Awesome Railroad finds!

[willong]

It is washed. Unfortunately it was halfway buried, and it's affected with "The Sickness".

A lot of limestone down your way too, isn't there?

 

[Bohdan]

It is washed. Unfortunately it was halfway buried, and it's affected with "The Sickness".

Sure looks like mud

 

[Screwtop]

Sure looks like mud

Look buddy, are you trying to be difficult? That is calcium deposits stuck to the bottle. Unless I tumble it, it ain't coming off.

 

[Screwtop]

A lot of limestone down your way too, isn't there?

I live one mile away from a limestone quarry. Yeah we got a lot of limestone. :/

 

[treeguyfred]

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Today I hunted for several hours along an old abandoned railroad line in Kentucky. This particular stretch of railroad was in use from the 1870s, through the 1940s when coal stopped coming out of that particular area. As I was walking along the overgrown mess that is the area now, I was picking up plenty of 1930s Hemingray insulators, but these three were the ones that took the cake.


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I don't know anything about CD numbers, or how old they are, but they are not from the 1930s! The one on the left is marked Hemingray Pat. May 2nd 1893, with all drip points intact, the aqua Brookfield Beehive (I've always wanted one!) is marked Brookfield / New York, and the other one is marked W. Brookfield / New York.

I was finding a mix of household and telephone line insulators as well, but they were broken.


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The beer bottle is a West Virginia Brewing Co. bottle from Huntington W.Va, a nearby town. The druggist bottle came from Cincinnati. Weird how that ended up all the way out here! The beer bottle is a BIM, So 1900-1905 era. The druggist is from the 1890s.

Nice finds Screwtop! Thx for sharing with us!

 

[UncleBruce]

If it doesn't come off using an acidic type soaking it is etching cause by carbolic acid, which is formed in the ground from decaying plant matter. As Screwtop says if it doesn't come off using the suggested washing/soaking methods it would have to be tumble polished to restore it.

 

[Bohdan]

Look buddy, are you trying to be difficult? That is calcium deposits stuck to the bottle. Unless I tumble it, it ain't coming off.

Still looks like mud...
and you don't know me - I'm not your "buddy".

 

[Screwtop]

Still looks like mud...
and you don't know me - I'm not your "buddy".

I call folks buddy when I really mean A-hole.

 

[hemihampton]

I don't see any Mud. Looks sick, needs a tumble. Congrats on your finds. LEON.

 

[Bohdan]

I call folks buddy when I really mean A-hole.

What an attitude.
Your mom must be very proud... sonny.