old watch fob

[kansa54]

Found this watch fob at one of our local high schools. Must have been an old house there years ago because I find a few old items in one certain spot.
The ground is almost to hard to dig in but sure glad I dug this target. It's an Advance-Rumely Thresher Co. watch fob. One side shows the Oil-Pull thresher tractor and the other side states " Guaranteed Oil Burning Oil Cooled Oil Pull Tractor. Advance Rumely Thresher Co. LaPorte Ind."
A little research shows it to be from the 1920's.
The great thing about this hobby is the history and knowledge one gains while researching the cool stuff we find.

 

[Mark7]

Nice fob.

 

[tkn. tony]

Nice Find--My finds lately have been few and far between... Tony AZ

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Wow, how cool is that...nice find....

 

[msareborn]

Fob-ulous!

 

[SIdigger69]

Very Cool!!

 

[doc holiday]

Nice--reminds me of my GrandPa's old iron wheeled tractor.

 

[Hombre]

Watch Fobs are one my favorite finds, that is a great one there......congrats

 

[kansa54]

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments.
A little more research shows that Advance-Rumely Thresher Co. was in business from 1915 to 1931 and than was purchased by Allis-Chalmers. The internet sure makes researching a lot easier than it once was.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice find !

 

[IBdiggin]

Neat man and I agree about the history thing. I look at coins as being little posted notes with the date written on and are part of an on-going investigation at every site. I would love to find a fob like that since I was on the farm for 35 years. -------------------IB