Hey Mitch I ended up buying that banjo , paid $300 . Its a early make, very heavy has pearl inlay's, I'll take some pic's

I think you got it for a pretty good price. I never got into banjo playing that much despite the fact that my father owns a few and plays them occasionally but he's primarily a steel guitar player. My older brother bought a couple of banjos and taught himself to play, and he goes pretty good on them considering he's not really a muso! I've dabbled a bit on them over the years, my brother gets discouraged everytime i pick one of HIS up and have a go on it, i cant understand why coz he can do more on them than i can