One of my best finds was an antique divers helmet

Got a great diving helmet from a locker ended up selling it to a diving museum in Florida for about 3500 dollars.  A good find.  the locker was great too , lots of antiques. I rarely buy lockers, but love going to them . Im a hoarder of sorts. so my wife says. but , I love looking. I love buying and selling. 




I added a pic of it with my wife

That's a great find. How did you come in contact with the diving museum?

I emailed them with pictures of the helmet and asked if they could identity and age, afterwards I asked if they would be interested.

Where was the museum? I used to live near Tarpon Springs, FL. Their major export is sponges. I used to see these helmets everywhere!

The Lyons museum in Saint Augustine 

http://helmetsofthedeep.com/Gallery/index.html



if you ever find anything diver related and need help identifying email Leon he is a really nice guy and an expert in all things diving.

there are a lot of fake ones of these that thrown in stores and restaurants , but the old ones have a lot of value, if I had the collar it would have been worth a lot more.

tHATS GREAT