DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Love finding the silver, the gold, all the other stuff, too.
Some have great worth.
Other times I find things that are just...interesting and neat.
Found this the other day at a home site where I am looking for silver.
Tons of iron here, I am also finding old tools and all kinds of other metal and odds and ends and bits and pieces from the old farm house that used to be here.
This one is just...cool!
A small faucet, only about 3" tall, made out of brass and it has a few copper parts and this is just perfect to go on display somewhere.
It works by a little handle on top and I have looked all over the net, looked at hundreds of images and I can't find one that comes close to matching it.
CBC is imprinted on it, can't find anything matching a company with that name yet but I saw one other brass fitting that had the same letters, it is a brass valve blow off petcock for a Steam/Gas tractor engine.
the guy selling it wants $32.80 for it too.
If it is indeed a stem tractor part that puts it at the late 1800's early 1900's, just about right as the time frame for this home which I believe goes back that far or further.
I wonder what yuppies are paying for beautiful, old nostalgic bathroom fixtures nowadays?
Here it is in the out of the ground state...
I threw it in the tumbler for a bit, took it out and disassembled it and tumbled all the pieces some more.
They came out nice.
The two screws and the hinge are copper and they look great in contrast next to the brass.
The pictures do not do them justice.
I got it to a clean enough state and I am not cleaning it any more.
It has that perfect antique look, even the wife says she loves it and she usually says that about many of my odd finds but she usually doesn't mean it.
This time I think she does.
It ain't all about jewelry and coins and relics all the time..for me, anyway.
Bury something in the ground for over 100 years, dig it up, clean it up and then it can be considered art.
Some have great worth.
Other times I find things that are just...interesting and neat.
Found this the other day at a home site where I am looking for silver.
Tons of iron here, I am also finding old tools and all kinds of other metal and odds and ends and bits and pieces from the old farm house that used to be here.
This one is just...cool!
A small faucet, only about 3" tall, made out of brass and it has a few copper parts and this is just perfect to go on display somewhere.
It works by a little handle on top and I have looked all over the net, looked at hundreds of images and I can't find one that comes close to matching it.
CBC is imprinted on it, can't find anything matching a company with that name yet but I saw one other brass fitting that had the same letters, it is a brass valve blow off petcock for a Steam/Gas tractor engine.
the guy selling it wants $32.80 for it too.
If it is indeed a stem tractor part that puts it at the late 1800's early 1900's, just about right as the time frame for this home which I believe goes back that far or further.
I wonder what yuppies are paying for beautiful, old nostalgic bathroom fixtures nowadays?
Here it is in the out of the ground state...
I threw it in the tumbler for a bit, took it out and disassembled it and tumbled all the pieces some more.
They came out nice.
The two screws and the hinge are copper and they look great in contrast next to the brass.
The pictures do not do them justice.
I got it to a clean enough state and I am not cleaning it any more.
It has that perfect antique look, even the wife says she loves it and she usually says that about many of my odd finds but she usually doesn't mean it.
This time I think she does.
It ain't all about jewelry and coins and relics all the time..for me, anyway.
Bury something in the ground for over 100 years, dig it up, clean it up and then it can be considered art.
! Awesome display piece.
