^^^ Looks like an "irrelevant" button to me. :| Perhaps it would be better to post it in one of the crap threads you are referring to rather than this one which is trying to be at least slightly interesting and informative.
Im guessing this is from a military uniform. Could date from the 1850s or 1860s. Unlikely to have anything to do with real estate.
An old beer bottle found by a person I know. He was digging a metal target and came across this about 8 inches deep in clay. Amazing that he didnt bust it as the target he was seeking was another 3 inches under the bottle. The metal target was a piece of crap, but the bottle is a beauty. It is a hand made 3 piece bottle. Made by or for "Machen & Co". The full writing on the base says: Machen & Co. Beer merchants Liverpool. Parts of the writing have melted where a pontil was attached when the bottle was assembled. The writing was put on the base of the bottle before it was put together. There are thousands of pieces of these bottles around old diggings areas. Hard to find one intact and even rarer to have a makers name on the base.
now i bet that could tell a story, imagine what it was like out there, drunk people with gold or no gold. very kool bottle !
^^^ Love the info about the Maitland Bar gold nugget. "The Maitland Bar. This gold nugget - one of the few in the world that has not been melted- was found on the Hargraves field in 1887." There you have it folks. Virtually all gold nuggets unearthed before 1936 (date of the article) have been melted. That's a lot of nuggets. Makes you wonder what the remainders must be worth. :/
This is the top of an old bottle complete with cork and wire. Not certain if this was a beer, wine or spirit bottle.
I should do this. My old man used to do this to vintage and classic car parts. I reckon he used a 1:4 mixture. Definitely works to clean ferrous metal. I will get some and give the 1:9 brew a go.
Since we are showing off our bottles in this thread, here is one I found while detecting around a few wrecks just outside Fremantle Harbour. L.Rose & Co Lime juice bottle. Here is a little history on the company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose's_(marmalade)
Here's some more buttons... Legible names and brands include: Everlasting Wear Best Ring Edge SWS & Co. Gardiner Cridland & Co. Staller and Miller - Ballarat Old Buttons are tricky to clean and identify due to their fragility. Same goes for old chinese coins.
This ones for Ironwood! A lead Red Indian. My mate found it and thought it was a deformed bullet when he first showed me. It was still caked in clay. I cleaned it a bit and saw the headdress sticking out.
Not mine. But isnt it a ripper. Hasnt had a decent clean which would show even more fine details. Cool moulding. I asked a couple of friends if they could let me take pics of some of their favorite finds and share. Hoping to get some other bit and pieces soon, including some trading tokens.
This is a brass thingy that used to attached to another thingy by the ring thingy on the top. It has a cross thingy on one side and a planty, viney thingy on the other. It's about an inch (25mm) long, but a piece has broken off the bottom of the heart shaped thingy so I dont know what its original size or use was. Any info anyone can provide about this thingy would be highly appreciated.
