Anyone else collect this kind of stuff?

[Catcat16]

After some searching, it turns out it is the bottom of a decanter. I had no idea Universal made these!View attachment 203650View attachment 203651

Ohhhhh ok cool!!! I saw this after replying to your other post. I’m so surprised you were able to find this out with just the bottom piece. Luckally that piece had info! Dang you get a gold sticker for that one!

 

[Torringtontg25]

Thanks!
The spring unit would have gone in a metal shell, like the one in the 2nd page. Lionel ones have a more streamlined looking shell. I have no idea what that chain is for though. Mine is actually an electric Marx version, but other than a spring loaded plate on the bottom and no key, they look the same. Mikeo bottle digger on Youtube found one a couple years ago in a video. It had the body but half of it was gone.
I actually thought the base was part of a percolator, but I just typed in "Universal Landers, Frary and Clark" And thankfully that was one of the top pics.

 

[Ann M.]

I see pieces of 'Frozen Charlotte' dolls; a beautiful blue porcelain insulator; several tins. All great for use as "found art" pieces!

 

[Ann M.]

I have several "Frozen Charlottes". I just went online and learned that they've been around since Victorian times. The extra pieces you have are great, but I believe that Frozen Charlottes maybe weren't hinged...just one piece. Could be wrong. Let me know what you find out! You have a great collection. And yes, I have 10 of everything too!

 

[Patagoniandigger]

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Wow that’s so cool!!!! So what my piece would go on the back? Or am I totally missing what your saying lol. Uh to be honest I really have no clue what it is. Looks like the lid of something. If I find metal with words I automatically bring it home to scrub with a Brillo pad (the soap ones work absolutely amazing on rust) just so I can see what it says. I kept it because it had a bunch of dates on it hoping one day to find out what it was at one point I’ll get you some more pictures if that helps.
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It seems a bronze cap of a jar. I have a bronze one too completely smooth lol.
By the way Nice looking insulator. Al

 

[CanadianBottles]

Here's what your Universal thermos piece would have looked like when whole https://instappraisal.com/appraisal...k-universal-silver-glass-thermos-leather-case

 

[Screwtop]

Yea it’s so hard to throw stuff that you find in the dirt... away! Lol like if you saw it in a antiques shop for dirt cheap or it was given to you by a stranger it woulnt mean much and you probably could easily throw it away but since YOU found it...I don’t know it just makes it valuable to you. At least with me lol.

I remember the first metal detecting adventure I went on, I found a horse shoe, but it was in a Union Amy campground. Worthless, common, but I still have it. I love it.

 

[Catcat16]

I remember the first metal detecting adventure I went on, I found a horse shoe, but it was in a Union Amy campground. Worthless, common, but I still have it. I love it.

awe haha I know what you mean I have about 5 rusted horse shoes that I’m looking for open wall space for lol.

 

[Catcat16]

You have got a interesting staff there. I always pick things related to bottles like stoppers, openers, embossed metal sheeds or plates .. also now and then fragments as a documentation.
Insulators too.
I started the last year a collection of cans too with the old ones I find out there.(a hundred years old) They are completely rusty warped but I'm repairing them.
My advice is classify your item so you'll have different collections.View attachment 203652Al

Oh yea what a good idea! As of right now I just put them in there own categories like fuses with fuses, light bulbs with lightbulbs, etc, but I’m sure I could get more extensive with it.

ps, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a can like the one you have in that picture if that’s what it is. I find old cans all the time but non with letters that are stuck out like that. Very cool.

 

[Huntindog]

Cat
Well it looks like you got some answers.
Don't feel bad about bringing home all of that.. we all do it. lol
It sure looks like you have a fun place to hunt.
Just to throw in my ID on one of your finds...
In the last picture with the Train spring unit... on the wall in the background.
The rusty thing is a Sicklebar mower tooth guard.