Items From the Beaten Path...

CousinEddie

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Took the T2 LTD to a path behind and old farmhouse I have literally pounded the heck out of.... I stopped finding stuff there months ago. This is the stuff I ended up finding tonight when the rains stopped. At first I thought the button was a coin because the shank is busted off and smoothed over...:
 

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CousinEddie link=topic=10934.msg119781#msg119781 date=1344644117 said:
At first I thought the button was a coin because the shank is busted off and smoothed over...:
Yeah :yes: It probably would've had me thinking coin too :drool:
But a old button is a nice find too.
Congrats ! :grin:
Are there any backmarks that can be made out? Or is it too smoothed over ::huh::
 
ya those older flat 1820's type buttons can fool you a lot when they have their shank broke off :hairpulling: as they are about the size as thickness as an indian head penny >:{ . the pewter spoon looks pretty old though and the lantern part could have a patent date on the face of turn knob.
 
Thanks for the info on the oil lamp Del!!!!

P & A MFG Co. Pat. AUG 1870
 

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CousinEddie link=topic=10934.msg119872#msg119872 date=1344703104 said:
Thanks for the info on the oil lamp Del!!!!

P & A MFG Co. Pat. AUG 1670

hey Eddie you most welcome , i'm pretty sure thats 1870 and not 1670 ;)
 
Really? I looked at it under a loupe and it appears to be a 6 not an 8. I could be wrong... I couldn't find anything on the company when I looked. Is 1670 too old for that item?
 
It would not be unusual to find something from that time frame in the area I found it. A good portion of my area dates to the late 1600's - early 1700's.
 
CousinEddie link=topic=10934.msg119879#msg119879 date=1344704964 said:
Really? I looked at it under a loupe and it appears to be a 6 not an 8. I could be wrong... I couldn't find anything on the company when I looked. Is 1670 too old for that item?

yes i don't believe they had patent laws in this country that go that far back :yes: plus it would be much more crude looking and all hand done . if you look at the parts they all look machine stamped copper or brass.
 

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