Script, horseshoes and a Headstamp surprise

Cpackjr · Apr 5, 2021

I spent another 3 1/2 hours at the same site as the other day where I found some really cool stuff. Today was not as exciting but I did find my 2nd ever coal mine script, a 1922 Wheatie, some kind of lens, maybe old camera, a headstamp sold by Western Auto (yes, that Western Auto) ..... in the 50’s they sold shotgun shells and even guns made for them by other manufacturers. Plus, 8 or so other headstamps and three horseshoes and 6 or so pieces of horseshoe. Also a small pick/hammer combo tool.
The script is from a coal camp called Whitby. Whitby is a 5 mile run (one of my many hobbies is trail running) from my house through the woods on old roads and trails. There’s not much there today. The company was Sterling Smokelss Coal which closed down in the 50’s
Pictures below
Thanks for looking,
Charles

kingman mikey · Apr 6, 2021

Cool token & horseshoes, nice pics too. :cool3:

georgeinsc · Apr 6, 2021

Coal script is a very neat find. Think about the coal miner who lost that. Worked in very dangerous conditions and lost part of his pay. My dad was paid in script and i was born in a coal company house.

Jamflicker · Apr 6, 2021

That's a pretty cool token, nice!

GroundSweeper · Apr 6, 2021

Man you got some good hunting ground, congrats on the coal script and relics. Like that old photo tie-in too!

Huckleberry · Apr 6, 2021

Very cool script save and nice photo tie-in. Congrats!

dickyoung · Apr 6, 2021

If you don,t already know Revelation was a Western Auto trademark.

Cpackjr · Apr 11, 2021

For?

dickyoung said:
If you don,t already know Revelation was a Western Auto trademark.

Was it a trademark they used for all products? Or just shells?
I think I read they sold rebranded shotguns

dickyoung · Apr 13, 2021

Yes,they used it on all their firearms,mostly 22 rimfires and shotguns as well as ammunition,if I remember right also fishing gear too.

Metal Pig · Apr 13, 2021

Cpack found a 100 yr old GoPro!

Hey, man... Check the micro SD card!
See if there's any vintage photos on there from the Roaring Twenties! :giggle:

(Neat finds, dude! Clean that place out. There's gotta be more...)

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