Are there any hobby shops around Lake George, NY? Now with pictures!

BillyKingsley

It's one of if not my favorite place to be, and I spend lots of time up there...are there any shops to visit in the general area? Thanks!

Anything from Ticonderoga down to Saratoga Springs I'm familiar with so anything in that area is good!

Jcarney

I was just there last week. There is a coin store on route 9 just north of Walmart on the Southbound side...disn't have time to check it out.

If you want advice on what to do up there, please PM me. It was a great time!

John

PS, I know the cheap liquor store to go to too. The ones in LG are rip-offs.

coindeuce

Fred Meinrecken used to have a shop in Warrensburg, just the other side of I-87. There is an antique/coin dealer in Saratoga Springs also, about 20 min. from L.G.

BillyKingsley

You guys are quick! Thanks!

I've been going to Lake George every year since I was born, and I almost missed this year-most of my time will be spent at the Adirondack Nationals car show but I will try and stop into that one on 9 and hit the one in Saratoga and Warrensburg if it's still there in the future...thanks! Of cource, if I see it on the way to the Automobile Museuam I'll probably end up stopping this time anyway, knowing me

Jcarney, I don't drink so I won't need that info More money for coins! LOL!

Unfortunatly I may not have internet when I am up there-I don't know-hope I can stay off the board that long! I may not have time, only going to get 4 days this year so a lot is going to be packed into a short time.

ksteelheader

<< <i>I was just there last week. There is a coin store on route 9 just north of Walmart on the Southbound side...disn't have time to check it out.

If you want advice on what to do up there, please PM me. It was a great time!

John

PS, I know the cheap liquor store to go to too. The ones in LG are rip-offs. >>



I stopped there once. The guy said to call ahead and tell him what you want to look at so he could get it out of the safe. No thanks.

coindeuce

Have fun competing with the traffic of the equine fans going to Saratoga Raceway. Place is a zoo this time of year.

ricko

My brother and his wife go there two - three times a year.. they love it... he never mentioned a coin shop (although I did not ask either).. he did mention a shop that had a lot of marbles.. so there should be a coin shop around... Cheers, RickO

BillyKingsley

Yeah, it's tough in Saratoga. (and I love driving the main drag in Saratoga too!) but by then the traffic isn't too bad. I am always in Lake George the first weekend of September, for the car show, and I always make at least two trips to Golden Corrall! (in Wilton, really Saratoga) and the Auto Musuem, of which I am a member.

Ricko, I bet that shop was Three Guys Games, technically in Queensbury. They had Marbles when they were at their old location...Don't think they had coins though...

BillyKingsley

Well, I'm going up tomorrow! I may or may not have internet when I am there ( I don't know, and won't until I arrive) but I hope to have a report on my findings when I get home...I'm probably going to have no money whatsoever so I may only have about $25 available but we shall see. If I can't get any money I won't even stop, don't want to tease myself like that, and I have some other things that need to come first before I can buy coins. We shall see!

coindeuce

There are a couple shops in Albany near the Northway(I-87) that you may want to try on the way. I was employed by one of them for two years.

JrGMan2004

My grandma lives up in Galway near Saratoga Springs and I've been to a small shop in Schenectedy that seemed alright, but that was a couple years ago... there's also Olde Saratoga Coin, but they're actually down in Albany.

coindeuce

<< <i> there's also Olde Saratoga Coin, but they're actually down in Albany. >>


Colonie to be exact. Two blocks west of I-87 exit 2W.

BillyKingsley

Well, I got back home from Lake George. I was there for the car show but managed to stop in to the coin shop twice, in a four day period. I had a self-imposed limit of $50 and only went over it by $10 so that was a good thing In the future I will go back with more.

The shop itself has a lot more then just coins. In fact in display space coins are one of the smaller segments but something tells me that he has a lot more in the back. I perused the entire store, and I must say I've never seen so many clearly old fising lures in my entire life!

