Crotal Bells, buckles, 3 ringer +

[don in ny]

Hit a couple of my favorite spots yesterday and the day before and came up with some neat stuff. I always like finding crotal bells and these two were about 100' apart. I didn't realize I had a three ringer until I got home. Saw the flattened side and thought it was just another piece of lead from the woods. The Lincolns were 1916 and 1918. Have no idea what the spoked piece is. Looks like it might have been screwed to something and is probably upside down in the photo.

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[giant056]

Very nice crotal bells, the three ringer hit something hard :thumbsup01:

[MangoAve]

The spoked thing: It really has large spokes which would make it seem difficult to use, but it looks exactly like an antique apple slicer. The round core hole in the middle with 8 spoked sections around it. Maybe with the two holes it screwed into an armature. I'd hate to call the entire thing a machine.. and apparatus maybe? Not very big piece either, although apples today are steroidal and 10x larger than they used to be.

[The Rebel]

Cool finds! That spoked looking thing does remind me of an apple slicer as well.

[RobW]

Love crotal bells :smitten:...I don't know why...:dontknow:...but I love being the one who cleans the dirt out of them and hearing them ring for the first time in over 100 yrs

Great finds:clapping:

[OxShoeDrew]

Love crotal bells :smitten:...I don't know why...:dontknow:...but I love being the one who cleans the dirt out of them and hearing them ring for the first time in over 100 yrs

Great finds:clapping: Me too! I'd rather find those then most coins. Two in one day! Nice!

[don in ny]

I cleaned up the crotal bells and they came out nice.
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[del]

they are "petal" types too , sweet finds Don :congrats: do they have any initials on the bottom??

[coinnut]

Nice crotal bells Don. They look silvery. Are they Tombac material? I love finding them too, from the tiny ones to the monster ones :lol:

[don in ny]

No initials on the, just the number 2 which I assume is the size.

[aloldstuff]

Great finds, I also love to dig the crotal bells. Looks like a couple of definite "D" buckles also. I've dug 6 but my wife actually gave one away.

[Timewarpdigger]

Great finds and congrats.

[Lodge Scent]

Love those bells. They just seem to elude me. I have no idea on that spoked thing. Base of a pump, end of a meat grinder ??

[CTTodd]

Love the Bells

[MangoAve]

Love those bells. They just seem to elude me. I have no idea on that spoked thing. Base of a pump, end of a meat grinder ??

The very first thing that came to my mind was a pump piece too. But I ruled that out. The end of crotal bells would be cars, which were started late 1800's. They started to become popular after WWI, but they didn't use liquid cooled engines (water pumps) until after WWII. The very late 1800's was the start of electric pumps in industry. One significant date for industrial pumps going electric was 1908. But I don't think they added pieces like that in unless it was to filter. Meat grinders do have end pieces I agree, but those look like sink/floor drains. Some have large round holes, some have many smaller holes, some have four large curved oval sections. The hot dog/sausage casers are more like nipple shaped. That and the shape of what he found is why I went with apple slicer.

[Bell-Two]

I too love the Two Crotal Bells after all I am:

[Digger Don]

Nice Bells. I've never found one of those

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

nice hunt! always loved diggin crotal bells.# 2 is indeed the size.i don't think the spoked thing is a apple slicer

[kpmoose]

Ecellent finds.:thumbsup01: The crotal bells are really cool- I'd love to find one of those & a three ringer also.