Erik in NJ
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I lost my entire message twice already and I don't feel like typing it again so I'll let the pics of these relics speak. If anyone has any info on any of them I'd be much obliged!
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Couple hours, couple relics and a drop of silver...
- Thread starter Erik in NJ
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I can't remember exactly where I've seen them but the first thing is a pretty common plug that screws into something that, if you don't have the right size screwdriver, you can use a penny or what have you.
Second thing reminds me of a gun part but I can't remember what.
The third thing is a buckle.
Fourth thing on the right looks like a plate, trigger guard, and hammer from a gun. I presume the piece on the left is more of it.
Second thing reminds me of a gun part but I can't remember what.
The third thing is a buckle.
Fourth thing on the right looks like a plate, trigger guard, and hammer from a gun. I presume the piece on the left is more of it.
jim cluster
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The one piece that's on top right side looks like on the copper end of an armature out of an electric motor.
Made of copper, and had mica sheet layers between the copper.
Made of copper, and had mica sheet layers between the copper.
zerokelvin
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The plug screws into an outdoor electrical box to seal unused holes.....
Great Republic
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n/t
Erik in NJ
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I tried to post this last night, but lost all of the text (twice) so I decided to have another beer instead 
Rich, thanks for the graphic on the cap gun parts - not sure if anyone noticed, but one piece had some text on it that read "Geo Schmidt Mfg. Los Angeles, 21 Calif." I did some research on-line and found that this company made toy cap guns starting in the 40s - so this relic is not that old, but it was only down about 1". Rich, good eye! The two pieces are actually opposing pieces on the gun. I found the two pieces in two different areas. Any idea what the 21 in the address is for?
To give you some more background on this piece of land - it's a small County Park in NJ, but from the looks of some of the relics and other coins that my buddy has found there this piece of land seems to have been used for something prior to its use as a park. The buckle looks to me like horse tack and it was erroding through the surface of the soil. Does anyone have an approximate age for the buckle?
Thanks for the id on the exterior electical box plug - this thing gave a real nice coin hit - seems to be made of copper - I was a little disappointed to see it when I found it.
I guess the little copper thing with the pointer on it is the most interesting find - it's actually wedge shaped and there is a slot in which the little pointer is mounted. Looks like it pointed to numbers on a scale and the dovetail portion slid in a mating piece of some sort. The other end of the piece is broken off - perhaps where a handle or something to move it attached. It is fairly heavily corroded so I would imagine that its somewhat older.
The Rosie is a 52D - no big deal, I know, but still nice to pop a silver dime during a short hunt. I also found a few wheaties from '39 - mid 40s. Was hoping for some older coins - will try again another time. It was just that I kept finding interesting relics - one after another, so it made for an interesting time. I only hunted one piece of a corner of the little park.
Rich, thanks for the graphic on the cap gun parts - not sure if anyone noticed, but one piece had some text on it that read "Geo Schmidt Mfg. Los Angeles, 21 Calif." I did some research on-line and found that this company made toy cap guns starting in the 40s - so this relic is not that old, but it was only down about 1". Rich, good eye! The two pieces are actually opposing pieces on the gun. I found the two pieces in two different areas. Any idea what the 21 in the address is for?
To give you some more background on this piece of land - it's a small County Park in NJ, but from the looks of some of the relics and other coins that my buddy has found there this piece of land seems to have been used for something prior to its use as a park. The buckle looks to me like horse tack and it was erroding through the surface of the soil. Does anyone have an approximate age for the buckle?
Thanks for the id on the exterior electical box plug - this thing gave a real nice coin hit - seems to be made of copper - I was a little disappointed to see it when I found it.
I guess the little copper thing with the pointer on it is the most interesting find - it's actually wedge shaped and there is a slot in which the little pointer is mounted. Looks like it pointed to numbers on a scale and the dovetail portion slid in a mating piece of some sort. The other end of the piece is broken off - perhaps where a handle or something to move it attached. It is fairly heavily corroded so I would imagine that its somewhat older.
The Rosie is a 52D - no big deal, I know, but still nice to pop a silver dime during a short hunt. I also found a few wheaties from '39 - mid 40s. Was hoping for some older coins - will try again another time. It was just that I kept finding interesting relics - one after another, so it made for an interesting time. I only hunted one piece of a corner of the little park.