In the display counter he had a few coins out, (probably 100 or so) and lots of old paper paper money. While I collect that as well I wanted to just get coins on this trip. I ended up getting new designs I did not have previously, and a coin I got is tied for my second oldest US coin and one that stands by itself as 5th oldest US coin. Overall they are T-4th and 7th oldest, so I am quite happy about that.

Here's what I got my first trip in-




The 27 Standing Liberty Quarter was my first purchase. I'm a little dubious of it's condition but for $5 I'm not going to fret over it. The 57 Flying Eagle cent was my next addition, and I am quite surprised at how thick they are! (I paid $20). I next added the 1952 Quarter and Half. The Quarter is the only one I got that was NOT a new type for my collection. By getting those two I now have the entire set from the year my mom was born. (which is why I got them). (I paid $5 each) I debating getting the three cent silver, as it was actually the most expensive coin I got at $25. It's bent, which is the only way I could afford it...being "financially challenged" isn't much fun! He had two in the case that would have been $50 each, which I could not do (I could have if I skipped the other coins but chose not to).

When I went back (he had some old liscence plates I was inquiring about for a friend) I ended up with a Canadian 50 cent piece from 1943, which is my first Canadian half, second oldest Canadian and second Canadian Silver of any type. But unfortunatly, I didn't get a chance to take a photo of it.

He also has a live TV auction of coins and jewelry which I watched most of (I skipped part of it to see the fireworks-look for ElCaminoBilly on YouTube in a couple of days to see the fireworks videos!) but the items he sold on there were either too rich for my blood (or, in more accurate terms, wallet) or stuff that I don't collect.

In his display case he had a genuine Massachusets Pine Tree Shilling, that was dug up out of the ground in Lake George. I had never seen one of them in person before (not uncommon as I'm still a rookie at this!) but it was really cool to see something of that historical importance and know how it likely got there (I've studied quite a bit of LG history)

I also saw some slabbed coins for the first time in person. He had a row of PCGS Morgans and NGC Indians. I still don't like slabs and seeing them in person confirmed my previous conception of them.

While I was in LG, the entrance fee to the car show also provided entrance into Fort William Henry, which last year had quite a few coins on display. Unfortunatly this year they redid that section of the museum and most of the coins aren't on display anymore, and have been relegated to storage. This is all that's there now: a big glass display of coins that had been thrown in the well, which is something they apparently have always frowned upon but people did anyway. They appeared to be mostly Lincolns but most were too badly corroded to tell if they were wheats or memorials, let alone what date they carried. There was on top a large New Zealand piece and a Canadian Quarter.


These coins were found in the remains of the actual Fort. It was burned during the French and Indian War after seeing multiple battles there. It was rebuilt in the earlier part of the 1900s, I believe, but possibly as late as the 1950s. It originally was built in 1755. The French coin on top was too warn to show a date, and the two British coins in the middle were severly damaged, likely from the fire and being underground for more then 100 years. King George II is who the lake is named after.


In the Fort's gift shop I bought a reproduction Fugio Continental Currency (I will never be able to afford the real thing, unless I dig it up out of the ground!) and a reproduction gold plated Confederate States of America Half dollar. I also got large, oversize coin reproductions of the Bicentennial Quarter and Ike dollar, Buffalo Nickel and Jefferson Nickel, Roosevelt Dime and Saint-Gaudens $20. These are large and heavy and could probably be used as dinner plates for supermodels

I don't have any pictures of those yet, but they are big enough that I should be able to without having a problem!

Thanks for reading and giving me the heads up on the coin shop to begin with! Next time I will try and stop in the other shops mentioned. I didn't have enough time or money this trip.

Barndog

great report! Sounds like you had a fun trip.

ricko

Great trip report Bill... glad you had a good time.... Cheers, RickO

ksteelheader

<< <i>Great trip report Bill... glad you had a good time.... Cheers, RickO >>



Those fishing lures brought back some good memories when I saw them.

csanotes

What a great post with awesome pictures...another place to put on my "to go to" list that sounds like an interesting area