Who carea about the snow?!?!

[Yooper14]

Hi all,
Made it out to the dump tonight...of course as soon as I stepped out the door it began to snow.
That's ok though...had a hole already dug below the frost.

 

[Yooper14]

I found a few interesting items, but I didn't clean any of my big bottles when I got home, as my light fixture fell apart, and my wife wouldn't want me cleaning the big stuff in the kitchen sink! Can you see the little cobalt bottle in this shot?

 

[Yooper14]

Here's a few of the little things. The cobalt is a three-sided poison, embossed with Triloids Poison. It's in great shape, and I'm tickled to get it as I can't seem to coax an unbroken poison from this dump!! The little vial is possibly my smallest bottle yet..I was lucky to spot it. A nice marble (what kind is it?). The little brass brooch / pin has three diamonds (fake I'm sure) in it. I'm not sure what the blue glass hangy-thing is from. A lamp maybe? A couple doll pieces (a super-small arm), and a brass flat button.
Fun little pile of stuff.

 

[southern Maine diver]

Hey Yoop...

Nice little dig you got going there... nice little poison.

Could the small blue thingy be from an old fishing lure? a "spinner"? just a guess. Maybe they didn't use spinners back then. How old do you think the dump is?

Wayne

 

[Yooper14]

The dump is turn of the century to the late 30s, maybe 40s. I've found hundreds and hundreds of bottles, lots of coins (mainly teens). So I'd say turn of the century. It's an old boarding school dump

 

[Yooper14]

Oh. I don't think the blue glass is a spinner. It's convex on both sides. Like a diamond cut, not at all a spoon shape.

 

[southern Maine diver]

Hey Yooper...

I was just takin a guess... I have no idea about old fishing lures, but I do know that they sell for big money.... Just a thought. Good luck on your diggin spot.

Wayne

 

[capsoda]

Hey Yoop, your right about the blue thingy, it's a prisum from a lamp. Some of those bring $10 and up depending on what they are made of. My wife sells them at they flea market for $4 each.

Check the brooch closely. Those stones are preatty sparkly and the stones in turn of the century jewelry used foil backs and rinestones of which neither dose very well under ground.

 

[madman]

hey yoop great pix!! nice triloids mike

 

[Yooper14]

Capsoda,
I thought that was from a lamp. I seem to remember seeing lamps and chandaliers at flea markets from that time period with similar accessories. How would I go about checking if those are real diamonds? I've never done that before. I know diamonds are one of the hardest substances, so I should be able to cut glass with them, right? I was looking at the brooch (I think it may be a button cover) closer, and what I thought was some of the brass shining through looks to me to be more like a gold plating. Anyone have any jewelry ID resources from the early 20th century?