 3 previous owners saying you've found a gold ring, and they'll all write back saying thanks it's mine, I was devastated, it was my Mum's, etc etc etc.... ::) ::) ::)
and they'll all be forum members!!!! ;D :D
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so this thread started off ....look what ive found .....and now he has got to get the cheque book out. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My precious!
That sneaksy theiving hobbit tricked me. I saw him drop my precious into the bowels of Mordor. It seems it was a decoy and my precious was taken from Middle Earth and was lost until now....
It's mine, precious, and I wants it >:(
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My precious!
That sneaksy theiving hobbit tricked me. I saw him drop my precious into the bowels of Mordor. It seems it was a decoy and my precious was taken from Middle Earth and was lost until now....
It's mine, precious, and I wants it >:(
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26795734/Smilies/rofl.gif)
Looks like you need to watch your back now. ;)
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Ah so it was the Gates of Mordor I heard earlier..... and here's me thinking that tandoori I had tonight was a bit spicy ;D
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Ah so it was the Gates of Mordor I heard earlier..... and here's me thinking that tandoori I had tonight was a bit spicy ;D
I rekon between us we'd do a door each no problem at all. ;D
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Have you seen these guys in your mirrors at all? :o
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/d355e21b.jpg)
;D allow me...
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them... :-X
OOF has been infiltrated by sad bastards ;D
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Better sad than irritable :y
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If that's a wedding/engagement ring, and it was tucked away near the ashtray in the car, then I suspect that it wouldn't have meant that much to the previous owner. They had probably taken it off, prior to getting up to some mischief in the back! Omega estates have many uses... ;)
James. You misunderstood. I've been cleaning out Burt the saloon :)
Ah I see, sorry! :-[ So no room for a threesome, but definitely enough space in an Omega saloon to get up to no good! ;) :D
oooh you are awful, but I like you ;D ;D
You should have been around in the days of the A30.....an Omega is as big a top floor penthouse ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My precious!
That sneaksy theiving hobbit tricked me. I saw him drop my precious into the bowels of Mordor. It seems it was a decoy and my precious was taken from Middle Earth and was lost until now....
It's mine, precious, and I wants it >:(
This hobbit of which you speak.. Was he wearing pink crocs, by any chance? Just wondering. ::)
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Precious would not be seen dead in pink :-\
But if preciousss was in masters possesion, no one would see me EVER >:(
:'( PRECIOUSSSS, Master needs you.....
Give it back, Precious is mine >:(
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Go on Gollum, find the hobbits and poke out thier eyes's.
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what's all this "dungeons & dragons" stuff about ?
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Precious has plenty of nasty things in mind for the little bastids when he finds them >:(
But firsst things firsst. Precious wants what's his... Hobbit bastids can wait :P
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what's all this "dungeons & dragons" stuff about ?
Pass :-\ but I very much doubt that it'll turn into 'another bus thread'