Two Silver Sellers Have Not Returned to a Florida Flea Market, CoinTalk Member Says
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Flea Market Silver," a member wrote that two sellers who had offered a wide selection of silver rounds, bars and coins at a Florida flea market had not been there since silver rose in price, and asked others why. Replies guessed that the sellers were holding on to see where the price goes, had sold everything to a dealer, or had run out of stock. All of this consists of posters' statements and opinions, and the source does not give the date of the thread.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We shortened and rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the source, a CoinTalk forum thread. We removed unsupported material (a headline promising 3x profit from ungraded coins; background on the history of flea market finds, authentication, pricing and the future outlook; a conclusion calling it an opportunity to buy silver at a discount; and search keywords implying MS-65 grades and information gaps), and made clear that the content consists of posters' statements and guesses and that the source gives no date for the thread. The previous headline was "Flea Market Finds: Ungraded Coins Offer 3x Profit Potential."
This article is based only on posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Flea Market Silver." The source does not give the date of the thread. What follows are the posters' own statements and opinions; the real reason the sellers stopped coming has not been confirmed.
The Question
The first poster, Gilbert, wrote that there is a flea market where they spend the winter in Florida, with perhaps 500 dealers, and that they go there maybe twice a month.
Until recently, two dealers there had a fairly wide selection of silver rounds, bars and coins. The poster said neither had been there since silver increased in price.
The poster wondered whether they had cashed out or were avoiding the flea market for fear of being robbed, and asked other members for their thoughts.
What Members Guessed
- One member, jb10000lakes, suggested that the sellers had decided to hold on to their silver and see where the price goes. - Another member, Mr. Flute, said most flea market sellers they had known do not do it for a living, and presumed the sellers had sold everything to a dealer at once. The member compared trying to time the peak to "waiting to dodge a storm of falling knives." Two other members, Tall Paul and lordmarcovan, praised the metaphor. - A third member, Collecting Nut, said that if the sellers' stock sold the way it did for silver coin dealers in an antique mall, they had probably run out.
jb10000lakes also wrote that they were not trying to time the peak, but had increased their discount percentage when buying.
Source: CoinTalk, "Flea Market Silver."
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