Anyone else collect this kind of stuff?

[nranderson]

Stuff from my dump days. That’s a great blue insulator!

 

[Daidebug]

Everytime I go digging I find things that are well, not bottles. Some of it cooler then other things.

I have a lot more items like this then in these pictures, this is just a small portion of my smaller items.

I have a lot of what I think is called “primitive farm tools” and stuff as well.

I’ll be honest I don’t know what a lot of this stuff was so if anyone spots anything they recognize please share!

I guess since I’m a female I enjoy finding the make up/nail polish/ bath stuff etc... so I have a lot of those kinds of items. I also have a old lightbulb collection as well as an old fuse collection as shown. I keep it to display with my bottles and it looks pretty cool when photographing alongside your bottles.

Does anyone else have any cool finds to share? Am I collecting junk? Is there anything you spot that’s particularly interesting?

I’ve looked a few things up so I know a bit about certain items like the “baby seat deflector” (the large white thing in photo) which was for little boys who are learning to use the potty, the baby seat deflector would make sure the pee stayed in the toilet. Kind of an oddity really. Took me forever to find out what it was as I could only find ONE old advertisement for it and no one seemed to have one. At least online lol.

Also some stuff makes really cool wall hangings!

 

[BillinMo]

Nice finds. The blue insulator is a radio strain, used on wire antennas that were common in the 20s-50s.

 

[Catcat16]

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.

lol the chain I put on it assuming it went to it. I found it litterally on top of the train wile digging haha

 

[Dewfus]

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.

 

[Dewfus]

Just a lil bit of the stuff I cant through out lol

 

[Cherokee23]

I love finding that kind of stuff. Puts a personal spin on the way of life back then when your'e digging the dump. I have piles of stuff like that! Very cool!

 

[Patagoniandigger]

I love finding that kind of stuff. Puts a personal spin on the way of life back then when your'e digging the dump. I have piles of stuff like that! Very cool!
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I like the way you display things on the shelves

 

[Patagoniandigger]

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.

Some day will start a thread about cans. I'm sure you'll feel completely awesome.
That's an Argentine can (metal box) with a food trademark embossed.
The best ones came from Italy and Barcelona (Spain) Al

 

[Patagoniandigger]

By the way do you know this?

. I found it in a 1910s dump among some bottles of course.