Old House Half Silver/half Brass Buckle

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

hi everyone!
sunday went back to the old 1870's house.found a 1943-p silver war nickel.4 wheaties,2 penny blanks(the copper blanks were made at scovills here in watebury and shipped to Denver to be minted)a pretty cool buckle or suspender latch.its half brass and the back portion is stamped sterling silver?weird.and a old lighter made by parker with a patent date on bottom of april 2,1912 made in austria.and this brass thing thing thats marked "the scholl FOOTEASER" pat feb 25,08.now we all know this wasn't patented in 2008.how can this thing be comfortable in your shoe? my god.i guess dr.scholl has come along way since then!!!wow looks painful.
well,have a great week all!
dave in ct

[Tinky1878]

Nice War Nickle and finds! Great job!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Originally Posted by tinky1878

Nice War Nickle and finds! Great job!

thanks jake!have you gone back to that house?

[bmattioli]

Nice finds and history Dave, I never knew that the factories in Waterbury Ct. produced those copper blanks.. Very interesting digs!! Thanks for the pics.

Congrats!!
Bruce

[Brin-PA]

Man you are on a roll !!!......Nice

[Carol K]

2 penny blanks(the copper blanks were made at scovills here in watebury and shipped to Denver to be minted)

That is really interesting!

[SeabeeRon]

more good stuff Dave!! Is that a pocket knife? Very cool!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Originally Posted by SeabeeRon

more good stuff Dave!! Is that a pocket knife? Very cool!

no its' a scholl FOOT EASER? dr.scholl in his primitive days i imagine

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Originally Posted by Carol K

That is really interesting!

yeah,i was talking to this 80 yr old man and he worked at scovills in the 1940'-50's.i told him some of the stuff i found and i brought up blanks the size of pennies.he said ya know scovill's made the blanks and shipped em to denver.they were punched out 28 blanks per sheet of copper.that explains why i find so many around here.workers musta pocketed them.

[Deep silver]

Killer Job, that place has kicked down some righteous goodies

[SeabeeRon]

Originally Posted by HEAVYMETALNUT

no its' a scholl FOOT EASER? dr.scholl in his primitive days i imagine

OUCH!!!!!!!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1912-Dr-Scholl-P...2em118Q2el1247

[Deep silver]

cool find Dave, that ebay is a great way to Id stuff, I use it alot to see what I have or what the value of an item may be.......

[Nor'Easter]

Very nice to see these treasures coming out of New England. Keep swinging.