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  1. 06-20-2017, 07:34 AM #1
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    Old No. 6

    Got this last Wednesday with Lee and Tim at the site in the woods. Just got around to really cleaning it up. Crying shame it's damaged.....
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  2. 06-20-2017, 08:20 AM #2
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    That is a beautiful bell and old too! I'm not 100% sure but Roland Frodigh at Hallowed Ground Restorations could probably restore that for you.
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    Still a very cool find Al
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    That's a very nice looking bell, damaged or not. At least it's complete!
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    Congrats on the petal bell Al , its a shame its cracked up so
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  6. 06-20-2017, 09:59 PM #6
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    nice find al mate,still cant stop thinking about that powder mill site....omg can you imagine whats buried in the ground at that place ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Donnie B View Post
    That is a beautiful bell and old too! I'm not 100% sure but Roland Frodigh at Hallowed Ground Restorations could probably restore that for you.
    Donnie, thanks for the reply and info. Don't know if the cost of restoration vs value would be in my favor.

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    Still a very cool find Al
    Jeff, Always wanted to find one of the big ones, maybe the next one will be in better shape.

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    That's a very nice looking bell, damaged or not. At least it's complete!
    Thanks D.O.D., I can sort of display it with most of the good looking side showing.

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    Congrats on the petal bell Al , its a shame its cracked up so
    Dan, thanks for the congrats and you are right....its a SHAME.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lee View Post
    nice find al mate,still cant stop thinking about that powder mill site....omg can you imagine whats buried in the ground at that place ?
    Yes Lee I can imagine whats in the ground but I will not be going back...
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    Quote Originally Posted by lee View Post
    nice find al mate,still cant stop thinking about that powder mill site....omg can you imagine whats buried in the ground at that place ?
    Powder mill? Did I miss something here?
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    That's a good looking bell, even with the crack. Very rare!
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    Very nice large crotal Al! She quite a large one as well. Perhaps some gentle bending can get that one side back into place. I've found boiling my bent metal items in water, then holding them in a dish towel while using gentle applied force can get some of those bent parts back into reasonable place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger_O'Dell View Post
    Powder mill? Did I miss something here?
    d.o.d aloldstuff found the bell at an exploded powder mill which went BOOM !! in 1740 killing the son and his father,remains where never found.
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    Nice big bell, Al. My big one is cracked too, but still has the clacker inside. Too bad no maker initials.

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    d.o.d aloldstuff found the bell at an exploded powder mill which went BOOM !! in 1740 killing the son and his father,remains where never found.
    So Al is worried the site is haunted?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MangoAve View Post
    Nice big bell, Al. My big one is cracked too, but still has the clacker inside. Too bad no maker initials.



    So Al is worried the site is haunted?
    No...Al is worried that he won't be able to get back to the top of the valley that this site is in....I love ghosts
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    Beautiful crotal, a shame that it's damage but still a nice find.
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    I got one of those big ones too.
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