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Posted Nov 10, 2009, 12:58:02 pm |
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I found this relic near where the four Colonial coppers were found last Sunday. Does anyone know what it could have been? Kirk   |
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 01:10:31 pm |
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Infinity?  I also think it is a house number. DCMatt |
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 01:28:01 pm |
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Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles.  I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though. HH Charlie |
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 02:21:34 pm |
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Sorry no relic there . Pole or house #
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 02:33:04 pm |
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definitely from a colonial utility pole.   |
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 02:43:30 pm |
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The funny thing is i found mine at a old colonial site also .  |
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 04:34:00 pm |
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Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles. I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though. HH Charlie Geez...give the guy a break...its a small house Sorry, I forgot the smiley face  |
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 05:36:02 pm |
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Maybe an apartment or room number.
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 08:11:18 pm |
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The numbers look like they are aluminum The military numbers were brass. I think these went on a utility pole.
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 08:28:04 pm |
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The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 08:29:51 pm |
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I am wondering if they are lead filled on the backside.
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 08:34:04 pm |
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The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Nov 10, 2009, 08:53:33 pm |
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Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.
Top is good; lol  |
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Nov 11, 2009, 03:00:25 am |
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My #s are aluminium don't know about Kirk PA #
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Nov 11, 2009, 01:38:01 pm |
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Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.
Top is good; lol I'm almost afraid to comment on this one. |
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Nov 11, 2009, 01:41:21 pm |
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Whoa Breezie
You are top of things.
Top is good; lol I'm almost afraid to comment on this one. Doh!  |
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Nov 11, 2009, 06:45:17 pm |
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Well, too bad it wasn't something cool. Never be afraid to post your relics, KKC. As old as the sites are that you guys dig, there will be something excellent that will need to be ID'ed eventually.
Best Wishes,
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Nov 11, 2009, 07:32:44 pm |
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Kirk,
If we rule out aluminum for a moment (1890+), I would guess the stamping technology to make concave numbers / letters out of sheet zinc was available by the 1850's or so, at least in theory; this was the dawn of the era of mass industrialization. However, sheet zinc that old would have to have some good soil conditions to avoid becoming really brittle. I would therefore guess aluminum by looking at it.
Hey, it's a relic... just maybe not the era you're seeking.
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Jan 31, 2010, 09:29:50 pm |
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I notice there is no green check here so I decided to post some pics I came across. http://www.oldgreypole.com/uupp/gallery_us_ma_sunderland.htmlNotice the nail holes in the number 8 are exactly the same.  Here is the 8 and 5 also the same nail holes.  |
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Jan 31, 2010, 11:57:46 pm |
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Spot On, BigCy   Mike |
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