Insulator dump

[Brains]

i will be at the show this year and i'de be more than happy to add an ohio found american insulator insulator to my collection, interesting to think that somewhere in ohio used americans. I have herd of purple hemingray 12's, but never americans.

 

[kastoo]

I'm waiting to find a dump like that. There's one insulator in particular that worth thousands in this area.

 

[Stardust]

I like to see them after a nice heavy rainstorm or would they still just look muddy?

 

[appliedlips]

Rain would have cleaned em up a bit but they are reburied now so others wouldn't easily stumble across the site.I hope they don't notice the intact crocks I forgot to grab when we left in the hurry. My wife had called and said a police officer was calling the house about a suspicous vehicle parked on R.R. property.I suppose it was a distraction to the good folks in the crack house next door.

 

[SergioWilkins]

That is absolutely incredible. I was actually just pondering, while looking through some of these awesome privy digs that have been posted lately, about how insulator collectors never really have the luxury of finding a dump with tons of insulators in it, whereas while bottle digging, we all find tons and tons in one place. You sure proved me wrong.
Did you hold onto the damaged rare specimens? Even the damaged ones can be worth a LOT to collectors. I'd like to see photos of what you found washed up. Once again, that is just plain incredible. Congrats on a good find, even if they were mostly broken!

 

[appliedlips]

Thanks Barrett.I saved a few shards but nothing too exciting,broken or whole was found.I would say the best was the yellow green Am Insr.Co..Been digging any good threadless?

 

[SergioWilkins]

The yellow green American Insulator Co. piece does sound pretty neat. Snap a photo of it if you've got time.
Nothing lately - we've got 16" of snow on the ground around these parts. Ooh how I long for warmer weather!

 

[cyberdigger]

When I was a kid I used to go down to the train tracks and climb the telegraph poles and unscrew 'em myself.. there were some I got were dark red glass... wish I could remember what happened to them !!

 

[appliedlips]

Barrett,Here is a picture of the shards next to the aqua.The bases are embossed AM INSR Co. PATD SEPT. 13 '81. Is this a rare mark?What is the exact CD?What would the green one have been worth?

I said before we found several 123.4,I meant 124.3's..

 

[appliedlips]

better picture of color