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found a dump site with lots of insulators

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Posted Nov 28, 2009, 06:20:06 pm

We found a dump site with lots of glass insulators most of them are hemingray and are clear and green or aqua colored and some have just stars and some have just a B   should we collect all we can thanks for the help.     we found this dump in New Mexico
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 28, 2009, 06:38:48 pm

Sounds pretty cool. Can you post pics? We like pics.  Cheesy
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 28, 2009, 07:00:22 pm

will take pics tomorrw we are going back and realy look at whats there
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 28, 2009, 09:27:51 pm

do i want to keep the wood and post that are with the insulators?
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 29, 2009, 09:26:35 am

do i want to keep the wood and post that are with the insulators?

I think that would simply be an individual decision. Typically I go just for the insulators. This past March I found a pole with the cross member with 8 insulators still mounted. I thought this would look cool in my game room and managed to collect the whole thing. Got it home and into the game room to clean up a little and figure out how to mount. As everything started to warm up the ants started to come out.  Shocked Everything went outside to remove the insulators. ALL the wood went to the dump.  Cheesy
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 30, 2009, 10:41:25 am

Nice finds...I'd just go for the glass. Most brackets or wood pins are not worth much anyways except to a very few people; and then only certain ones.

Post some pics when you get a chance. I'd love to see em' and will help you identify.
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Dec 19, 2009, 02:24:47 pm

Absolutely get all the insulators that your can.  95% of them are probably common, but there is always the chance of finding a real, real good one.  Especially get the Star embossed ones and the B (Brookfield) embossed ones.  Get some pics up and I can ID them for you and give an approximate value.  Check out this site.  http://www.insulators.info/
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Dec 24, 2009, 08:43:38 am

  I have several of the colored and clear Hemmingrays, I couldn't give em away at a garage sale we had.  They are pretty tho.     ffd
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Dec 24, 2009, 11:50:27 am

  I have several of the colored and clear Hemmingrays, I couldn't give em away at a garage sale we had.  They are pretty tho.     ffd
They are attractive many times; but, I'm not certain that that's an important factor to collectors of these insulators.

I took these common examples off my shelf to make room for bottles:


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