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Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 8:35:55 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline I found this just lying on the surface, I live in the Motherlode area of Northern CA, It is very rusty, but looks like a bottle opener, can anyone help identify this? Attachment (1) < Message edited by foresthillian -- 2/10/2005 9:11:39 PM > _____________________________ Foresthillian Come Visit the Foresthill Bridge http://www.foresthillbridge.com Post #: 1

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 8:40:46 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline It appears to be a piece of hardware that had a grooved shaft through it. The 'tab' in the circular opening looks to be the 'key' that fit the groove in the shaft. If it was an opener, I would expect the 'tab' to be on the 'handle' side of the opening, as that's where the leverage occurs. Just a guess. < Message edited by Maine Digger -- 2/10/2005 8:42:00 PM > _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 2

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 8:44:22 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline I thought maybe the two holes in the middle of it where to attach some kind of a wooden handle of some sort and the hole at the bottom may have been there to hang it on a wall. (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 3

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 8:52:28 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline That makes sense, but now you have me thinking that it was a handle that turned a grooved shaft. What kind of metal does it appear to be of? Gosh, where's my manners! WELCOME to the Forum Foresthillian! < Message edited by Maine Digger -- 2/10/2005 8:55:40 PM > _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 4

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 8:55:32 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline Iron (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 5

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:02:05 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline I'm stumped, what else was in the environs where you found it? Hinges, rotted wood etc? This why I have a crate full of all kinds of unidentified metal objects found while bottle mining. _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 6

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:08:19 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline I was just out for a walk, it was lying beside the road, in the middle of the old downtown area of Foresthill CA. They are restoring an old pharmacy just about 50 feet from where I found it. (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 7

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:17:47 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Is there more than one Forest Hills in California? I checked the website for the Foresthill Bridge (NICE), and the surroundings appeared to be highland desert-like. I thought Forest Hills CA., was a city. I think I have found the answer to my query as I read my response - FOREST HILL not FOREST HILLS < Message edited by Maine Digger -- 2/10/2005 9:19:50 PM > _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 8

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:26:27 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline We are at 4000 feet just 17 Miles NE of Auburn CA, Douglas Firs, and Sugar Pines. (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 9

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:41:11 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3775 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Man that thing is driving me insane! ! I know i've seen one of those somewhere. I'll start pulling the cellar apart tomorrow. I hope it doesn't come to me in the middle of the night, cuz the last time i ran down those stairs in the dark i almost broke a toe off. Rich. (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 10

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 9:44:45 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline Thanks for all of your effort, maybe you will find something you lost and did not know you had. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 11

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 11:05:54 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline i know exactly what this is.trust me, ive handled hundreds of these! it is a reflector bracket mount to an older bicycle. this would of been for the front reflector. the large hole would of slid over the fork tube.the protruding "key" in the hole fit in a slot on the fork tube. the mount was originally bent at 90 degrees just behind the 2 small holes.you can just see the crease in the picture.the actual reflector was mounted on the 2 holes. (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 12

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/10/2005 11:13:48 PM    foresthillian   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/10/2005 From: Foresthill California Status: offline Wow!!, do you happen to have any good pictures of one the way it is supposed to look? (in reply to APOTHEHUTCH) Post #: 13

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/11/2005 4:39:25 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline no problem....ill have some pics posted here shortly :) (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 14

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/11/2005 6:36:39 PM    grdigger35   Posts: 161 Joined: 2/23/2004 From: Northern Michigan Status: offline It looks more like doorknob plate. (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 15

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/12/2005 7:37:30 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline i was only able to find some examples of newer examples. still basically made the same way as the old ones.there are sooo many variations but all do basically the same thing.the reflector hole pattern (the 2 small holes at end) may vary from model to model.but the keyed fork hole is the same. yours was a basic simple design as all the old ones were. the newer ones have special bends and forms to make a little stronger.see the 4 pics. they should speak for themselves.i can only post one pic per message. Attachment (1) (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 16

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/12/2005 7:38:51 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline 2nd pic Attachment (1) (in reply to foresthillian) Post #: 17

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/12/2005 7:39:56 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline 3rd pic Attachment (1) (in reply to APOTHEHUTCH) Post #: 18

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/12/2005 7:41:32 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline 4th pic Attachment (1) (in reply to APOTHEHUTCH) Post #: 19

RE: Is it an old Bottle opener?? - 2/12/2005 7:44:20 PM    APOTHEHUTCH   Posts: 27 Joined: 5/25/2004 From: Pennsylvania....bottles everywhere Status: offline 5pic Attachment (1) (in reply to APOTHEHUTCH) Post #: 20

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