CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE?

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

glass man

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2008
Messages
8,543
Reaction score
6
Points
0
Location
GEORGIA
I FOUND THESE YEARS AGO AT THE LOCAL CREEK HERE IN TOWN. THESE WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE CREEK, SOME ON THE BANK AND SOME JUST BARELY IN THE WATER IN DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY FEEL AND LOOK LIKE SOMETHING MADE OUT OF SANDSTONE. A GOOD WAYS UP THE CREEK FROM WHERE I FOUND THESE, THERE WAS AN IRON FURNACE. IT OPERATED FROM 1873 THROUGH THE VERY EARLY 1900S. I AM WONDERING IF THEY MIGHT BE MOLDS OF SOME SORT. THEY ARE HOLLOW ON THE INSIDE AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE LARGE BOLTS AND ONE LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A MOLD FOR SOME SORT OF PLANER. IF THEY ARE MOLDS I CAN'T SEE HOW THEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED WITHOUT BEING BROKEN BECAUSE AS I SAID THEY ARE HOLLOW. THEY APPEAR TO BE HEAVY, BUT THEY ARE LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK. I WONDERED WHY THE WATER OR WEATHER HAD NOT DETERIOATED IN SOME WAY. THESE HAVE BAFFLED ME FOR YEARS. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
JAMIE


2F0378CB19474AC4ACC5857F5CE6CB15.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 2F0378CB19474AC4ACC5857F5CE6CB15.jpg
    2F0378CB19474AC4ACC5857F5CE6CB15.jpg
    53.9 KB · Views: 49

glass man

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2008
Messages
8,543
Reaction score
6
Points
0
Location
GEORGIA
IMAGE 2


084391EB301A43AD90E422018D186D1C.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 084391EB301A43AD90E422018D186D1C.jpg
    084391EB301A43AD90E422018D186D1C.jpg
    53 KB · Views: 54

glass man

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2008
Messages
8,543
Reaction score
6
Points
0
Location
GEORGIA
IMAGE 3


0AC61636C604434C96713D3094F811DE.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 0AC61636C604434C96713D3094F811DE.jpg
    0AC61636C604434C96713D3094F811DE.jpg
    43.6 KB · Views: 49

glass man

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2008
Messages
8,543
Reaction score
6
Points
0
Location
GEORGIA
ORIGINAL: cyberdigger

Ain't they parts of Fred Flintstones' car? 


MAYBE![:)] THE ONE WITH THE "KNOB" ON TOP LOOKS LIKE A PLANNER FOR WOOD WORKING.
 

glass man

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 30, 2008
Messages
8,543
Reaction score
6
Points
0
Location
GEORGIA
THANKS YALL! STILL A MYSTERY.I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THEM NOT DISOLVING FROM BEING IN THE WATER SO LONG,AS I SAID THEY FEEL AND LOOK LIKE SOME KINDA SAND STONE.

JOHN MENTIONED ABOUT ROLLER AND TIM MENTIONED BOUT BEING USED FOR WIRE OR TWINE. WELL WHERE I FOUND THEM THERE WAS A "WOOLEN MILL" THERE [1800S -1960S OR SO. 1960S WAS A "JOCKEY " PLANT ,1800S AN UNDERWARE PLANT ALSO,WAS ALWAYS CALLED "THE WOOLEN MILL" BY OLD TIMERS] ALSO THERE WAS A GOODYEAR COTTON MILL 1926-1980S.

MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THESE PLACES. BUT DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE THE END PRODUCT. I THANK ALL THAT HAVE TRIED TO HELP ME,MAYBE SOME BODY WILL SEE THIS AND KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

I FIRST FOUND A PIECE OF ONE OF ? AND THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE INDIANS LIVING HERE LONG AGO,BUT THEY ARE PLAINLY SOME TYPE OF MORE MODERN TOOLS OR WHAT EVER. JAMIE
 

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,217
Messages
742,901
Members
24,231
Latest member
rrenzi
Top