Oconomowoc dive with Bob!

[tfredrich]

Bob (blobbottlebob) here on ABN, and I slipped into a local lake on Tuesday evening in search of pontilled bottles. We each went off in a different direction and sunk. Very few bottles came out, and certainly nothing pontilled. I did however find this antique fishing reel that dates to the mid 1880's and was manufactured by a Thomas Chubb from Vermont! It is called a Henshall Van Antwerp reel and coincedentally. Dr. James Henshall for who the reel was named after owned a home here in that time frame. Could it have been his? Who knows......
Here are some pics!

 

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Another Pic!

 

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Yet another....

 

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Another

 

[tfredrich]

Lastly!

 

[glass man]

THAT IS NICE AND IN GREAT CONDITION! NO HELP WITH YOUR QUESTION THOUGH. JAMIE

 

[Poison_Us]

Nice find. I've never been quite to Oconomowoc, but been close. Usually on the Milwaukee or Madison side.

 

[amblypygi]

Nice find! Even the wooden handle knob survived, that's amazing!

 

[blade]

Is it pontiled ?

 

[kastoo]

They have a place in Bass magazine to get a value quote. I bet it's worth some bucks.