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jbolf6
10-03-2013, 01:43 PM
I was detecting a farm yard today and I found this emblem. It turns out Buick produced 133,000 engines for Pratt and Whitney during the war. These engines were 1200HP air cooled radial and they were used on B-24 Liberator bombers. How cool!

del
10-03-2013, 03:13 PM
thats a very cool pin jbolf6 :clapping: :clapping: love the history behind the finds :smitten: thanks for showing it |:cheering:

Tony Two-Cent
10-03-2013, 03:19 PM
That is AWESOME! |:cheering:

The enamel on it still looks wonderful.

What a beautiful and historic piece! :clapping:

:perfect10:

fyrffytr1
10-03-2013, 09:56 PM
That is very nice. I would be happy to find it!

lcoutback
10-03-2013, 10:02 PM
What an excellent piece of history, and in GREAT shape too! :clapping: :clapping:

coinnut
10-04-2013, 08:02 PM
Nice find :yes: I can't believe Buick and Pratt and Whitney teamed up :dontknow: Nicest enameled pin I have seen in a while.

Ill Digger
10-05-2013, 12:51 PM
That is a cool find! :cool: |:cheering:
Congrats! :grin:
Some of the non-coin finds are far more interesting and fun to find! :cool:
:interesting: The history is always fun to learn too.

spectra1
11-02-2013, 06:42 AM
Think it shook off and fell from the sky during flight? Just a crazy scenerio you know we all like to make up cool theories about how stuff got where it is.... I never thought I would think that exaggerated truth up but I've never found a liberator engine emblem. Lol :perfect10:

milco
11-02-2013, 07:53 AM
That's a real cool find! Those old enamaled / brass advertising items usually hold up really well in the ground.