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Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 5:57:02 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline anyone know what this was for? i have my own ideas but was looking for something a little more definite it looks like a gold bar same size and shape but its solid lead its marked W. U. TEL. CO. on the top it was found while cutting someones grass at work i gave 5 clams to my uncle for it since he found it _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer Post #: 1

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 8:48:37 PM    capsoda Posts: 8084 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Put up a pic so I can see which one it is......GAAAAAA!!!!! _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 2

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 9:54:29 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline was hoping i wouldnt have to go through all the trouble...but here it is Attachment (1) _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 9:55:05 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline little closer Attachment (1) _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 4

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 9:56:11 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline camera wigged out on this one Attachment (1) _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 5

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 9:57:04 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline got screw holes in the back... what are those about? something that happened later? Attachment (1) < Message edited by bottlenutboy -- 5/23/2007 9:58:30 PM > _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 6

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 10:25:30 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2031 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I'd say it's a weight used on a scale of some type. I would think the hole were drilled to make it exact. Just a guess. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 7

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 10:34:05 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline quote: I would think the hole were drilled to make it exact possibly...but they are threaded on the inside like someone had it screwed to something as is it weighs 3 3/4 lbs _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 8

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/23/2007 11:59:26 PM    capsoda Posts: 8084 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Zane is prolly right. It weighed 4lbs and was used to weigh mail. Back when telegrahms were popular many small towns had the Post Office and the telegraph office in the same building and only one or two people working in it. Western Union also shipped mail. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 9

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/26/2007 9:52:05 PM    c.m. arrington   Posts: 9 Joined: 7/11/2004 Status: offline Looks like an ingot of babbit metal or nickle. I've got a couple of bars of nickle that are very similar to that one. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 10

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/27/2007 12:07:34 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline this one is definately lead _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to c.m. arrington) Post #: 11

RE: Western Union Telegraph Company - 5/27/2007 9:33:30 PM    Brains   Posts: 488 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline i'll bet some insulator collector would go crazy for that but dont send it here. I've allready got my share of insulators with stuff in the pinhole or made of stuff that would give me cancer _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 12

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