Well, I found the binoculars pretty close to a small garden plot... a couple feet from edge, where it was last tilled. The fact that they were so deep made me think they were really old, but yrs ago they could've been plowed/tilled under deeper. Btw, the cabin has been restored & is occupied.
Oh, the binoculars are VERY heavy if that makes a difference. Cheapy cast metal- would it be heavy?
The quarters were sprinkled all over the back yard each one about 2 or 3 inches deep.
I would say around WW1 or WW2 era. I googled and found several similar.But most has brass trim. Yazoo
thanks for looking Yazoo, will you share that link? I couldn't find any remotely similiar -looked at hundreds of old binoculars!
Not that I have a clue on how old they are lol but..... they scream 1860-1870's to me. But that's just a wild guess. Any name, initials, or stampings of any kind:huh: That would give us a starting point. Look closely for any marks, since there is a fair amount of corrosion. I would have left them in the ground thinking they were just junk metal. Good save thumbsup01
I like that wild guess best Coinnut- the older the better! Nope except where a liittle plate might have said brand and magnification fell off,there's a spot that looks where it might've been.
I think it'd make a good short story- with a Twilight Zone feel to it, like you look through them and get a flashback to the past from the owners perspective... newer and better ideas come, the more I look through them lol .
