the masons do back several hundred years, my father and brother are masons, and I bet they would give everything in their wallets for ether of those items, those type of things arnt thrown away, they are lost and looked for, you may be able to donate them for a good tax rightoff
the trading post was in operation in 1838, witch means we may have to dig deep, I can do some digging in about 4 weeks and If I find anything ill let you know
RE: Vintage Rail Road Crossing Sign
I see that they each have 3 holes in them, lay them out just as the 3 holes line up. that will show you the angle of the X.
looks like it was more wide than tall.
Id love to restore them. and careful cast iron can break, and it sucks to weld it back
tell the truth , that you will backfill, and take off even the broken glass, Take them some fresh produce.(old folks love produce). Dont beg or be rude, and Never let them know about how much money they may have burred on their property.
Offer to spread grass seed when you are done
If you want to drill copper wire you can use a cheep impact socket , they have a hole in the side that is just rite for your wire, just mate up the size socket and drill bit , put the socket in a vice ( dont forget safety glasses) and make pellets
My home is just south of rockwood , and I never knew that coke bottled there, ill do some local asking around town and see if anyone has some of them. strange that rockwood is just a few miles from Dayton and my girlfriends mother has a Dayton TN coke in her collection
I think I speak for all smokers when I say a good ashtray is hard to find, personally I like the ones that are like a foot long and can hold 12 smokes, you dont have to empty them as often
nice key, the style of key tag is still used today in some hotels that still have keys, most of them say that postage is guaranteed, and can be dropped in the mail box and they get it back
from those pics it is between 1 inch and 8 feet tall, ( cant tell)
Is the bottom open? or any vents or holes on it .
could be one of those things from that place that that guy had , but I cant be sure
Just a thought, It is a cork screw, no doubt there, the steel has to be well bonded to the handle or it would never work, Look to see if It goes all the way threw and was capped over, If its plastic the steel should T off inside the handle to make it strong enough to open a bottle of wine.
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Back in the day the Sears and Roebuck catalog sold about everything, barns, houses,clothes. I think you could order a wife from them If you tried, they were the original Google,
As far as cleaning it , I am a welder and know rust. start with wd-40 and a wire grill brush. If you have a 4 inch...
The safest chemical that I know of that should work on it is Targon mouthwash
Like Tater Salad said "What do you have to keep my scotch from staining my sofa?"....." we got Scotchgard"
try targone
I think we got away from the question.
What is it? , and is it worth anything?,ever saw one of there?
its a chunk of brass, and never harmed anyone, It is collectable by the people who collect them and some have never saw such a thing, It brings up negative feelings in some and brings back...
Yes its south of HY 20 and north of 16 and not on the way to anywhere and the only thing there is a kaolin mine and a great Mexican restraunt. and the last place in the USA that I can find ST ides special brew mmmmmm