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insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 5:23:59 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1367 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: online My friend dug this one today. It is base embossed " AM INSr ( reverse N) PATd SEPT 13, 1881" In my book it looks like a 134, which is common $10-20, but it also looks like a 160.7 which is rarer. The height is just under 3 3/4" tall, which doesn't exactly match either. It looks really early. It is aqua and needs to be cleaned up. Any experts out there? He also got a 1923 Hobbleskirt coke from Portsmouth NH, which I think is a rare one. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com Post #: 1

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 5:26:16 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1367 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: online crude embossing _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 2

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 5:26:45 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1367 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: online pic Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 3

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 5:32:04 PM    bikegoon Posts: 671 Joined: 10/2/2006 From: Lebanon, Ohio Status: offline oh my..... well... see for yourself...... I think that is a 160.7..wow given, the one that is shown on that page is really rare green, but your desrciption of the base is pretty much verbatim, so I would say yes yes and yes! http://www.insulators.info/photos/photos/160.7-green.htm _____________________________ A little of everything at http://www.bottlecache.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 4

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 6:02:40 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline thats a 134, a cd-160.7 will have an inner skirt, a taller dome, and a much more narrow profile.  10-20 is common i suppose, but  not bad for smthing you found.  I'll probably look for years ad years and not find one of those.  Good find! _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to bikegoon) Post #: 5

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 6:15:32 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1367 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: online I want to believe Bike goon, his answer is better! :) If it is a 134, it's kind of disappointing I guess, cause I saw the base embossing, and then the design looked really early. I've never seen one up here, maybe they aren't from around Maine. Thanks for your help! Maybe I'll dig an amber one tomorrow! _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Brains) Post #: 6

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/27/2008 9:25:52 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline i think there is a picture of an amber one on the crown jewels website, not sure.  I have one just like yours but my 134 is an Oakmen from around 1896-97 while yours is from around 1884 or so.  The one i have is a no-name oakmen with a <> on the dome, made after the American insulator company went out of busines.  The one i have was bought at a show, i need an american still.   maybe  anice lt. green one... Those insulators were common to find about 30 years ago, but now they are very hard to find as collectors have grabed nearly all of them and the only way to get them is at shows and such.  They can still be found in some parts of the New England region, like new york and main but here in ohio, i dont think so.  Actually, i ont think theres any kind of american insulator here to be found.  Hemingrays and brookfields...  It's  a regional thing.  On my last trip to the region (southern NY) we didnt find any americans though, but there is someone in new york who has dug quite a few (and american 145's and 160.7's) along an old rail line.  Next summer i hope to find atleast one american insulator if i can make it to orthern new york. here should be mor einsulators where that one came form, keep looking. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 7

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/28/2008 10:37:17 AM    downeastdigger Posts: 1367 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: online Thanks for the info Brains, you know your insulators. My friend is finding these in a river near here. He has found about 30 insulators, almost all are common, but they are older, so it's exciting to see what he'll pull up next, maybe an odd color. He got a cd 149 yesterday, in addition to the two 134s. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Brains) Post #: 8

RE: insulator cd 134? - 8/28/2008 3:16:11 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline i'de like to se a picture of the cd-149, thats an odd style that i dont see to much of.  Allways glad to help out. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 9

RE: insulator cd 134? - 9/3/2008 12:42:45 AM    Rockhounder55   Posts: 15 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline What do you all consider the best website and/or book for identifying insulators? I found a less than perfect one recently along an old railroad grade, but can't ID it doing a Google search. I don't have a digital camera, or else I'd post a pic. Perhaps I can borrow one. Thanks.  (in reply to Brains) Post #: 10

RE: insulator cd 134? - 9/3/2008 11:28:37 AM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline http://www.nia.org/general/g_natpt.htm and www.insulators.com should be able to help _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Rockhounder55) Post #: 11

RE: insulator cd 134? - 9/3/2008 11:54:24 PM    Rockhounder55   Posts: 15 Joined: 7/22/2008 From: Winnemucca, NV. Status: offline Thanks, Brains. It sort of looks like the 126.1. I wish the sites would give more of a year span when each insulator was produced. I'll have to bring it into work and take a few pics of it and post them. (in reply to Brains) Post #: 12

RE: insulator cd 134? - 9/4/2008 9:46:34 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline i can tell ya just about when any insulator could have bene made, just post a picture of it and i should be able to tell you it's age _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Rockhounder55) Post #: 13

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