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What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 1:30:52 PM   
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Ayone have any idea what this is. Found it out back in a dig.
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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 1:32:44 PM   
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Here is a glass insulator (?). Maybe for an electric fence. ??
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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 1:36:35 PM   
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This is a BIM amber .. it is embossed:
Marchands / Peroxide of Hydrogen / medicinal / New York
It has a big W embossed on the bottle with another mirrored W or a V next to it (much lighter in the embossment)




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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 1:36:56 PM   
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Is it Cast Iron?  Is it part of an old stove? 

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 1:53:30 PM   
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It is cast and I wondered that myself as the white stuff on it looks like ash, but it could be mineral deposits.
It looks like it might have been to a grate or sifter or something. It has a hole through the top part and another hole tapped down into the top. It was a working moving part of something.
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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 2:52:25 PM   
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EditAww comon', You  are honestly telling me you don't know what that is. It's so obvious. It's a glove mold for a 6 fingered person.
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I think I see one in the back. That's another thumb so you can make right and left hands for 6 fingered people.



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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 3:10:06 PM   
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the insulator is a radio strain insulator. It would insulate the guy wires that held a radio tower keeping lightning from reaching the ground. It's from 1920-1950 or so, they made them over a long period of time. Good find

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 4:02:13 PM   
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No, No, No, Eric. It is a wibblin hook off a wobblin shaft.

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/30/2007 10:48:02 PM   
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Looks like the tail feathers of a weather vane rooster. Maybe he shook it a little to hard? I'm pretty sure its not a weather vanes butt but its the first thing that came to my mind. Swizzle

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 9:04:06 AM   
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I thought it was a cast iron chicken foot. The stoner kid down the road thought it looked like a marijuana leaf. I'm surprised he didn't try to smoke it.

Hey brains, I didn't know it was to a radio tower. Too cool as I work in radio. I have the face for it. Are these common or do they have a value?

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 10:31:42 AM   
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That's the symbol for the "Black Hand". This device was used by the impeccably dressed Eye-tals to keep their hands free of grime. This prevented switchblades from slipping from one's hand. Dipped in tar or ink, you get a mark like that on your door it's all over.
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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 3:54:39 PM   
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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 4:37:30 PM   
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Those smaller clear strains are common, but i have no idea where any one is getting so many...
They're worth about $5 or so and thats what they sell for on abar. Those rings on the ends of them are fragile, they break easy. All in all a good insulator


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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 5:47:46 PM   
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Maybe it is the likeness of an Aztec or Mayan god. Could it be Bottle-O-digger, the bottle god.  

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 5/31/2007 5:59:49 PM   
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I believe it is a grate shaker part for a coal stove.
I had a boiler/stove man look at it today. That is what he thinks it is. It pivots and swings upward to shake the grate which held the coal.
Joel

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RE: What the heck is this???/ - 6/1/2007 11:52:57 AM   
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No,no, no.  Its a foot attachment for making crop circles.  The hole allows you to strap it around your leg.

"Whut made these circles?"

"Dunno, but it had six toes, must be frum otter space"

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