halfdime
Silver Member
Small "Ball" canning jar: Help!
I was detecting at a friend's old farm on Sunday and didn't find much. The only coin was a 1947 wheat and I did manage one of those heartbreaking 18K plated rings, but most of the finds were scrap or bullets. Down at their house at the end of the day, I noticed an aqua Ball canning jar up on a shelf. We'd talked a bit over the last few months about different old canning jars we've known and loved, but I'd never seen this variety before. It doesn't have threads, or a wire bail; does anyone know what kind of sealing system this would have used? I'm going to check the thread about dates for Ball jars and add more information from that; for now, I'll post the picture and hope someone knows what we're looking at! I checked the "Ball" chart and it appears to be 1910-1923.
I was detecting at a friend's old farm on Sunday and didn't find much. The only coin was a 1947 wheat and I did manage one of those heartbreaking 18K plated rings, but most of the finds were scrap or bullets. Down at their house at the end of the day, I noticed an aqua Ball canning jar up on a shelf. We'd talked a bit over the last few months about different old canning jars we've known and loved, but I'd never seen this variety before. It doesn't have threads, or a wire bail; does anyone know what kind of sealing system this would have used? I'm going to check the thread about dates for Ball jars and add more information from that; for now, I'll post the picture and hope someone knows what we're looking at! I checked the "Ball" chart and it appears to be 1910-1923.
Paul 
Paul 
