Great Big Hole

[JOETHECROW]

Those are some nice rewards for your wandering Surf....Glad you found something,...what is the embossing on the first soda? The hair bottle is one you don't see very often too.

 

[rockbot]

Nice finds Surf. Some pretty glass coming out with good age. Sweet!

 

[RedGinger]

Great stuff, Surface. Good pictures too. Hop back to it and get the rest of the goodies out of there! []

 

[David Fertig]

oarlock is not. It's a lightning rod insulator (LRI) holder. Most likely mounted on the side of a building and held the cable running from the roof to the ground. Although I have seen them installed along the ridge of the roof also. Your's would have been pounded into the mortar between brick or stone.

 

[Dansalata]

thanks for the journey!!! nice recoveries...

 

[surfaceone]

Your's would have been pounded into the mortar between brick or stone.

Thank you David,

I have only seen the closed loop screw in models in the past. I was second guessing myself on that one but gave into the romance of the water, which was a hundred yards from the hole.

So what do yo make of this?

Ice tongs adapted to an overhead crane?

 

[nydigger]

Looks like something to grip a log for pulling behind a horse or two

 

[epackage]

Log or Ice tongs, thinking more logs though...those Monroe NY guys are smart...[8D]

 

[nydigger]

We try lol helps to be a history nut, thats my number two draw to diggin for old glass, the history of it..Guess it would have to depend on what was in the area way back then. I ruled out ice because it doesn't seem like it would open wide enough. If it was for small blocks of ice it would have a handle and not a chain link I would suppose. Deff looks like it was forged by hand, it is a very nice find. I wouldnt think that those are found every day in that good of condition

 

[old.s.bottles]

ORIGINAL: surfaceone

So what do yo make of this?

Ice tongs adapted to an overhead crane?

Railroad tie tongs, i suppose it could be used for a number of other things though....