CRANE in the wild...among others!

I don't even know how to contain myself right now.
I just got back from another hunt today and I found gold. Never mind gold....DIAMONDS!!!
I found a CRANE!!! for $46 dollars.
I decide to drive 3 hours to this store in a little town in Ontario. I take Armand (my trollbaby) as usual to bring me good luck. He has been lucky in the past when I found "spots" and "pig" and other retired beads for regular old price. He's being all nice and patient...hanging on my fantasy chain....not complaining too much about the long trip
I walk into the store and see a little hanging display of trollbeads....I walk up to it and the first thing I see is a crane hanging at the very bottom of the display. I swoon. My legs feels like jello. My throat gets dry....I croak...."I think I'll take this bird thing over here....How much is this bead?"
The sales lady take about 15 minutes to look through her store books....I know she won't find it in there but I stay as quiet as a mouse praying in my head that she doesn't decide to check the internet or ebay.
She takes her time going through the books over and over and I'm standing there sweating.
Finally she looks at me and apologizes and says she can't find it anywhere but she is pretty sure that it's a pelican and she doesn't know where he's disappeared in her book.
So she asks me if it's ok if she charges me for horses since they seem to be similar in size.
I look at her and answer nonchalantly ...sure..i guess (dying inside)
Then I look through her glass beads and i find all those awesome retired one..I grab them all for $31.00 each.
I'm about to pay and leave when I decide to check the silver display again since I was in shock mode and almost miss out on "six bands"....so once again we go through the process of looking in the book and naturally she can't find it so she suggests price for "viking"...I'm like absolutely...lets do it.
I also get another beautiful "mexico lock" which is blue on one side and green on the other.
What a day. Thank you Armand!!!
I can't believe I rescued all those extinct babies from this little store...they were getting dusty!









almost forgot....2 old heart spacers as well





all the glass I scored + mexican lock

OMG!!!! You lucky thing! Have you recovered from the shock yet? That is my absolute dream - that I will stumble into a shop that has old stock and no idea what it is! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Brilliant!!!!!

I can't even imagine there being a shop in the US that would have those kind of retired beads. WOW WOW WOW!!! lucky girlie.

Trollgirly, you lucky lucky Trollgirly you Congrats to your findings, that is a supernatural phenomenon, and I certainly will put my Joshua to the test, what do you feed your Armand? does Armand want to come to Switzerland? we would go shopping every day
I am really happy for you, that is X-mas for you weeks in advance!
One little request, please start making combos, I can't wait how you will use all those treasures!

thank you guys I'm still in shock!
I will be working on combos, I promise
So excited!

Wow! You must be living right!

That is such an awesome score; I've never been to a shop that carries TBs! Someday!

All I can say is I want to go shopping with you. Congrats.

can armand go with me to denmark next month
congrats on your finds!!!

YEEOWSAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lucky you!! I never find anything "in the wild" since all of my LDs are "new" dealers!

You just lived the ultimate Trollbead hunter's dream, congratulations.

That's just amazing! I've never even seen the Crane before these pix.

I think you got my trollbeads-dream-come-true by mistake! Seriously trollgirly I'd be like this for the rest of the year! Congratulations!!!
(can I borrow Armand for luck?)

Congratulations, that is amazing that all those retired beads would still be in that store, I know if it was me I would have had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

I'm still in heaven and will remain there for a long long long time.
Still pinching myself and carry crane around worrying she'll vanish. it's not a dream, it's not a dream, it's not a dream.

Wow! What an amazing find. I guess dreams can come true.

I'm amazed you were able to drive, after that! You must have travelled back on Cloud 9!!

Perhaps Armand had to steer!

OMG What a haul and what an amazing story. Congratulatons

Wow lol, I guess you have emptied their TB display
Congrats!!

Incredible !!!!
Congratulations and enjoy

ahahahha those are the BEST finds ever!!!

You're so lucky!! ENJOY and make lots of combinations!!

this will tide you over for years to come

That is such a great story, it has been such a long time since a wild Crane find - I seem to remember Kionee finding a 'Pelikan' in a small Danish town quite a while ago . . . Anyway, brilliant shopping Trollgirly, congratulations.

Congratulations on your finds - just like Christmas walking into a shop with those kinds of beads WOW

You must feel like the of beads right now

Wowww,Lucky you